The Core Series (Australia)

As dance educators it is imperative to help your students understand the anatomy of the dancer’s body. With this in mind we have created a series of A3 posters designed to be displayed in your studio, to make it easy to understand and explain the anatomy behind the movement. With clear anatomical images and descriptions of covering areas of interest, along with analysis of common dance injures, they are an essential tool for training intelligent dancers.

The Full Core Series includes: 

• The Anatomy of Breathing:  Very few dancers are aware of just how much a poor breathing influences their flexibility, their core stability and their health in general.
• The Inner Core Unit:  Mastering subtle control of the inner core muscles is essential for any dancer wanting to achieve Effortless Dynamic stability.
• The Outer Core: The Dynamic Slings:  Effective cross patterning via the functional lines / fascial slings helps create dynamic core stability. The base of these slings is developed when a baby spends time crawling, but this patterning must be reinforced with progressive training.
• The Importance of Crawling:  Crawling is a very important developmental milestone to not only go through, but also to revisit frequently to develop and maintain optimal functioning of the human body.
• Adult Crawling:  This is a great exercise to help develop connections in the Anterior Oblique and Posterior Oblique slings which normally get developed when babies learn to crawl. It helps develop dynamic, spontaneous core stability, and is an ideal exercise to include in a warm up or conditioning program.

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