Characteristics of Standing Posture in Preschool Children with Turnout in Classical Ballet: A Comparison with Skilled Adult Ballet Dancers

Attentional Focus in Classical Ballet: A Survey Of Professional Dancers.

Focus of attention and its effects on skilled motor performance has become an important line of research in the motor learning domain. Numerous studies have demonstrated that an external focus of attention (i.e., on the movement effect) enhances motor performance and learning relative to an internal focus (i.e., on body movements). Thus, small differences in the wording of instructions or feedb...

Delayed menarche and amenorrhea in ballet dancers.

Single-leg squats can predict leg alignment in dancers performing ballet movements in “turnout”

The physical assessments used in dance injury surveillance programs are often adapted from the sports and exercise domain. Bespoke physical assessments may be required for dance, particularly when ballet movements involve "turning out" or external rotation of the legs beyond that typically used in sports. This study evaluated the ability of the traditional single-leg squat to predict the leg al...

Vitamin D status in professional ballet dancers: winter vs. summer.

OBJECTIVE Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is produced by the exposure of the skin to sunlight. Therefore athletes who train indoors, such as dancers, are vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status in UK professional dancers during periods of reduced and increased sunlight exposure (i.e., winter vs. summer), and to assess the impac...

Mirror Neuron Activation Priming in Novice Versus Expert Ballet Dancers

The mirror neuron system (MNS) includes a collection of neurons in the brain that respond to the performance and observation of similar motor actions. Exploration of this system has furthered the understanding and representation of learning through imitation, action understanding, motor system activation, empathy, and language processing, among other fields of interest in cognitive neuroscience...