Christina Pham

Mr. Schurtz
AP English 12: Period 4/5
5/17/11

Dance and Health

 Thesis

Dance is an ideal method to

achieve optimal fitness and

psychological health due to

benefits affecting both body and
mind .
(“Ballet dancer duo…”)
Physicality

(“Dancer blowing with…”)

 W
ha
t’s
on go
he ing
re?

(Microsoft Clip Art)

Muscles

600

(“Muscle Man”)
Cardiac
Muscle

(“Closed Heart”)
Smooth Muscle

(“When Food Goes…”)

 Skeletal Muscle
Movement

Posture

Heat

(“Ballet – Grand Jettè”)

 Movement
Prime mover

Synergist

Antagonist

(“Autumn – beautiful ballet…”)

Zooming In

Slow
Fast
Intermediate
Slow Fibers

(“Interval running (race…”)

 Fast
Fibers

(“hands of worker”)
 “It’s About Time Tutting Session Episode 2”

(Phillip “PacMan” Chbeeb & Di “Moon” Zhang)

 Ev
ery
th ing
In-
be
tw ee
n

(“Desperation; Who holds…”)

(“Chinese juggler”)

Flexibility
Posture Tonic Contraction

Good Posture = best body function

(“Josh Back Contrast”)

 Form

(“Grace”)
 ATP

(“Sweat III”)
 Metabolism

(“Untitled”)
Disuse Atrophy
 Strength

(“FORZA”)
 Neuroscience
Study

("Annotated Sagittal T1…”)

 Motion through the Brain
Frontal lobe Parietal lobe

Occipital lobe

Temporal lobe

(“Brain (8)”)
 Motion through the Brain

Cortex
Premotor cortex
Thalamus Supplementary motor area
Primary motor cortex

Cerebellum
Brain stem
Spinal cord

(“Brain (4)”)
 Motion through the Brain
Motor Motor
function function
Broca’s area area area Sensory Somatosensory
area
Association
area
Higher Auditory area
mental
functions
Visual area

Association area Wernicke’s area

(“Functional areas of…”)

 Broca’s area
Motor Motor
function function
Broca’s area area area Sensory Somatosensory
area
Association
area
Higher Auditory area
mental
functions
Visual area

Association area Wernicke’s area

(“Functional areas of…”)

 Tap and Clap!

(“Isobella and the…”)

 Cerebellum

(“Cerebellum”)
 Balance
• picture of seesaw

(“Free Child Walking…”)

 (“within the fog…”)
Muscle Memory
(“One last Jump”)
Fe
od
.
Go l e
(“Senior Dance 3”)

Dance Therapy
 Dance Therapy

(“Senior Dance 4”)

 Dance vs. Treadmill

(“Autumn ballet poses…”) (“Twitter 365 Project…”)

• Cardiopulmonary gain
• Happier

(“julia”)
Ballet
Dance

(“Ballet Slippers”)
(umdgc.com)
 Mi c
hel
le

(Pham)
 Ann

Ann

(Pham)
 Positions

1 2
(dance.about.com) (dance.about.com)

3 4 5
(dance.about.com) (dance.about.com)
(dance.about.com)
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The Plan The Plan

(“090103rvp_300”)
 Warm Up
(Pham)
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(Pham) (Pham)
Rond de
jamb

(Pham)
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 Cool Down/Flexibility

(Pham)
 Class Activity
The Interactive Muscle Chart:
http://www.danacreates.com/flas
h/muscles/muscles.php

Use the interactive muscle chart to

determine the answers to the
following questions.

(Microsoft Clip Art)

 Class Activity
1. Which muscle raises and
rotates the arm in all
directions?

2. Which muscles brings torso

forward and aid expiration?

(Microsoft Clip Art)

 Class Activity
3. Which muscle raises the front
of the foot?

4. Which muscle extends the

forearm?

5. Which muscle moves the arm

towards the chest?

(Microsoft Clip Art)

 Class Activity
6. Which muscle moves the hips
forward?

7. Which muscle flexes the

arm?

8. Which muscle tilts the head

backwards?

(Microsoft Clip Art)

 Class Activity
Answers:
1. Deltoid
2. Rectus Abdominis
3. Tibialis Anterior
4. Triceps
5. Pectoralis Major
6. Gluteus Maximus
7. Biceps Brachi
8. Trapezius
(Microsoft Clip Art)
 Thank You

(“Beach Baby”)
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”Beach Baby." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Chinese Juggler." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“Closed heart” Flickr. Web. 1 Apr 2011.
”Dancer Blowing in the Wind." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Desperation; Who holds your heart?." Flickr. Web. 21 Apr 2011.
“FORZA” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
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“Grace” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“hands of worker” Flickr. Web. 24 Apr 2011.
“Interval running (race track) 16” Flickr. Web. 24 Apr 2011.
“julia." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“Muscle Man” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
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