Hsc Dance - Body Skills

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PRELIMANARY COURSE ASSESSMENT: Performance Task 1 Two of the body skills within the performance that I have recorded are a double turn on plie with my hands gradually being thrown into the air (00:48) and an a body roll starting with my head where my legs are in a deep second with my left foot on forced arch (00:15). The low double turn is a body skill that requires almost every muscle in your body to be working at optimum level for the period of the turn. Body alignment is most important in this skill, balancing your body weight equally over your spine. The correct alignment to carry out this turn is the plumbline, which not only evenly distributes the body weight over the spine, but minimizes the amount of muscular effort required. As this turn is a basic one (no lean, tilt, backbend etc) my body alignment should be parallel to the imaginary axis that my body is turning on. My body stretches to reach up high and at the same time, my feet drill into the ground. These two contradictory movements lead to the constant lengthening of my spine throughout the turn. My right leg is turned out, my foot placed just above my left ankle, pointed. My pelvis is square, and open, which allows my legs to make the most of its capability of turning out, which also must be sustained throughout the pirouette. The core must be engaged, to continue spinning, to finish off the second turn. The engaged core muscles assist in sustaining my body alignment throughout the period of the turn. I think of my arms as being ‘connected to my back’, even though throwing my arms into the air is a effortless, free movement, I use the energy from my back to carry it out, which helps keep my shoulder blades square and aligned too. My head plays an important role in this body skill. I focus on one spot in front of me before I take off with the pirouette and whip my head as quickly as possible towards

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