Applications of Biomechanics Analysis in Dance

Applications of Biomechanics Analysis in Dance

Debora Cantergi, Laura Ruaro Moraes, Jefferson Fagundes Loss
ISBN13: 9781799842613|ISBN10: 1799842614|EISBN13: 9781799842620
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4261-3.ch002
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Cantergi, Debora, et al. "Applications of Biomechanics Analysis in Dance." Scientific Perspectives and Emerging Developments in Dance and the Performing Arts, edited by Bárbara Pessali-Marques, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 25-44. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4261-3.ch002

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Cantergi, D., Moraes, L. R., & Loss, J. F. (2021). Applications of Biomechanics Analysis in Dance. In B. Pessali-Marques (Ed.), Scientific Perspectives and Emerging Developments in Dance and the Performing Arts (pp. 25-44). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4261-3.ch002

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Cantergi, Debora, Laura Ruaro Moraes, and Jefferson Fagundes Loss. "Applications of Biomechanics Analysis in Dance." In Scientific Perspectives and Emerging Developments in Dance and the Performing Arts, edited by Bárbara Pessali-Marques, 25-44. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4261-3.ch002

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Abstract

The field of sports biomechanics aims to improve performance and decrease injury rates in athletes. Although first developed thinking of athletes, sports biomechanics analysis was expanded to the dance field due to the similarities between athletes and dancers, including high workload, high injuries incidence, and the constant seeking of performance improvements. For the past few decades, a field focused only on dancers, thus called “dance biomechanics,” has used sports biomechanics literature and produced its own knowledge analysing different dancers and many types of dance. Many questions have been made about dance, and some of those have been addressed by dance biomechanics. This chapter will explain how science has tried to answer many of them.

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