Physics, Dance and the Pas de Deux

Name: Physics, Dance and the Pas de Deux
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ISBN: 9780028713267

ISBN-10: 0028713265

ISBN-13: 9780028713267

Edition: 1994

Authors: Kenneth Laws, Cynthia Harvey, Martha Swope, Kevin McKenzie

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This book applies basic principals of physics to the art of dance, opening up a new level of appreciation for lovers of the form.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Wadsworth
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
The Role of Physical Analysis	p. 1
Physics and Dance	p. 6
Balance	p. 15
Static Balance	p. 16
Regaining Balance	p. 18
Acceleration away from Balance	p. 22
Balance While Rotating	p. 23
A Final Look	p. 26
Motions Without Turns	p. 29
Acceleration from Rest	p. 30
Motion in a Curved Path	p. 34
Stopping Horizontal Motion	p. 35
Vertical Jumps	p. 36
Traveling Jumps	p. 38
The Grand Jete "Floating" Illusion	p. 39
The Effect of Turn-out on Traveling Jumps	p. 42
Landings from Jumps	p. 44
Dance Floors - Elasticity and Friction	p. 45
A Final Step	p. 48
Pirouettes	p. 51
Torque and Rotational Momentum in a Pirouette	p. 52
Controlling Rotational Velocity	p. 55
Different Types of Pirouettes	p. 57
The Arabesque Turn	p. 58
The Grande Pirouette	p. 60
Fouette Turns	p. 62
Repeated Pirouettes	p. 65
A Final Turn	p. 66
Turns in the Air	p. 69
The Demi-fouette	p. 70
The Tour jete	p. 71
The Saut de basque	p. 75
The Turning Assemble	p. 77
The Tour en l'air	p. 78
A Final Leap	p. 79
The Effects of Body Size	p. 83
Height of a Vertical Jump	p. 84
Entrechats	p. 87
Horizontal Accelerations and Body Size	p. 88
Body Size and Pirouettes	p. 88
Adagio Movements	p. 89
Effects of Body Shape	p. 89
A Final Comparison	p. 90
The Image and Experience of the Pas de Deux	p. 93
The Image of the Pas de deux	p. 93
The Experience of the Pas de deux	p. 98
"And There I Was...." - Cynthia Harvey	p. 101
A Physical Analysis of Partnering	p. 107
Interactions Between Partners	p. 108
The Rotating Body	p. 111
Balance	p. 113
Accelerating Motions with a Partner	p. 117
To the Next Step	p. 121
The Mechanics of Partnered Turns	p. 123
Balance During a Supported Pirouette	p. 124
Control of Rotation in Supported Pirouettes	p. 126
Stopping Rotation	p. 129
Other Supported Turns	p. 130
A Final Turn	p. 135
The Mechanics of Lifts	p. 137
The Straight Lift	p. 138
Other Front Lifts	p. 143
Overhead Lifts	p. 146
Other Lifts	p. 149
Catches	p. 152
A Final Thrust	p. 153
The "Black Swan" Pas de Deux	p. 155
Swan Lake - The Context for the "Black Swan" Pas de deux	p. 155
The "Black Swan" Pas de deux	p. 157
Ice Skating	p. 167
Physical Differences Between Skating and Dance	p. 168
Balance and Poses	p. 169
Rotations Around the Body's Vertical Axis	p. 171
Rotations Around a Vertical Axis Displaced from the Body	p. 172
Rotations Around a Vertical Axis Aloft	p. 174
Vertical Jumps	p. 176
Vertical Lifts	p. 178
A Final Glide	p. 180
A Step into the Future	p. 183
Appendix A: Linear Mechanics and Newton's Laws	p. 187
Appendix B: Rotational Mechanics	p. 193
Appendix C: Anatomical Data for a Dancer	p. 197
Appendix D: Rotational Inertia for Some Body Configurations	p. 199
Appendix E: Acceleration away from Balance	p. 203
Appendix F: Off-Balance Pirouettes	p. 205
Appendix G: Arabesque Turn Analysis	p. 207
Appendix H: Quantitative Analysis of the Grande Pirouette	p. 211
Appendix I: Quantitative Analysis of the Fouette Turn	p. 214
Appendix J: Quantitative Analysis of the Supported Fouette Turn	p. 216
Glossary of Dance Terms	p. 219
Glossary of Physics Terms	p. 222
Index	p. 225
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