Preface / 1. Introduction / 2. Balance / 3. Motions without Turns / 4. Pirouettes / 5. Turns in the Air / 6. The Effects of Body Size / 7. Partnering / 8. The Future / The Artists -- Role of physical analysis ; Physics of dance -- Static balance ; Regaining balance ; Acceleration away from balance ; Balance while rotating ; Summary -- Acceleration from rest ; Motion in a curved path ; Stopping horizontal motion ; Vertical jumps ; Combined vertical and horizontal motions ; Grand Jete "floating" illusion ; Effect of turnout on traveling jumps ; Dance floors - elasticity and friction ; Summary -- Source of torque for a pirouette ; Controlling angular velocity ; Characteristics of different pirouettes ; Arabesque turn ; Grande piroutte ; Fouette turns ; Repeated pirouettes ; Summary -- Tour jete ; Demi-fouette ; Saut de basque ; Turning assemble ; Tour en l'air ; Summary -- Height of a vertical jump ; Entrechats ; Horizontal accelerations and body size ; Body size and pirouettes ; Adagio movements ; Effects of body shape ; Summary -- Vertical lifts ; Balance in a pose ; A digression - the barre as a partner ; Supported pirouettes - balance ; Supported pirouettes - control of rotation ; Summary -- APPENDIX A Linear Mechanics and Newton's Laws ; APPENDIX B Rotational Mechanics ; APPENDIX C Anatomical Data for Dancers ; APPENDIX D Moments of Inertia for Various Body Configurations ; APPENDIX E Acceleration Away from Balance ; APPENDIX F Off-Balance Pirouettes ; APPENDIX G Arabesque Turn Analysis ; APPENDIX H Quantitative Analysis of the Grande Pirouette ; APPENDIX I Quantitative Analysis of the Fouetté Turn ; APPENDIX J Balance in Pose with Partner.
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Dance--Physiological aspects. Human mechanics Biophysics