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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