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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Role of Physical Analysis | |
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| The Physics of Dance | |
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| The Value of Analysis to Dancers | |
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| The Value of Analysis to Observers | |
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| Analysis for Teachers and Health Professionals | |
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| Communication: Words, Images, and Photographs | |
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| Balance | |
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| Condition for Static Balance | |
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| Regaining Balance | |
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| Balance while Rotating | |
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| A Final Look | |
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| Motions without Turns | |
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| Acceleration from Rest | |
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| Motion in a Curved Path | |
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| Stopping Horizontal Motion | |
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| Vertical Jumps | |
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| Connections between Horizontal and Vertical Motions | |
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| The Grand Jete "Floating" Illusion | |
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| The Effect of Turnout on Traveling Jumps | |
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| Landings from Jumps | |
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| Dance Floors: Elasticity and Friction | |
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| A Final Leap | |
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| Pirouettes | |
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| Torque and Rotational Momentum in a Pirouette | |
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| Controlling Rotational Velocity | |
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| Characteristics of Pirouettes | |
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| The Arabesque Turn | |
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| The "Illusion Turn," | |
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| The Grande Piroutte | |
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| Fouette Turns | |
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| Repeated Pirouettes | |
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| A Final Turn | |
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| Turns in the Air | |
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| The Demi-fouette | |
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| The Tour Jete (Grand Jete en Tournant) | |
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| The Saut de Basque | |
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| The Turning Assemble | |
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| The Tour en l'Air | |
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| A Final Leap | |
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| The Pas de Deux | |
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| The History and Appeal of the Pas de Deux | |
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| Who's Responsible for What? | |
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| Physical Interactions between Partners | |
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| Balance | |
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| Accelerating Motions | |
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| Final Poses | |
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| To the Next Step | |
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| The Mechanics of Partnered Turns | |
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| Starting a Supported Pirouette | |
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| Balance during a Supported Pirouette | |
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| Stopping Rotation | |
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| Other Supported Turns | |
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| A Final Turn | |
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| The Mechanics of Lifts | |
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| The Straight Lift | |
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| Other Front Lifts | |
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| Overhead Lifts | |
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| Other Lifts | |
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| Catches | |
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| A Final Thrust | |
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| The Effects of Body Size | |
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| Height of a Vertical Jump | |
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| Entrechats | |
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| Horizontal Accelerations and Body Size | |
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| Body Size and Pirouettes | |
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| Adagio Movements | |
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| Body Size and Partnered Dance | |
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| Effects of Body Shape | |
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| A Final Comparison | |
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| A Step Into the Future | |
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| Linear Mechanics and Newton's Laws | |
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| Rotational Mechanics | |
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| Anatomical Data for Dancers | |
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| Rotational Inertia for Some Body Configurations | |
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| Acceleration Away from Balance | |
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| Off-Balance Pirouettes | |
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| Arabesque Turn Analysis | |
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| Quantitative Analysis of the Grande Pirouette | |
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| Quantitative Analysis of the Fouette Turn | |
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| Quantitative Analysis of the Supported Fouette Turn | |
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| Lean, Don't Slip | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |