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Importance of Warm Up and Cool Down
It is important to always take 10-15 minutes, minimum to warm up and cool down. After warming up you may want to spend some time stretching.
The purpose of a good warm up is to prepare the dancer both physically and mentally for an increase in physical exertion.
A thourough warm-up should, raise the dancer¡¦s heart rate, and so esentially get the oxygenated blood circulating through the body. The warm up should also loosen the joints and warm up the muscles allowing them time enough to become supple and so prevent damage.
Warming up is preparing the body for increased exertion. ... During the warm up, movement in the joints is slowly increased. ... g feet lower leg, upper lleg back and stomach, neck, and arms, but a trained dancer should know that when he/she is going to be doing specifically strenuous activity which needs the use of a specific group of muscles, that they must spend extra time and attention warming these muscles up and preparing them for work and example of this would be, dancing a piece which has a lot of jumping in it, in this cxase, the dancer¡¦s feet must be not only strong but warm, the metertassels must be flexible, the shock of landing must be absorbed fully through the feet and legs, and these muscles are also used greatly in the take off.
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