Dance Science Flashcards
1
Q
What are the dancer’s fitness requirements?
A
- Muscle power reserve
- Muscular endurance
- Cardiorespiratory endurance
- Flexibility and range of motion
- Muscular strength
2
Q
What is the nature of Dance training?
A
- Groups
- 90 Minutes
- Intermittent
- Priorities skills learning over physiological training
3
Q
What are the difficulties in measuring demands of dance?
A
- The intermittent nature
- The use both energy systems
- Different role of dancers
- Different demands of choreography
- Durations of dances
4
Q
What did the river dance study measure?
A
- Heart rate
- PRE
- Video analysis (time on and off stage)
5
Q
What are the physiological demands found in the river dance study?
A
- Working hard to very hard
- 3 minute durations
- 7 individual appearances
- leads had increased time and effort
6
Q
What are the difficulties of testing the river dancers?
A
- Intermittent and variable nature of dance, within and across dance styles and choreography
7
Q
What are the variables used to estimate the physiological demands of dance.
A
- Heart rate
- Muscular endurance
- Muscular power
- Muscular strength
- Cardiovascular enudrance
8
Q
What are the limitations of testing equipment?
A
- Equipment can interrupt movement
- Aesthetic
9
Q
What are the issues with current training?
A
- Technique classes are not sufficient to prepare dancers physiologically for the demands of performance.
- Performance is changing requiring different components of fitness making targeted training hard.
-Dancers need to be all-round athletes.
10
Q
What are the recommendations for coaches?
A
- Include Cardiorespiratory training
- Include Strength training
- Include Power training
- Replace technique classes with training
11
Q
What is DAFT
A
Dance aerobic fitness test
12
Q
What is HIFT
A
High intensity fitness test
13
Q
What is BAFT
A
Ballet aerobic fitness test
