Dancer Education Beyond The Conservatory:The Health Education Benefits of Pre-season Screens for a Professional Ballet Company

Outevsky, David; Berg, Tanya

doi:10.1080/14647893.2021.1993174

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“…The abusive cultural practices embedded in the hierarchical and authoritarian teaching styles of dance are often misidentified as educational issues. Cultural norms have also shaped significant power imbalances in the teacher–student relationship, with dancers conditioned from an early age to be silent, obedient and endure having little autonomy, even relating to their health and well-being 13 15 17…”

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High time to enhance dancer welfare: a call to action to improve safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance

Cumming,

Nordin-Bates,

Johnson

et al. 2024

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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While there is a lack of research into abuse in elite dance, numerous allegations of emotional, sexual and physical abuse of dancers can be found anecdotally in the media, legal convictions and personal accounts. As more dancers speak out, the scale of the problem within preprofessional schools and professional companies is becoming apparent. Accordingly, effective safeguarding mechanisms for preventing, identifying and reporting abuse are urgently needed. This viewpoint is intended to raise health professionals’ awareness of factors contributing to abusive practices found in dance environments and the potential clinical implications of abuse to dancers’ health and well-being. We also call for research and policy engagement on safeguarding and abuse prevention designed and implemented in partnership with stakeholders, aiming to promote safe and positive dance environments for all.

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confidence: 99%

High time to enhance dancer welfare: a call to action to improve safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance

Cumming,

Nordin-Bates,

Johnson

et al. 2024

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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“…At the same time, this paper uses surface fitting to obtain a damaged contour. 5 The contour of the fractured body tissue is a snake-like structure. In this paper, the shape of the damaged area is obtained by identifying this structure.…”

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Exercise Prescription for Injury Reduction in Ballroom Dancing

Zhao¹

2023

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Introduction: Ballroom dancing is a high-intensity sport. Exaggerated training plans and an overtraining range can easily cause sports injuries. Athletes should take the necessary protective measures when training or competing, including exercises with preventative intent. Objective: This research paper thoroughly investigates the current status of ballroom dance injuries in colleges and universities. Methods: This research selects 28 students who majored in ballroom dancing as experimental subjects. The volunteers were divided into a control group and an experimental group. The experimental group received an exercise prescription for 12 weeks of exercise. The control group did not do any exercise for 12 weeks. Injury statistics were performed after a 12-week comparative trial. The effect of exercise prescription on injury reduction in ballroom dancing was discussed. Results: The incidence of sports injuries in the experimental group decreased significantly after 12 weeks (P<0.01). Compared to the control group, the incidence of muscle, ligament and joint injuries in the experimental group was significantly lower (P<0.01). The waist and ankle injuries incidence in the experimental group was lower than in the control group, and the data had significant differences (P<0.01). Conclusion: Dance athletes who choose the appropriate exercise prescription can effectively reduce the likelihood of injuries during training. Training can effectively improve performance in athletic competitions. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

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Differences in the Size of Individual Plantar Intrinsic Foot Muscles Between Ballet Dancers and Non-Dancers

Fukuyama,

Maeo,

Kusagawa

et al. 2024

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science

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Introduction: In classic ballet, choreography often involves tiptoe standing. Tiptoe standing requires a high and stable foot arch structure, which is achieved by contraction of the plantar intrinsic foot muscles (PIFMs). Long-term repetitive loading with a specific movement can induce hypertrophic adaptation of the associated muscles. For dancers, however, limited information on the size of individual PIFMs is available from previous studies. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in the sizes of 10 individual PIFMs between dancers and non-dancers. Methods: Muscle volumes (MVs) of 10 individual PIFMs were measured using magnetic resonance imaging in 15 female dancers and 15 female non-dancers. Muscles analyzed included abductor hallucis, flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti minimi, quadratus plantae, lumbricals, flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis oblique head, adductor hallucis transverse head, flexor digiti minimi, plantar/dorsal interossei. In addition to absolute MVs, relative MVs normalized to body mass (rMVBM) and the percentage of individual MVs relative to the sum of 10 individual PIFM MVs (%MVWHOLE) were calculated. Results: The absolute MVs of 6 individual PIFMs, including the flexor digitorum brevis and lumbricals, were +16% to 59% larger in dancers than in non-dancers (P ≤ .048). The rMVBM of all individual PIFMs were +35% to 95% larger in dancers than in non-dancers (P ≤ .019). The %MVWHOLE of the flexor digitorum brevis and lumbricals were +10% to 36% higher (P ≤ .014) and those of the abductor digiti minimi and adductor hallucis oblique head were +8% to 11% lower (P ≤ .037) in dancers than in non-dancers. Conclusions: For all 3 MV measures, only the flexor digitorum brevis and lumbricals, which are functionally specialized for flexion of the second to fifth metatarsophalangeal joints, were consistently larger in dancers than in non-dancers. This may be due to long-term repetitive loading on these PIFMs during ballet training involving tiptoe standing.

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Dancer Education Beyond The Conservatory:The Health Education Benefits of Pre-season Screens for a Professional Ballet Company

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

High time to enhance dancer welfare: a call to action to improve safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance

High time to enhance dancer welfare: a call to action to improve safeguarding and abuse prevention in dance

Exercise Prescription for Injury Reduction in Ballroom Dancing

Differences in the Size of Individual Plantar Intrinsic Foot Muscles Between Ballet Dancers and Non-Dancers

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