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Schooling the dancer: the evolution of an identity as a ballet dancer
Research in Dance Education, 2012 This paper explores how young ballet dancers’ bodies are constructed and narrated through their desire to become performing ballet dancers. The schooling of the balletic body engages the young dancer in embodying the discipline of ballet and in developing a particular belief in a performing body.
Pickard, A.
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Physiological demands of performance in Classical Ballet and their relationships with injury and aesthetic components [PDF]
, 2009 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyAt performance level, classical ballet is a form of high-intensity, intermittent exercise, requiring a strong aerobic ...
Twitchett, Emily
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Eating behavior of ballet dancers
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 2002 Ballet dancers are frequently regarded as having a higher risk of developing eating disorders (ED). This paper describes the eating habits and prevalence of ED in a group of female students from a dance academy in Rome, Italy. Participants were assessed with an array of measures conventionally employed (usually singly) in epidemiological studies of ED,
A. Dotti +5 more
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Understanding hip pathology in ballet dancers
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2022 AbstractPurposeThe literature on hip injuries in ballet dancers was systematically evaluated to answer (1) whether the prevalence of morphological abnormalities and pathology of hip injuries in dancers differs from the general population (2) if there are any specific risk factors which contribute to a higher rate of hip injury and (3) what are the ...
Singh, Yash +6 more
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The Travesty Dancer in Nineteenth-Century Ballet [PDF]
, 1986 A discussion of the travesty dancer in the context of Romantic and Post-Romantic ...
Garafola, Lynn
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A state of transcendence in dance: An autoethnographic analysis [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis maps and analyses a dancer’s journey and as that dancer is myself the research investigates the limits and possibilities of self-observation as ...
Go, Hyeon Jeong
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Ballet body belief: perceptions of an ideal ballet body from young ballet dancers [PDF]
, 2012 This paper explores what is perceived and believed to be an ideal ballet body by young ballet dancers. Such bodily belief becomes, in Pierre Bourdieu’s terms, a core part of a ballet dancer’s habitus.
Pickard, A.
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Health problems of professional ballet dancers [PDF]
AFMN Biomedicine, 2020 <p style="text-align: justify;">Ballet is a professional activity that places risky physical and psycho-emotional demands on the human body. The goal of this study was to evaluate health-related problems among ballet dancers.
Verulava, Tengiz +2 more
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Dance, class and the body: a Bourdieusian examination of training trajectories into ballet and contemporary dance [PDF]
, 2014 This article is a result of a small-scale interview-based study that explored the social conditions of ballet and contemporary dance production in the city of Glasgow. This study draws on interviews given by twelve professional dancers and choreographers,
Tsitsou, Lito
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Comparison of Static Lower Extremity Alignment in Female Ballet Dancers and Non-ballet Dancer
Korean Journal of Sport Science, 2023 PURPOSE This study aimed to: 1) compare the differences in static lower-extremity alignment (SLEA) between female ballet dancers (BD) and non-ballet dancers (NBD); 2) investigate the differences among gesture leg (GL) and supporting leg (SL) in BD and dominant leg (DL) in NBD; and 3) compare limb asymmetry between groups.
Kyungeon Kim +3 more
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