Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Dance conditioning
includes fitness activities such as aerobic movements, stretching, yoga, and strength training, as well as a variety of somatic approaches
for improved physical performance requires commitment, perseverance, and resilience.
Knowing about the human body empowers dancers in their technical and artistic training.
Personal fitness can be maintained or enhanced through participation in a variety of activities at different intensity levels.
Dance is an art form that combines flexibility, strength, and endurance.
Personal choices influence our mental, physical, and artistic well-being.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
anatomical terminology
for example, joint movements (e.g., “flexion” and “extension” at the elbow in a biceps curl)
body conditioning
exercises or practices to maintain and improve physical fitness, including cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility
anatomically and developmentally sound movement principles
including but not limited to mobility, stability, alignment, weight transfer, flexibility, strength, balance, coordination
spatial and kinesthetic awareness
the body’s ability to coordinate motion and its awareness of where it is in time and space
somatic approaches
body-mind approaches that foster internal awareness and body connectivity
skeletal system, including bones and joints
could include bones such as femur, humerus, tibia, and ulna, and joints such as shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, and ankle
different types of muscle, including cardiac and skeletal muscle
- Cardiac muscle is the heart muscle.
- Skeletal muscles move the bones in the body and are part of the muscular system, which helps control body movement.
different types and functions of connective tissue
- Tendons connect bones to muscle.
- Ligaments connect bone to bone.
planes of movement
- sagittal plane: vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sides; it is sometimes called the wheel plane
- frontal plane: vertical plane that divides the body into front and back portions; it is sometimes called the door plane
- transverse plane: horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions; it is sometimes called the table plane
movement actions
including but not limited to flexion, extension, hyperextension, pronation, supination, abduction, adduction, outward rotation, inward rotation
components of an exercise session
warm-up, exercise, cool-down
components of fitness
including aerobic fitness, anaerobic fitness, muscle endurance, strength, power, flexibility, neuromuscular coordination, body composition, rest
principles of fitness program design
includes training principles to enhance personal fitness levels, such as the FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type) principle, SAID (Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands) principle, adaptation, specificity, individuality, reversibility, compensation, and progressive overload
effects of different types of fitness activities
could include:
on the body
- strengthening muscles and bones in activities where you have to move and/or control some type of weight (e.g., fitness circuits and/or jumping and landing)
- strengthening heart and lungs in activities where you are moving at a fast pace (e.g., jogging or running) for periods of time (e.g., games, swimming, biking)
- reducing stress and/or anxiety levels in activities where you can participate outside and/or elevate the heart rate
influences of food choices and eating patterns on dance performance and overall health
performance-enhancing supplements and drugs
short- and long-term impacts of legal and illegal supplements and drugs (e.g., steroids, creatine, protein powder, weight-loss pills)
exercise safety and etiquette
- training practices (e.g., avoiding overtraining and dangerous practices)
- breathing techniques (e.g., breathing out during exertion and breathing in during the “easy phase”)
- spotting (e.g., helping others complete their repetitions in weight-training activities)
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Explore and create
Participate in physical activities designed to maintain or enhance overall fitness and improve dance performance
Create and implement a personalized fitness program
incorporating a variety of activities to achieve fitness goals for dance
Demonstrate ways to train the muscular and cardiovascular systems
for example, using interval training to train the anaerobic energy system
Develop core support, turnout, and efficient use of the spine, arms, and legs to enhance dance movements and protect the body
Develop and demonstrate appropriate exercise techniques for a variety of dance conditioning activities
Demonstrate ways to safely and effectively increase flexibility
Explore the relationship between body alignment and injury prevention
Reason and reflect
Identify and apply strategies for pursuing personal fitness and dance-related goals
Plan ways to overcome potential barriers to participation in dance conditioning activities
Identify health messages from a variety of sources
for example, medical professionals, websites, magazine and TV advertisements, retail stores (e.g., vitamin/supplement stores)
and describe their potential influences on health and well-being
Demonstrate awareness of personal and social responsibility toward self, others, and place
any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives on the world.
Communicate and document
Identify and describe the relationships between healthy eating, overall health, and performance in dance conditioning activities
Identify and describe how different types of fitness activities influence the muscular and cardiovascular systems
Connect and expand
Explore cultural perspectives, ways of knowing
First Nations, Métis, Inuit, gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
, and movements to enhance dance conditioning activities
Consider personal safety, injury prevention and care, and physical health when engaged in dance conditioning activities