Physics and the art of dance : Understanding Movement.

By: Laws, KennethContributor(s): Swope, Martha | Russell, FranciaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780195302844Subject(s): Ballet dancing -- Physiological aspects | Biophysics | Dance -- Physiological aspects | Human mechanicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Physics and the art of dance : Understanding MovementDDC classification: 612/.044 LOC classification: QP310.D35 -- L388 2002ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- FOREWORD -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- The Role of Physical Analysis -- The Physics of Dance -- The Value of Analysis to Dancers -- The Value of Analysis to Observers -- Analysis for Teachers and Health Professionals -- Communication: Words, Images, and Photographs -- 2 Balance -- Condition for Static Balance -- Regaining Balance -- Balance while Rotating -- A Final Look -- 3 Motions without Turns -- Acceleration from Rest -- Motion in a Curved Path -- Stopping Horizontal Motion -- Vertical Jumps -- Connections between Horizontal and Vertical Motions -- The Grand Jeté "Floating" Illusion -- The Effect of Turnout on Traveling Jumps -- Landings from Jumps -- Dance Floors: Elasticity and Friction -- A Final Leap -- 4 Pirouettes -- Torque and Rotational Momentum in a Pirouette -- Controlling Rotational Velocity -- Characteristics of Pirouettes -- The Arabesque Turn -- The "Illusion Turn," -- The Grande Piroutte -- Fouetté Turns -- Repeated Pirouettes -- A Final Turn -- 5 Turns in the Air -- The Demi-fouetté -- The Tour Jeté (Grand Jeté en Tournant) -- The Saut de Basque -- The Turning Assemblé -- The Tour en l'Air -- A Final Leap -- 6 The Pas de Deux -- The History and Appeal of the Pas de Deux -- Who's Responsible for What? -- Physical Interactions between Partners -- Balance -- Accelerating Motions -- Final Poses -- To the Next Step -- 7 The Mechanics of Partnered Turns -- Starting a Supported Pirouette -- Balance during a Supported Pirouette -- Stopping Rotation -- Other Supported Turns -- A Final Turn -- 8 The Mechanics of Lifts -- The Straight Lift -- Other Front Lifts -- Overhead Lifts -- Other Lifts -- Catches -- A Final Thrust -- 9 The Effects of Body Size -- Height of a Vertical Jump -- Entrechats -- Horizontal Accelerations and Body Size -- Body Size and Pirouettes -- Adagio Movements -- Body Size and Partnered Dance.
Effects of Body Shape -- A Final Comparison -- 10 A Step Into the Future -- APPENDIX A: Linear Mechanics and Newton's Laws -- APPENDIX B: Rotational Mechanics -- APPENDIX C: Anatomical Data for Dancers -- APPENDIX D: Rotational Inertia for Some Body Configurations -- APPENDIX E: Acceleration Away from Balance -- APPENDIX F: Off-Balance Pirouettes -- APPENDIX G: Arabesque Turn Analysis -- APPENDIX H: Quantitative Analysis of the Grande Pirouette -- APPENDIX I: Quantitative Analysis of the Fouetté Turn -- APPENDIX J: Quantitative Analysis of the Supported Fouetté Turn -- APPENDIX K: Lean, Don't Slip -- Glossary -- Dance Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- L -- M -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Physics Terms -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: Written by a physicist with professional dance training, Physics and the Art of Dance explains how dancers can achieve better, safer performances through an understanding of physics in motion. Using simple, non-technical terms, Kenneth Laws combines his knowledge of both physics and dance to describe how the laws of gravity, momentum, and energy affect dancing bodies. The book explores the natural laws that govern the subtleties of balance, the techniques of leaps and pirouettes, and the impressive lifts and turns executed by ballet partners. Finally, Laws offers insight into two current discussions in the dance world--the effect of body size on ballet technique, and the relationship between science and the art of dance. Beautiful, original stop-action photographs by Martha Swope, along with clear diagrams, illustrate the concepts described in the text. Plus, an intriguing "puzzler" at the beginning of each chapter provides an engaging entree into the topics presented. For those who want a more advanced understanding of the physics, extensive appendices are provided. This new book combines the best features of Laws's widely acclaimed The Physics of Dance and Physics, Dance, and the Pas de Deux by Laws and Cynthia Harvey. Its expert application of the basic principles of physics to the art of dance will be an invaluable resource for dancers and dance instructors and will open a new level of appreciation for lovers of the form. It will also appeal to physicists who seek to include the arts in their scientific pursuits.
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Intro -- FOREWORD -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- The Role of Physical Analysis -- The Physics of Dance -- The Value of Analysis to Dancers -- The Value of Analysis to Observers -- Analysis for Teachers and Health Professionals -- Communication: Words, Images, and Photographs -- 2 Balance -- Condition for Static Balance -- Regaining Balance -- Balance while Rotating -- A Final Look -- 3 Motions without Turns -- Acceleration from Rest -- Motion in a Curved Path -- Stopping Horizontal Motion -- Vertical Jumps -- Connections between Horizontal and Vertical Motions -- The Grand Jeté "Floating" Illusion -- The Effect of Turnout on Traveling Jumps -- Landings from Jumps -- Dance Floors: Elasticity and Friction -- A Final Leap -- 4 Pirouettes -- Torque and Rotational Momentum in a Pirouette -- Controlling Rotational Velocity -- Characteristics of Pirouettes -- The Arabesque Turn -- The "Illusion Turn," -- The Grande Piroutte -- Fouetté Turns -- Repeated Pirouettes -- A Final Turn -- 5 Turns in the Air -- The Demi-fouetté -- The Tour Jeté (Grand Jeté en Tournant) -- The Saut de Basque -- The Turning Assemblé -- The Tour en l'Air -- A Final Leap -- 6 The Pas de Deux -- The History and Appeal of the Pas de Deux -- Who's Responsible for What? -- Physical Interactions between Partners -- Balance -- Accelerating Motions -- Final Poses -- To the Next Step -- 7 The Mechanics of Partnered Turns -- Starting a Supported Pirouette -- Balance during a Supported Pirouette -- Stopping Rotation -- Other Supported Turns -- A Final Turn -- 8 The Mechanics of Lifts -- The Straight Lift -- Other Front Lifts -- Overhead Lifts -- Other Lifts -- Catches -- A Final Thrust -- 9 The Effects of Body Size -- Height of a Vertical Jump -- Entrechats -- Horizontal Accelerations and Body Size -- Body Size and Pirouettes -- Adagio Movements -- Body Size and Partnered Dance.

