Dance 493, Autumn 2008
Anatomy for Dance

http://faculty.washington.edu/hcw/

Instructor: Hannah C. Wiley
Email: hcw@u.washington.edu

Office: Meany Hall 255
Office Hours: Tuesday, 12 - 1pm
Telephone: 543-7536

Lead Teaching Assistant Jamie Hall
jhall33@u.washington.edu
Office hours: Tuesday, 12:30 - 2:20, Meany Room 59J

Teaching Assistant David Lorence
david06@u.washington.edu
Office Hours: T, 10:30 - 12, and by appointment at the Henry Art Gallery Cafe


Meeting Times and Locations

Tuesday & Thursday, 8:30 - 10:20, Thomson 125
Friday, 8:30 - 9:20 Meany 267

Final exam: December 9, 2008, 10:30 - 12:20, Thomson 125


Required Text

"Anatomy of Movement" - Blandine Calais-Germain





Course Objectives

To introduce students to selected scientific aspects of dance, including anatomical terminology; identification of bones and muscles; and, the functional application of the above to dance. To encourage the student's development of a personal working process and his/her philosophical attitude toward teaching and studying dance.


Grading

25% Quizzes
25% ID exams
50% Final exam


Reading Assignments

Unit One Terminology
Pages 7 - 11


Unit Two
Bones
Pages 12 - 18


Unit Three
Muscles
Pages 19 - 27


Unit Four
Spine and Ribs
Pages 30 - 71

Unit Five
Pelvis, Femur and Hip Joint
Pages 191 - 207


Unit Six
Upper Muscles
Pages 72 - 100 & 227 - 255


Unit Seven
Knee
Pages 208 - 226


Unit Eight
Ankle and Foot
Pages 251 - 298



Unit Nine
Shoulder/Arm
Pages 102 - 155


ID Review Sheet

FIRST ID TEST

REGIONS OF THE SPINE:
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal (34)
VERTEBRAL LANDMARKS:
vertebral body, vertebral arch, transverse process, spinous process, superior and inferior articular facets,vertebral foramen, intervertebral foramina, intervertebral disc, nucleus (36-37)

SECOND ID TEST

BONES OF PELVIS
ilium, ischium, pubis, sacrum, coccyx (43)
PELVIC LANDMARKS
iliac crest, anterior superior iliac spine, anterior inferior iliac spine, obturator foramen, lesser sciatic notch, greater sciatic notch, posterior superior iliac spine, acetabulum, ischial tuberosity (45)
BONES AND BONY LANDMARKS OF THORAX AND FEMUR
costals, sternum, manubrium, sternal body, xiphoid process(60), femoral head, femoral neck, greater and lesser trochanter, femoral shaft, lateral and medial epicondyles, patellar surface (200)

THIRD ID TEST

MUSCLES
transversospinalis (74), erector spinae (78), iliacus AND psoas (235), quadratus lumborum (93), internal oblique- external oblique - transversus abdominis- rectus abdominis (94-97), gluteus minimus and medius (236-37), gluteus maximus- tensor fasciae latae- iliotibial band (248-49), vastus lateralis - vastus medialis - vastus intermedius - rectus femoris (238), sartorius (241), biceps femoris - semimembranosus - semitendinosus (242), pectineus - adductor brevis - adductor longus - adductor magnus - gracilis (245-46), piriformis - obturator internus - obturator externus - gemellus superior - gemellus inferior - quadratus femoris (228)

FOURTH ID TEST

STRUCTURES OF THE KNEE

lateral and medial femoral condyle (212), anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments , lateral and medial collateral ligament(219-20), medial and lateral meniscus (216), fibula, tibia (262), patella, quadriceps tendon, patellar ligament (224-25)

FIFTH ID TEST


BONES OF FOOT & MUSCLES OF FOOT AND ANKLE
talus, calcaneus, cuneiform, cuboid, navicular, metatarsal (273), phalanx(276), peroneals (288), tibialis anterior (286), extensor digitorum longus (287), extensor hallucis longus (286), flexor digitorum longus (290), tibialis posterior (290), flexor hallucis longus (291), gastrocnemius - soleus (292)


SIXTH ID TEST

BONES AND BONY LANDMARKS OF SHOULDER AND ARM
humerus - ulna - radius (144), glenoid fossa, acromion, scapular spine, coracoid process, supraspinous fossa, infraspinous fossa (112)
ROTATOR CUFF MUSCLES
subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor (126 - 27)
SHOULDER AND ARM MUSCLES
serratus anterior (120), levator scapulae (123), rhomboids (123), trapezius (124), pectoralis major (130), latissimus dorsi (131), deltoid (132), biceps brachii (147), triceps brachii (148), sternocleidomastoid (122)

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