Module One Post Two (Symmetry,geometry….dance?)

This website talks about how symmetry and geometry are both very important as well as useful in ballet. Dancers use symmetry when spotting in a turn, without spotting dancers would become very dizzy and would fall over. Dancers can’t spin continuously because the human body has no rotational symmetry, so anyone who tried to spin continuously would lose their balance and fall. The website also talks about how dancers make shapes with their bodies, and that choreographers think about how they can use lines and angles to make their dances more appealing. It also explained that a system of notation for dance that can be manipulated like a math equation has been created by a choreographer named Rudolph Laban.

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This is helpful to me because it gave me a lot of new information that other websites didn’t contain. This website taught me that there is a system of notation for dance, something I was unaware of prior to reading this. This is useful to me because it’s a topic I find interesting, and something I might want to do further research on. I also learned that when creating a dance choreographers use math to make it more interesting.

Module 1 Post 3 (Savannah Ballet – The Geometry of Dance Powerpoint)

http://www.savannahballettheatre.org/about/education-outreach/the-geometry-of-dance-powerpoint

This site is very useful for geometry in dance. Although there isn’t much written the pictures are very useful. This site shows the different formations. This is again another symmetry and geometry site. There are many formations that require symmetry. Like the 2 parallel lines. The 2 parallel lines must have the same amount of people and they must be in a straight line. The geometry slides show the dancer in a pose. Then it outlines where the shapes would be. In the ballet Swan Lake the 4 swans must be in a straight line. 

 

This is useful to me because it is another geometry and symmetry site. I now have a lot of information on symmetry and geometry. This helps me understand why formations and angles are so important in a dance. Everyone needs to be the same and in the same place. The formations need to be straight and if they aren’t then the dance won’t look as polished and neat.

Module One Post One(Correlation between math and ballet)

This post by Ashley Chin-Mark explains some of the many correlations between math and ballet. She explains how in ballet the dancers need to be aware of both negative and positive space, as well as study symmetrical movements and shapes. Dancers also need to calculate as well as predict how to best use the stage to perform their routines.  She also talks about different alignments of body parts especially in the 8 corners method and how dancers rotate their bodies, in order to achieve symmetrical lines. 

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This post is helpful to me because it has a lot of detailed information with really specific examples of when and how math is used in ballet. Also, it showed me that dancers need to make a lot of calculations as to how to best use the stage to perform their routines, as well as avoid from accidentally bumping into/kicking each other.

Module One Post One (Math in Basketball)

http://www.mathblaster.com/coolmath/articles/basketball-and-math

This website show how do you shoot in an angle to the hoop, the measurement of the whole basketball court, and show the average of the distance. The math in basketball involves in wide range. Basketball is a great opportunity to practice simple skill like adding and subtracting. Statistics is for analyzing a game of basketball. Geometry is good to help the player to defend the ball.

This helps me because it tells how far do you shoot from an angle and also it show the force of the angle speed. This is very important to me because because is all by an angle which is so important because the better the angle the more better you shoot. Geometry is also important because you need to defend the ball by bending your knees in an angle so you get more power to jump and block the ball. Basketball and Math

Module One Post One (Correlation Between Math and Ballet)

On this site it talks about the relationship between math and ballet, like ballet and fractions. This post is by Ashley Chin-Mark. It shows the origins of ballet and the different types of math behind ballet.There needs to be exact measurements to create the perfect pointe shoe. And the different angles and how they need to be perfect to do the perfect lift. This site also explains that Aurora (from the Sleeping Beauty ballet) needs to have the perfect pirouettes and ponches. 

This is helpful to me because it shows me there is much more to each move and step.  Each arm line has to be straight and if it isn’t then the symmetry is off. It shows that there IS math in ballet and that ballet is much more complicated than it seems.

Module One Post Two (cutting down angles as a goalie)

This website and video will be helpful in improving shooting angles and understanding them. As well as the goalie understanding the angles and helping to cover more of the net, and save the shots. This will help me for my project so i can write about how the goalie has many plays and moves that involve math. Also including the shooter who is taking the shots. They also have many angles that if you understand would help better with scoring.

Cut Down the Angles | Girls’ Lacrosse Drills & Tips … – PlaySportsTV

http://www.playsportstv.com/girls-lacrosse/cut-down-the-angles

Module One Post One (Different Angles in Perspective Drawing)

The first website I found is titled Perspective Drawing. It talks about the different angles when you are drawing something in perspective, like when you are drawing, it uses geometry. Every time you are drawing in perspective, you need a vanishing point and the plane of drawing. You need these factors because it adds realism.

The website gives pictures backing up what it is saying, so you can understand the topic further. It also gives reference to actual paintings using perspective if you want to see an example.

http://mathforum.org/sum95/math_and/perspective/perspect.html

Modules One Post One (Geometry in Lacrosse)

 

This website is by Hannah Koehler on angles, parallel lines and geometry in Field Lacrosse. It shows how parallel lines appear in lacrosse, and how they are important par of the rules while playing. It also shows the angles used to shoot the ball into the net. As well as the shapes and sizes of the net, ball and stick.

This website will help me with my project because it showed me that there is more than just the shooting angles that help with the mathematics of lacrosse. And that lacrosse has math in every play and move you make, including all the rules.

https://prezi.com/qju6gdeofnam/geometry-in-lacrosse/