Effects of Body Shape -- A Final Comparison -- 10 A Step Into the Future -- APPENDIX A: Linear Mechanics and Newton's Laws -- APPENDIX B: Rotational Mechanics -- APPENDIX C: Anatomical Data for Dancers -- APPENDIX D: Rotational Inertia for Some Body Configurations -- APPENDIX E: Acceleration Away from Balance -- APPENDIX F: Off-Balance Pirouettes -- APPENDIX G: Arabesque Turn Analysis -- APPENDIX H: Quantitative Analysis of the Grande Pirouette -- APPENDIX I: Quantitative Analysis of the Fouetté Turn -- APPENDIX J: Quantitative Analysis of the Supported Fouetté Turn -- APPENDIX K: Lean, Don't Slip -- Glossary -- Dance Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- L -- M -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Physics Terms -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

Written by a physicist with professional dance training, Physics and the Art of Dance explains how dancers can achieve better, safer performances through an understanding of physics in motion. Using simple, non-technical terms, Kenneth Laws combines his knowledge of both physics and dance to describe how the laws of gravity, momentum, and energy affect dancing bodies. The book explores the natural laws that govern the subtleties of balance, the techniques of leaps and pirouettes, and the impressive lifts and turns executed by ballet partners. Finally, Laws offers insight into two current discussions in the dance world--the effect of body size on ballet technique, and the relationship between science and the art of dance. Beautiful, original stop-action photographs by Martha Swope, along with clear diagrams, illustrate the concepts described in the text. Plus, an intriguing "puzzler" at the beginning of each chapter provides an engaging entree into the topics presented. For those who want a more advanced understanding of the physics, extensive appendices are provided. This new book combines the best features of Laws's widely acclaimed The Physics of Dance and Physics, Dance, and the Pas de Deux by Laws and Cynthia Harvey. Its expert application of the basic principles of physics to the art of dance will be an invaluable resource for dancers and dance instructors and will open a new level of appreciation for lovers of the form. It will also appeal to physicists who seek to include the arts in their scientific pursuits.

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