Antropometrijske karakteristike i telesni sastav plesača latinoameričkih plesova Srbije

Dragana Labudović,Sanja Mandarić,Lidija Moskovljević,Marija Macura

doi:10.5937/fizkul1802200l

Abstract

Latin American dances, at a dance sport competitions, consist of five couple dances, different in performance, character and tempo of music: samba, cha-cha, rumba, paso doble and jive. The influence on achievement in sports dance has certain morphological characteristics of dancers from two aspects, functional and aesthetic. The aim of this paper was to measure certain anthropometric dimensionalities using the standard procedures on a suitable sample and determine the body composition of Latin American dancers of the first federal rank of Serbia. For the purpose of the research, 16 anthropometric variables and a specific body composition were measured, using the equations of the program by Matejka (Mateigki). The obtained data were processed with descriptive statistical indicators, while one-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied from the space of comparative statistics. The results showed that the dancers are moderately slim and have a balanced physical structure of the body, that there are certain differences in relation to gender, and that there are no statistically significant differences in dimensionality and body composition compared to age categories in both genders. The results obtained are in accordance with previous research.

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Sport dance involves the use of dances in the system of sports competitions, whereby the dance is standardized in terms of special rules on competitions, dances, costumes, judges and other elements (Labudović, 2015)
Body composition The body composition of Latin American dancers of Serbia was determined on the basis of anthropometric measurement and applied equations
If we look at the body mass index (BMI) score in all studies, its value for male dancers in Serbia is 23.87 while in other studies it ranges from 22.0 to 23.1 (Raschka & Beyer, 2015; Liiv et al, 2013A; Liiv et al, 2013B; Mikhailov & Raschka, 2010), which is in line with the differences in the values of the percentage of body fat that is higher for dancers in Serbia

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Introduction

Sport dance involves the use of dances in the system of sports competitions, whereby the dance is standardized in terms of special rules on competitions, dances, costumes, judges and other elements (Labudović, 2015). According to the International Dance Federation, sports dance represents a physical activity that combines sports and dance, influences the development of physical fitness, the achievement of mental stability and socialization of the individual (https://www.worlddancesport.org/About/All). In the classification of sports, because of their specificity of performance, dances are included in artistic sports. The dance sport competition system consists of three dance sport disciplines of couple dances: Latin American dances, Standard dances and a combination of 10 dances. The category of Latin American dances consists of five dances: samba, chacha-cha, rumba, paso doble and jive. Unlike Standard dances, they are much more energetic and more versatile, while each dance has its own specific technique and pace of performance, where the character of each dance must be recognizable during performance. Latin American dances, as a discipline of dance sport, represent a polystructural sports branch, distinctly acyclic, with the specifics of each individual dance

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