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Contemporary dance practice

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-09 13:20:58 UTC

I have chosen ground based contemporary as my dance practice of choice as I feel that this is the discipline that is most effected by outside circumstances; particularly the three areas that I have chosen for this summative assignment.

Why choose ground based contemporary?

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-09 13:24:08 UTC

On reflection of my personal practice, I observed that it is my progress and performance in Contemporary that has the strongest correlation and relationship with both Sleep and rest, and intrinsic motivation levels, making these areas the most beneficial to investigate throughout my summative assignment.

Objectives/goals for my final submission

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-09 13:30:44 UTC

To assess my own personal relationship with both sleep and rest and intrinsic motivation and calculate why my performance in ground based contemporary is the biggest indicator of my current levels in both areas.
To elaborate on the specialized research I conducted during my formative 1 task on sleep and rest.
To construct a plan for how to sustain good progress and performance in ground based contemporary regardless of my current levels of all three areas being observed within this assignment.

Why is this relevant to my contemporary practice?

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-09 13:35:24 UTC

Why is this relevant to my contemporary practise?

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-09 13:35:43 UTC

Increasing reports of fatigue in dancers

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-10 14:57:57 UTC

The university of Sydney and ‘Ausdance national’ surveyed 195 professional dancers and found that “The proportion of dancers reporting fatigue as a contributing factor to their injury has increased from 26 percent in 1990 and 33 percent in 1999 to 48 percent in 2017.” (Vassalla, 2017.) I aim to investigate what factors are contributing to this rise/do these factors apply to me? if so how can I resolve this.

Differences between full-time dancer and part-time dancer injury reports

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-10 15:03:14 UTC

“Fatigue was the most cited contributing factor for injury identified by both part-time (52.8%) and full-time dancers (43.7%). (Lornez, Morrison. 2015.) Why higher levels in part-time and not full-time?

Why this area?

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-10 15:08:00 UTC

Ground based contemporary demands the highest levels of mental focus and effort for me, therefore this practice is heavily reliant on my levels of intrinsic motivation. I thought that the findings from investigating this area in relation to ground based contemporary would be beneficial to my dance practice and would aid me in constructing a plan for how to sustain the highest levels of IM possible in light of the research I will conduct.

Why this area?

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-10 15:14:25 UTC

Pain management is an subject that I feel plays a prominent role within my training and dance practice. Pain management is something that I am constantly considering on a day to day basis regarding both chronic pain and general injury, so I feel that given the opportunity to research a variety of dance science topics, it is imperative for me to continue to further my knowledge and understanding of pain and how this correlates to my contemporary dance practice.

Area of research - Gender differences in motivations to dance

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-10 15:28:22 UTC

Research by the National library of medicine have found that woman are more motivated to dance for fitness reasons, whilst men are more likely to be motivated by reasons of intimacy. I aim to expand on this research by finding its links to body image and self confidence, could there be a correlation between woman becoming demotivated when dance activity lacks the opportunity to improve their body image hence these stats?

Area of research - Perception of pain in dance and attitudes towards pain management

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-10 15:35:44 UTC

In my summative assignment I am setting out to research whether Dance focused environments create a hostile space for pain management and alter perceptions of pain more than other training environments. Or simply put: is pain harder to manage as a dancer. Research from 'The Scandinavian journal of pain' found that "Pain seems to be accepted as a necessity, often ignored and dancing is continued despite pain."

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:11:08 UTC

- To expand on the research I conducted throughout my formative 1 task on Sleep and Rest
- To compile knowledge on both intrinsic motivation and pain management in order to create a plan that allows me to sustain effective levels of both
- To explore how all three areas of dance science have a subsequent effect on my ground based contemporary practice
- Following on from that, analyse the outcomes of these subjects and conclude on how to avoid any negative impairments from their effects.
- To construct a comprehensive and thorough review of these subjects in relation to my contemporary practice and through this, understand better my own personal dance practice and how to enhance my approach to this.

Sources that I will utilise:

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:13:25 UTC

- My previous formative 1 task and the research within it
- The national institute of health
- National library of medicine
- ‘The dance cure’ - Dr Peter Lovatt
- ‘Dance medicine in practise’ - Liane Simmel

Sources that I will utilise:

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:16:34 UTC

- National library of medicine statistics
- ‘Psychology for dancers’ - Cathy schofield
- ‘Drive’ - Daniel H Pink.
- ‘Intrinsic’ - Sharath Jeevan

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:18:54 UTC

- To include photographic/videographic evidence of my progression in ground based contemporary in correlation with my three chosen areas in order to aid description of my practice

- To input the key teachings that I’ve learned through Arran and the relationship between this acquired knowledge and the three dance science areas.

Sources I will utilise:

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:24:01 UTC

- ‘The way out’, heal chronic pain. Alan Gordon
- ‘The pain free mindset’ - Dr Deepak Ravindran
- ‘Essentials of pain management’ - Richard D Urman.

Relationship to my contemporary practise?

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:29:21 UTC

Sleep and rest I feel is personally one of my strongest areas out of the three I have chosen. I feel that it is important to continue on with my research on sleep and rest and apply it to my contemporary practice because whilst I feel I am most proficient in my rest and sleep schedule, my energy levels are also the most temperamental factor in my performance outcomes in contemporary. I feel that applying this analysis to contemporary will harvest valuable information for me to continue on to next term.

Bibliography:

madeleinedornball2 — 2023-11-13 13:30:58 UTC

Daniel Lornez and Scot Morrison, (2015). Current concepts in periodization of strength and conditioning for the sports psychical therapist. Pages 734-747. International journal of sports physical therapy
Amy. J. Vassallo, Evangelos Pappas, Emmanuel Stamatakis, and Claire E Hiller. (2018). Differences in the occurrence and characteristics of injuries between full-time and part-time dancers. BMJ open sport & exercise medicine.
Amy. J. Vassallo. (2017). Fatigue and overuse major factors in dancing injuries. The university of Sydney.
Rachel Fine. (2020). The importance of sleep for dancers. Www.Dancenutrition.com.
Matthew Wyon, Gaby Allard. (2022). Periodization: A framework for dance training. Bloomsbury Publishing.
‘The Scandinavian journal of pain’ Prevalence, localization, perception and management of pain in dance: an overview. Jasmin Lampe , Bernhard Borgetto, David A. Groneberg and Eileen M. Wanke
National library of medicine. ‘Why do you dance? Development of the Dance Motivation Inventory’ (DMI)

Aniko Maraz et al. PLoS One. 2015.