Dance Kinesiology Special Interest Group Meeting
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science Annual Meeting
Stockholm, Sweden
November 2005

Return to Dance Kinesiology Teachers Home Page

Roundtable discussion outline

Janet Karin: Not a kinesiologist
My work falls between somatic and biomechanics

Approach according to goals and environment

• Who you are dealing with?
• What are their goals?
• What are their needs?
• What is their environment?
  o teachers,
  o teaching program
  o other support systems

Skeletal approach

Imagery

• Lines of movement
• Proportions

Hip

• General alignment
• Pelvic stability
• Hip joint isolation
• Rotator activity
• Psoas activity
• Cueing – fingertip

Reetta Ronkko provided examples of how dance kinesiology is applied in Finland.

Return to Dance Kinesiology Teachers Home Page