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Continuous Pursuit of and Physical Injuries from Aesthetic Ballet Activities - How to Disconnect this Vicious Circle? -

  • The Korean Journal of Dance Studies
  • Abbr : KRSDS
  • 2022, 88(4), pp.85-100
  • DOI : 10.16877/kjds.88.4.202211.85
  • Publisher : The Korean Society for Dance Studies
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Dance
  • Received : October 14, 2022
  • Accepted : November 2, 2022
  • Published : November 30, 2022

Jang, Sojung 1

1성공회대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Ballet techniques as aesthetic expressions require extreme physical abilities beyond the anatomical limit of human body. This study was motivated from perceiving the situation in which ballet dancers’ efforts to pursue artistic aesthetics lead to overuse of body parts and eventually disrupt continuous artistic activities. To solve this contradictory problem, this study viewed this problem and conducted an empirical analysis in the multiple-causation framework; in which overuse does not cause injury alone, but only in combination with major ground-preparing causes, such as body misalignment or balance control. As a result of empirical analyses, it was confirmed that lower extremity misalignment or lack of balance control actually act as key ground-preparing causes that lead to injuries serious enough to disrupt continuous pursuit of artistic activities. As a next step, my findings suggest that it is desired to develop a strength training program that effectively suppresses those ground-preparing causes.

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