Recreational Dance Research Articles

Dynamic hip kinematics during recreational classical ballet and hula dance after total hip arthroplasty: two case reports

BackgroundThe in vivo assessment of the three-dimensional kinematics of the hip during dance activities in patients after total hip arthroplasty has not been previously reported. We evaluated the replaced hip kinematics during recreational classical ballet and hula dance using radiographic-based image-matching techniques.Case presentationA 58-year-old Japanese woman (patient 1; height, 157 cm; weight, 74.5 kg) and a 73-year-old Japanese woman (patient 2; height, 153 cm; weight, 48 kg) were still doing classical ballet and hula dance, respectively, after primary total hip arthroplasty. For ballet, there were gradual three-dimensional hip movements with 48° flexion, 36° abduction, and 49° external rotation in développé and 34° flexion, 29° abduction, and 43° external rotation in plié. For hula, there were small three-dimensional hip movements with 31° flexion, 15° adduction, and 11° external rotation in kao and 17° flexion, 11° adduction, and 11° external rotation in kaholo. No liner-to-neck contact was found in any dance activities.ConclusionBoth classical ballet and hula dance produced complex ranges of hip movements and activity-dependent kinematics. These kinematic data could be useful for recommending each patient with total hip arthroplasty to continue recreational dance activities.

Young people doing dance doing gender: relational analysis and thinking intersectionally

ABSTRACTScraton [(1992). Shaping up to womanhood: Gender and girls’ physical education. Buckingham: Open University Press)] asserts in her conclusion to ‘Shaping up to Womanhood’ that feminist analysis of PE (and sport and leisure more broadly) needs to engage more directly with masculinity as a means to understanding the ‘dynamics of gender’. Focusing on young people’s involvement in recreational dance, this paper demonstrates how some of those dynamics of gender are played out, reproduced and resisted by both boys and girls who participate at community-based dance organisations. Selective data in the form of research frames are incorporated to illustrate how gender is constructed, enacted and embodied by young people engaged in recreational dance. Masculine and feminine hegemonies are highlighted and demonstrate that gender is both relational and intersectional. This contributes to ongoing analysis of masculinities and femininities as practices and processes imbued with complex power relations for young people.

The Challenge and Benefit of Evaluating Folk Dancing Quality

The physical, social, and music attributes inherent to folk dancing make it an ideal component of music education curricula. The communal experience of folk dancing is unprecedented for many adults and children. These experiences are unique because folk dancing can foster individual and group learning through music, and noncompetitive play. There is, however, currently a lack of assessment tools available to music educators for evaluating student folk dancing quality. In this discussion, the author examines the genre through the eyes of dance and physical educators, and the extant recreational folk dancing community. This exploration leads to the identification of observable skills and aesthetic features of good-quality folk dancing. This information culminates in the Folk Dancing Proficiency Rubric, created by the author, for use in educational settings.

Resting Bradycardia, Enhanced Postexercise Heart Rate Recovery and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Recreational Ballroom Dancers

ABSTRACTPurpose: In a cross-sectional study design, we evaluated the resting heart rate (HRbaseline) and exercise and postexercise stress test-related chronotropic responses in male practitioners of recreational ballroom dancing (BD; n = 25, Mage = 26.6 ± 6.1 years) compared to a control group of insufficiently active nondancers (CG; n = 25, Mage = 25.9 ± 4.5 years). Method: All participants underwent a submaximal exercise test. At 85% of the maximal predicted HR, the recovery protocol was started, and heart rate recovery (HRR) was recorded during 1-min intervals for 5 min. Results: Compared with CG, BD showed lower HRbaseline (70 beats per minute [bpm] vs. 62 bpm, respectively, U = 143, p < .05, ES = .46), lower preexercise HR (94 bpm vs. 86 bpm, U = 157, p < .05, ES = .42), longer exercise test duration (346 s vs. 420 s, U = 95.5, p < .05, ES = .59), and higher HRR for 5 min postexercise (U = 1.29–1.89, p < .05, ES = .33–.50) as follows: 1st min (32 bpm vs. 40 bpm), 2nd min (45 bpm vs. 53 bpm), 3rd min (51 bpm vs. 58 bpm), 4th min (55 bpm vs. 59 bpm), and 5th min (59 bpm vs. 63 bpm). The coefficient of HRR from the 1st min to the 5th min postexercise was similar in both groups (U = 229–311, p > .05, ES = < .10–.22). Conclusion: Heightened cardiovascular functional status characterized by favorable enhanced chronotropic dynamics appears to occur in practitioners of recreational ballroom dancing, which suggests that this modality of exercise may result in health benefits.

Effect of belly dancing on urinary incontinence-related muscles and vaginal pressure in middle-aged women

[Purpose] This study examined the effect of belly dancing on the urinary incontinence-related muscles and vaginal pressure in middle-aged women to provide fundamental data for establishing an effective training program focusing on mitigating and preventing urinary incontinence. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects included 24 middle-aged women, who have been diagnosed with urinary incontinence. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups, viz. the experimental group (N=12) and control group (N=12). The experimental group underwent a belly dancing program focusing on pelvis moves. [Results] In the experimental group, the urinary incontinence-related muscle strength and vaginal pressure were increased, while the control group showed no significant change. [Conclusion] Belly dancing focusing on pelvis moves had a positive effect on the urinary incontinence-related muscle strength and vaginal pressure, suggesting that a recreational dance program focusing on pelvic exercise can be used to prevent and relieve the symptoms of urinary incontinence as a non-surgical treatment.

