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Stephen Apatow teaching biomechanics
class at the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, Spring 2007.
Aspirations to achieve
top level performance requires detailed attention given to each aspect
of the training program. Every day, our diet, strength, speed, flexibility,
postural alignment, mental preparation and technical training all relate
to the factors upon which our bodies will adapt, to yield our potential
performance. -- Stephen M. Apatow
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Yashiro Yamashita Clinic: 9
times all Japan Champion, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in the open division,
four times world champion. Back Row: Imon, Yashiro Yamishita, Sid Kelly,
Stephen Apatow, Founder, JudoSport International (Kokoro: Mixed Martial Arts
Style). Front Row: Clint, John, David Roberts, Roger.
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International DanceScience
Development Initiative
International Medical, Scientific and
Educational Initiative of the Sports Medicine & Science
Institute.
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In the early 80's, Stephen
M. Apatow took his background studies in medicine
and exercise physiology, into full time training for international competition
in two sports. As a part of technical training, he obtained scholarships
to study modern, jazz and ballet for 3 years under Broadway Star Lee Lund (Jaime Rogers)
and then 2 years studying the Soviet System of Ballet Training (Nutmeg Conservatory). Today, he is considered the
international reference point for classical ballet based biomechanics for
orthopedic analysis, dance and Olympic development programs.
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drop me a line...
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Continuing Education
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Overview
In conjunction, with scholarships to study classical ballet
training at the Nutmeg
Conservatory for the Arts in the late 80's, Stephen Apatow
was asked by artistic director
Sharon Dante (YouTube: PM Magazine, 1984) to incorporate a specialized program to optimize classical
ballet based alignment mechanics.
The challenge encompassed the differences between participants
that were the result of a "one out of a thousand selection process"
and opportunities in the United States that allow all children to participate
despite their physical limitations. The focus encompassed an accentuated
stretch and flexibility emphasis, for all developmental levels (pre-ballet
through professional) to better enable the dancer in their progression
toward the mechanical ideal of the development program.
The advanced level of this developmental
focus was intensive spine and extremity analysis, correction, retraining
and coaching with dancers preparing for international
competitions and professional careers. This intensive work resulted
in an immediate functional change in technical performance within a
4-6 week period, facilitating progress that was impossible through
the classical ballet development program alone. See:
The results of our 20-year collaborative
relationship include the formation of the Sports Medicine and
Science Institute, specialized classical ballet development programs,
applications for sports and Olympic development programs, orthopedic
analysis and injury prevention.
References:
- Sharon E. Dante: Founder,
Artistic Director, Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts.
- Susan Patterson: President,
Board of Directors, Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts.
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Private Consultations
Private consultations for biomechanical analysis, correction
and retraining are available to students who are in need or want to
improve specific areas of their training that cannot happen in the ballet
class alone.
Emily
Patterson, Joffrey Ballet, IMDB, The
Company (2003), Save the Last Dance (2001).
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Private consultation options:
- Performance Biomechanics Session:
Intensive analysis, correction and retraining based on progressive
programs used prepare dancers for international competition.
- Injury Prevention Biomechanics
Session: Sessions
focus on specific problem areas (spine and extremity mechanics), understanding
the mechanism
of joint stress and injury, articular range of motion and alignment
optimization.
Questions regarding the scope of this
work can also be directed to:
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Stephen M. Apatow
Director,
SMSI Dancescience Development Program, Ballet Coach, Biomechanics
Specialist & Technical Consultant.
* Founder, Director of Research and Development
of the Sports Medicine & Science Institute.
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Sports Medicine & Science Institute
167 Cherry Street, # 260
Milford, Connecticut 06460
Telephone: (203) 668-0282
Internet: www.esportsmedicine.org
Email: s.m.apatow@esportsmedicine.org
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