Maintenance+and+Nutrition

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BODY MAIN﻿TENANCE﻿ AND NUTRITION

﻿Body Maintenance such as nutrition, diet, warming-up, warming-down, correct stretching etc is an essential part of looking after your body for dance. It is important to remember to drink plenty of water (at least 2 litres), eat protein, eat moderate amounts of carbohydrates as they provide you with energy, and include some fats such as dairy within your daily diet. To grasp an understanding of body maintenance, I have provided you several articles on a dancer's diet for you to read, and several procedures to follow in relation to stretching, excecises, treatment of dance injuries within the Safe Dance Practice document etc. After reading the documents you will research any relevant information about a nutritional diet for a dancer. I have provided several resources you may find useful to use for your research, within the useful resources section of this wiki. You will also need to record a journal of your diet for at least five days which will be discussed in class to evaluate individually. There is a table for you to use throughout your process of recording your diet (Diet Journals). You will find the accompanying assessment tasks for the Safe Dance Practice document and Dance Nutrition articles within the assessment section of this wiki. Once you have finished each assessment task, click on the **dancing skeleton** to explore your Task Cards. Make sure you also go to the criteria section to look at what you are being assessed on. Good Luck!