Movement Analysis and Retraining of the Dancer Part 2

Movement Analysis & Retraining of the Dancer

A collaborative workshop presented by Andrea Zujko  (Dance Medicine Education Initiative) & Marimba Gold-Watts (Articulating Body Inc.)

March 2021

Welcome everyone! Thank you for joining us on our inaugural collaborative continuing education course- Movement Analysis & Retraining of the Dancer.  Marimba and I are looking forward to sharing our insights as to how you can utilize creative Pilates repertoire to address postural faults, muscular weakness, joint and myofascial restriction and impaired movement control.

A dancer’s posture and alignment can be considered as an end result of the way their body has been trained (aka used) over a prolonged period of time. Postural alignment faults may produce or reinforce movement dysfunction which, in turn, may drive compensations that can lead to tissue failure. Movement dysfunction can predispose or be the result of injury and is a key area practitioners address in their work. Use…