| CODE | ACN5006 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Wellbeing and Development for Dance 2 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit covers anatomy and physical development, as well as nutrition and safe practice in relation to the teaching of dance. This study-unit will introduce students to current research and key issues in these areas as applied to dance practice. Students will be acquainted with theories from motor learning, neuroscience, anatomy, embodiment, and nutrition and will be expected to critically engage with these theories. Study-unit Aims: - To enhance knowledge and understanding of key issues through theoretical frameworks and through practice in the fields of physical development, anatomy, injury prevention, and nutrition. - To familiarise students with current debates and underlying fundamental principles of science, embodiment, and dance practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate knowledge of anatomy and its importance to the development of dance practice. - Recognise and illustrate the importance of physical development towards both the improvement of technique and the prevention of injuries within dance practice and education. - Identify and define the primary stages of physical development and their relationship to dance class design and management. - Engage with principles of nutrition as applied to dance practice, training, and general health. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify anatomical chains and their relationship to dance training, safe practice, and injury prevention. - Plan exercises and activities that are appropriate and in accordance to different ages and levels of physical development. - Design, and apply (where appropriate), basic nutrition plans and injury recovery regimes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Calais-Germain, B. 1993. Anatomy of Movement (Eastland Press: Seattle). - Koutedakis, Y and N. C. C. Sharp. 1999. The Fit and Healthy Dancer (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.). - Haas, Jacqui. 2010. Dance Anatomy (USA: Human Kinetics). - McArdle, D. M., F. I. Katch and V L Katch. 2001. Exercise, Physiology, Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance, (London: Lea and Febiger). Supplementary Readings: - Arnheim, Daniel D. 1986. Dance Injuries: Their Prevention and Care (London: Dance Books Ltd). - Blakey, Paul. 1992. The Muscle Book (Stafford: Bibliotek Books). - Clippinger, K. 2007. Dance Anatomy & Kinesiology (Human Kinetics). - Elsworth Todd, Mabel. 2008. The Thinking Body. A Study of the Balancing Forces of Dynamic Man (USA: The Gestalt Journal Press, Inc.). - Franklin, Eric. 1996. Dance Imagery for Dance Technique and Performance (Human Kinetics). - Franklin, Eric. 2004. Conditioning for Dance (Human Kinetics). - Laws, Kenneth. 2008 Physics and the Art of Dance (Oxford: Oxford University Press). - Myers, Thomas. 2001. Anatomy Trains (London: Churchill Livingstone). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Seminar and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Julienne Schembri Deborah Williams (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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