Upper
(L)
Stephen Michael Apatow
demonstrating in class at
Nutmeg Conservatory, 2007.
Upper (R) Yashiro
Yamashita
Clinic: 9 times all Japan
Champion, 1984 Olympic Gold
Medalist, four times world
champion, 2003. Lower
(L)
Dressage Development Clinic in
Boise, ID, 1997. Lower (R)
Human to Veterinary
Biomechanics Applications,
Lake Tahoe, 1996.
Upper
(L)
Stephen
Michael
ApatowCoaching
Cheryl
Madeux for Prix
d
Lausanne, Register Citizen,
1989. Upper R) Teaching at La
Roche College, 1999. Lower,
(L) Coaching at Nutmeg
Conservatory, 1997. Lower (R)
USA Gymnastics Coaches
Education Program,
participants included Maria
Filotova, member of the 76 and
80 Soviet Olympic Teams and
Sasha Kourbatov, former member
of the Russion National Team
at GTC Gymnastics, Rochester,
NY, 1998.
Sports
Medicine
& Science
Institute
International
DanceScience
Development
Program
International
Medical,
Scientific and
Educational
Initiative of
the United
Nations Arts
Initiative and
the Sports
Medicine &
Science
Institute.
Stephen M. Apatow's instructional programs are accredited by
the International
Dance
Council
(UNESCO).
Learn more
about
specialized
dance, sports
and Olympic
development
programs:
Humanitarian
University
Consortium:
Humanitarian Resource Institute
(UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian
University
Consortium
Graduate
Studies Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine
& Law.
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Colleges and
Universities
in 193 UN
Member
Countries.
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Pulse. Pathobiologics International: Distance
Education
Courses.
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Initiative:
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entertainment
industry,
reaching the
household
level in 193
UN member
countries,
promoting
youth
leadership and
community
development
through Arts
Integration
Into Education
to impact
prioritized
humanitarian
emergencies
and relief
operations
across the
globe.
Introduction
Classical
ballet
training
represents the
most advanced
technical
movement
mechanics
training in
the world. The
mechanical
alignment
ideal in
classical
ballet
training
represents the
most stable,
functionally
integrate
relationship
of the spine
and
extremities.
An
understanding
of mechanical
ideal is
crucial for
optimum
control of the
human frame in
space,
strength,
leverage
mechanics and
economical
movement. This
foundation
established in
conjunction
with sports
specific
movement
mechanics is
the key to
successful
Olympic
development
programs.
A
correct
understanding
of the
classical
ballet
mechanical
ideal provides
the physician,
therapist,
coach or
student a
reference
point for
alignment
deviation as
it corresponds
to the
mechanism of
joint stress
and injury of
the spine and
extremities.
According
to
the Merck
Manual of
Medical
Information
for Sports
Injuries:
"More than 10
million sports
injuries are
treated each
year in the
United
States."
The
seriousness of
this problem
points to the
need for
education
initiatives
which target
injury
prevention.
Scholarship
at Nutmeg
Conservatory
for the Arts
In
conjunction,
with
scholarships
to study
classical
ballet
training at the
Nutmeg
Conservatory
for the Arts
in the late
80's, Stephen Michael 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.
In
2002, the
Sports Medicine and Science
Institute
was formed to
advance
applications
for sports and
Olympic
development
programs,
orthopedic
analysis and
injury
prevention.
Biomechanical
Analysis,
Correction and
Retraining
consultation
with Student
Emily
Patterson,
Joffrey
Ballet, IMDB, The Company
(2003),
Save the
Last Dance
(2001).
Inspirational video of Stephen M. Apatow's
student Emily
Patterson
(Nutmeg
Conservatory
for the Arts:
Graduate '96,'Joffrey Ballet) from the movie "The
Company."
Sports
&
Leadership
Development
BalletEquestria.org:
Rider &
Equine
Development
Programs,
International
Dancescience
Development
Program.
Sharpening
the
Tactical
Athlete: Armed
Forces
Development
Programs. See
also: JudoSport International: Classical
ballet based
biomechanics
into judo,
ju_jitsu and
mixed martial
arts
disciplines
for
multi-sport
Olympic
development
programs.
Contact:
Stephen
M. Apatow
Biomechanics
Specialist
&
Technical
Consultant
Founder,
Director of
Research and
Development
Sports
Medicine &
Science
Institute
Phone: (203)
668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@esportsmedicine.org
Internet:
www.esportsmedicine.org
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support of the
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(C) (3) Nonprofit
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