241Wednesday, April 26, 2006

12:15 PM-1:30 PMConvention Center:Ballroom FHJ
endorsed by Biomechanics Academy
Tips for Your Hips
An informed look at the bio-mechanical dangers of standard classical positions and what you can do to minimize them. The audience will learn the mechanical parameters of hip-function and receive details on spinal mechanics. Diverse dancer's pathologies will be traced back to use-related aggravation. Suggestions will be made for training the dancer with respect to bio-mechanical limitations. The speaker will physically demonstrate the significance of applied science for dancing and audience members will be invited to try a few excercises.
Keyword(s): dance education, health promotion, safety/injury prevention
Presider: Angelina Brandwein, South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Speaker: Frey Faust, The Nomadic College based in Brussels, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

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