A Modern Dancer’s Primer for Action by Rosella Simonari, Martha Graham

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Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal Injuries in Pre-Professional Modern Dancers before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic by Lital Kishon, Hilla Sarig Bahat

“…The objectives were to investigate factors associated with musculoskeletal injuries in pre-professional modern dancers before and after the pandemic and to qualitatively describe the dancers’ experiences during COVID-19. …”
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A Trustworthy Collaboration: Eleanor Roosevelt and Martha Graham’s Pioneering of American Cultural Diplomacy by Camelia Lenart

“…Focusing on the collaboration between the First Lady and the modern dancer Martha Graham, it also proves that their partnership and its valuable and long lasting outcomes qualify them as pioneers of American cultural diplomacy. …”
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Does the direction of shapes and bodies influence the aesthetic perception of stage setups in dance? by Marisa Kempe

“…Only the group of modern dancers showed no preference for the V versus the diagonals. …”
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Hamstring extensibility differences among elite adolescent and young dancers of different dance styles and non-dancers by Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Patricia Molina-Castillo, Pedro A. López-Miñarro, Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Francisco Esparza-Ros

“…The modern dancers showed higher ranges of hip flexion than the Spanish dancers in the ASLR test for both legs and in the pelvic tilt in the SR test (p from 0.007 to <0.001). …”
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La danse étatsunienne du début du XXème siècle aux années 1980 : histoire d’une dichotomie entre mouvement et geste by Claudie Servian

“…Similarly, Martha Graham thinks that movement never lies. For modern dancers, dance is human thought and emotions performed by the human body for human purposes. …”
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Dancers’ Body: the Examination of Health, Body Satisfaction, Body Attitudes, Eating Attitudes, and Self-esteem among Dancers by Beáta Szászi, Pál Szabó

“…Ballroom dancers are the most dissatisfied with their body and weight, and they are the most symptomatic concerning EDs. Modern dancers are the most protected regarding body-related extremes. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal injuries in modern and contemporary dancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yufei Sun, Hui Liu

“…The factors of BMI and injury history achieved statistical significance, and the p-values were less than 0.01.ConclusionBased on the results of this article, BMI and injury history may be risk factors for injury in contemporary and modern dancers. Modern and contemporary dancers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries. …”
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Polyurethane inserts for comfort and injury prevention while dancing en pointe by Rigobon, Alexandra

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