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Anatomy, Injuries,
Health & Therapy
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Training
Preventing Dance Injuries
Second Edition
Ruth Solomon & John Solomon
In this second edition, this classic publication has significant new
material to guide dance medicine specialists, dance educators, and dancers
themselves to screen for common dance injuries; diagnose, treat, and
rehabilitate injuries; prevent injuries through biomechanically efficient
training; and promote psychological well-being. Up to date, expanded,
and comprehensive, this book is an invaluable reference that will help
dancers avoid injury and increase their chances for reaching their full
potential. Softcover, 243 pp. $55.50.
Dance and Dancers' Injuries
Chris Caldwell
Dancing is an art form, as well as a sport. To reach the top, dancers
have to go through punishing training regimes, pushing their to the
limit. This inevitably leads to injuries that need specialist treatment.
Dance and Dancers' Injuries is an informative and easy to read book,
fully illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Full of useful,
practical advice, Dance and Dancers' Injuries will prove invaluable
reading for anyone involved in the dance world.
Softcover, 120 pp. $33.95.
Finding Balance
Second Edition
Gigi Berardi
This guide to dancer's fitness, training, and health offers an overview of the
issues that performing artists must consider should they wish to maintain lifelong
fitness. This second edition has been expanded to include: new injury treatment
information, updated science and physiology findings, new diet guidelines, and
100 additional photographs. Softcover, 274 pp. $39.95.
Maria
Fay's Floor Barre
Maria Fay
This book is a record of Maria Fay's Floor Barre system. It is
also an account of how it evolved during the author's long and varied
career as a dancer, teacher, choreographer and coach. Her corrective
and preventative exercises, which borrow from Yoga and Pilates, have
been specifically devised for the dancer's finely tuned and delicate
muscle tone. Hardcover, 158 pp. $39.95.
Conditioning for Dance: Training for Peak Performance in All Dance Forms
Eric Franklin
Inside Conditioning for Dance you'll find 170 illustrations
paired with 160 dance-specific exercises to help you maximize body-mind
conditioning. This book will help you improve your technique and
performance in all dance forms by strengthening the body's core while
improving your coordination, balance, alignment, and flexibility. Softcover,
239 pp. $29.95.
Dance: Mind & Body
Sandra Cerny Minton
Make the transition from simple body movement to kinetic works of art. Dance
Mind & Body features 128 exploration exercises designed to help you improve
your focus, observe and explore movement systematically, and refine your techniques
with
better dances. Softcover, 185 pp. $35.95.
Not Just Any Body:
Advancing Health, Well-being & Excellence
in Dance & Dancers
Deborah Javitt
Not Just Any Body is the result of an international conference on dancers
and physical health, including dozens of articles by key-note speakers and transcripts
of video-conferencing discussions between continents. Fascinating, thorough, and
unique, Not Just Any Body belongs in the libraries of all dance teachers and
students, as well as all those interested in the upkeep of health in a world obsessed
with physical image. $34.95.
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