Dance Imagery
The effects of Dance Imagery and its contribution towards healthy body alignment and positive development in dance.
This essay will discuss how to focus on keeping ideal alignment by using Dance Imagery in the process of personal development throughout technique and independent rehearsals. (Ashley. 2005) “alignment is good posture, achieved by holding sections of the body in line with one another and using minimal muscular work”. Body alignment is about how your head, shoulder, spine, hips, knees and ankles all affect and line up with one another. This can mecanically aid the body to be positioned in the most effiecent way.
Dance imagery is a method that dancers, or anybody practicing dance would use to improve their alignment and performance …show more content…
When in good alignment, less energy is used whilst performing or practicing dance, which leads to having a better balance and more energetic performance overall.
Dynmaic alignment requires needing an awareness of anatomy, the locality and status of the joints, the tensions states of the muscles and organs in the body, the numerous connections between the muscles, bones, and organs, the shapes and inner volumes within you, to give the mind a broad supply of options for improving and adjusting alignment. (Franklin, 2012).
Imagery to help improve alignment Imagery that leads to better alignment; this is often done through a series of imagery steps that lead to a final whole-body image of better alignment. It can also be done through imagining biomechanical relationships such as the bone rhythms.
Imagery to enhance expressivity Expressive imagery involves the embodiment of a certain theatrical character, movement metaphor, or musical quality.
Imagery to solve problems Using imagery to help you with a question you want to answer without any outside help or when no help is …show more content…
Allowing the mind to consciously reflect on how the movement should be done, most of the time helps to recognize a possible missing step in the phrase. When noticed and corrected, aids the muscle memory the correct way to place the pelvis or leg etc. “a good knowledge of muscle function is necessary for improving balance with such exercises.” (Franklin. 2012). These rehearsals give me the opportunity to see a difference in posture and balance, which are both linked to body alignment. As (Franklin. 2012) points out, “alignment emphasizes the aspect of posture that is concerned with the geometric and biomechanical relationships of parts of the body”.
“Skillful use of imagery while moving can give instant feedback about your current alignment, why you have difficulty achieving a movement goal, and which specific image most helps you to correct a problem” (Franklin.
This essay will discuss how to focus on keeping ideal alignment by using Dance Imagery in the process of personal development throughout technique and independent rehearsals. (Ashley. 2005) “alignment is good posture, achieved by holding sections of the body in line with one another and using minimal muscular work”. Body alignment is about how your head, shoulder, spine, hips, knees and ankles all affect and line up with one another. This can mecanically aid the body to be positioned in the most effiecent way.
Dance imagery is a method that dancers, or anybody practicing dance would use to improve their alignment and performance …show more content…
When in good alignment, less energy is used whilst performing or practicing dance, which leads to having a better balance and more energetic performance overall.
Dynmaic alignment requires needing an awareness of anatomy, the locality and status of the joints, the tensions states of the muscles and organs in the body, the numerous connections between the muscles, bones, and organs, the shapes and inner volumes within you, to give the mind a broad supply of options for improving and adjusting alignment. (Franklin, 2012).
Imagery to help improve alignment Imagery that leads to better alignment; this is often done through a series of imagery steps that lead to a final whole-body image of better alignment. It can also be done through imagining biomechanical relationships such as the bone rhythms.
Imagery to enhance expressivity Expressive imagery involves the embodiment of a certain theatrical character, movement metaphor, or musical quality.
Imagery to solve problems Using imagery to help you with a question you want to answer without any outside help or when no help is …show more content…
Allowing the mind to consciously reflect on how the movement should be done, most of the time helps to recognize a possible missing step in the phrase. When noticed and corrected, aids the muscle memory the correct way to place the pelvis or leg etc. “a good knowledge of muscle function is necessary for improving balance with such exercises.” (Franklin. 2012). These rehearsals give me the opportunity to see a difference in posture and balance, which are both linked to body alignment. As (Franklin. 2012) points out, “alignment emphasizes the aspect of posture that is concerned with the geometric and biomechanical relationships of parts of the body”.
“Skillful use of imagery while moving can give instant feedback about your current alignment, why you have difficulty achieving a movement goal, and which specific image most helps you to correct a problem” (Franklin.