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Due to a massive power outage in the Boston area, this event has unfortunately been cancelled. For more up-to-date information, please check here.
Creating your Best Plié for Turnout, Jumps and Balance 
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Convention Center: Ballroom C
2012 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition
Boston, MA
March 13-17
In this half-day master session, Eric Franklin will introduce anatomically based motor imagery to promote safe dance technique and prevent injury with a focus on the plié: Its purpose in dance training and performance, its sound biomechanical performance and how it is best employed to create healthy and expressive technique for turnout, jumps and balance.
The session begins with an introduction to the anatomy and biomechanics of the pelvis, hip and sacroiliac articulations emphasizing efficient interaction of these joints to create dynamic alignment, strength and flexibility. Specific imagery and self-touch exercises will then be introduced that increase the safety of the lower back, knees and feet in turnout and jumps. The relationship between dance educational tools and dance science is provided at each step of the process.
The movement session will also demonstrate how to introduce these concepts to dancers with little knowledge of anatomy and how to increase motivation by linking anatomical knowledge with the experience of greater technical ease. The session will provide practical experience of the subtle but important coordination of the legs and pelvis which will lead to improved stability, flexibility and alignment in the plié. Dance educators will be shown how to use imagery and language that explains even complex subject matter at all levels of experience. Speaker: Eric Franklin
Bio: Eric Franklin is a dancer, movement educator, university lecturer and successful author. He earned his BS form the University of Zurich and his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Eric has studied and trained with some of the top movement imagery and conditioning specialists around the world and has used this training as a professional dancer in New York. He has shared his imaging techniques in his teaching since 1986. Eric teaches at universities and arts educational schools throughout the world including New York University School of the Arts, the Royal Ballet School and the Laban Center in London. In 1998 he introduced the first dance conditioning methodology to mainland China. Recently Eric Franklin has taught at the Juilliard School in New York and the Royal Danish Ballet.
Eric Franklin is author of Dynamic Alignment through Imagery (1996), Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance (1996), Relax your Neck - Liberate your Shoulders (2002), Pelvic Power (2003) and Inner Focus, Outer Strength (2006). Eric Franklin's books have been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Tcheck, Chinese and Korean. As founder of the Franklin-Method Institute in Switzerland, Eric Franklin regularly offers workshops and Teacher Training courses on the topics covered in his books.
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