The Relation Between Participation Motives and Goal Orientation of Participants in Recreational Dance Activities

The aim of the study was to investigate: a) the participation motives of adults who take part in recreational dance activities, b) whether their demographic characteristics differentiate their participation motives and goal orientation and c) the relation between motivation and goal orientation. The study sample was 908 adult men and women, who participated in learning Greek dances. For the data collection, the method used was the Greek version (Patsiaouras, Keramida & Papanikolaou, 2004) of Participation Motivation Questionnaire (Gill, Gross & Huddleston, 1983) and the Greek version (Diggelidis & Papaioannou, 2002) of “Personal Orientation” questionnaire (TEOSQ: Task & Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire) (Duda & Whitehead, 1998). Considering the results of the research, the emerging conclusions are: a) the factors “fitness”, “abilities-skills” and “friendship” constitute the most important motives for participating in dance activities. b) gender, age, educational level and dancing experience become partly differentiating factors for participation motives c. among the recreational dance activities, Greek dances form a natural activity in which the participants are both internally and externally motivated. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3p302

Dreams Do Come True: The Creation and Growth of a Recreational Dance Program for Children and Young Adults with Additional Needs

ABSTRACTThere are many benefits to dance, both for typically developing individuals and for individuals with additional needs. The purpose of this narrative case study was to analyse a dance program for children and young adults with additional needs from the perspective of the program creator and primary dance instructor. Data collection occurred at two points in time, roughly one and a half years apart. Four forms of data collection were used at both points, including background questionnaires, in-depth semi-structured interviews, member checks, and field notes. A document analysis was also included at the second point in time. The analysis revealed information about program development, philosophy, participants, instructors, volunteers, and benefits. This narrative was also used to create a model for other educators who wish to create an inclusive dance program for individuals with additional needs.

An empirical investigation of dance addiction.

Although recreational dancing is associated with increased physical and psychological well-being, little is known about the harmful effects of excessive dancing. The aim of the present study was to explore the psychopathological factors associated with dance addiction. The sample comprised 447 salsa and ballroom dancers (68% female, mean age: 32.8 years) who danced recreationally at least once a week. The Exercise Addiction Inventory (Terry, Szabo, & Griffiths, 2004) was adapted for dance (Dance Addiction Inventory, DAI). Motivation, general mental health (BSI-GSI, and Mental Health Continuum), borderline personality disorder, eating disorder symptoms, and dance motives were also assessed. Five latent classes were explored based on addiction symptoms with 11% of participants belonging to the most problematic class. DAI was positively associated with psychiatric distress, borderline personality and eating disorder symptoms. Hierarchical linear regression model indicated that Intensity (ß=0.22), borderline (ß=0.08), eating disorder (ß=0.11) symptoms, as well as Escapism (ß=0.47) and Mood Enhancement (ß=0.15) (as motivational factors) together explained 42% of DAI scores. Dance addiction as assessed with the Dance Addiction Inventory is associated with indicators of mild psychopathology and therefore warrants further research.

Why do you dance? Development of the Dance Motivation Inventory (DMI).

Dancing is a popular form of physical exercise and studies have show that dancing can decrease anxiety, increase self-esteem, and improve psychological wellbeing. The aim of the current study was to explore the motivational basis of recreational social dancing and develop a new psychometric instrument to assess dancing motivation. The sample comprised 447 salsa and/or ballroom dancers (68% female; mean age 32.8 years) who completed an online survey. Eight motivational factors were identified via exploratory factor analysis and comprise a new Dance Motivation Inventory: Fitness, Mood Enhancement, Intimacy, Socialising, Trance, Mastery, Self-confidence and Escapism. Mood Enhancement was the strongest motivational factor for both males and females, although motives differed according to gender. Dancing intensity was predicted by three motivational factors: Mood Enhancement, Socialising, and Escapism. The eight dimensions identified cover possible motives for social recreational dancing, and the DMI proved to be a suitable measurement tool to assess these motives. The explored motives such as Mood Enhancement, Socialising and Escapism appear to be similar to those identified in other forms of behaviour such as drinking alcohol, exercise, gambling, and gaming.

Effects of Acute Recreational Dance Exercise on Arterial Stiffness and Central Blood Pressure for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Arterial stiffness and central blood pressure are the surrogate markers of non invasive method anticipating cardiovascular disorders to the patients with coronary artery disease. Its numerous merits to the patients with coronary artery disease in relatively older age, research results of recreational dance are still insufficient. Thus, this study implemented acute recreational dance to 10 patients with coronary artery disease, who underwent coronary intervention, and analyzed the effects 20 minutes before and after exercise respectively. We measured brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV) and central blood pressure. The ba-PWV was measured using VP-1000 plus (Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan)and central blood pressure was HEM-9000AI(Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan). As a result, pulse wave velocity, which indicates arterial stiffness, reduced positively, but it was not statistically significant. Nevertheless, it showed positive and statistically significant change in blood pressure of brachial artery, pulse pressure and central arterial pressure.

무용학원의 체험마케팅 활동이 감정반응, 학원이미지 및 행동의도에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the dance academy`s experiential marketing activities on emotional response, academy image and behavior intention and to provide the information to develop effective marketing strategies that can help expand the market for recreational dance. For these purposes, members from recreational dance academy in Ulsan were selected as subjects. The recreational dance were classified into 7 dance genres such as sport dance, pop dance, belly dance, aerobics, jazz, traditional Korean dance, hip-hop. 400 surveys were distributed to current members using a convenience sampling and responses of 360 participants were collected. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were done by using PASW statistics 18.0, The results were as follows. Firstly, relate, feel, act, think and sense experience factors of experiential marketing had positive effects on emotional responses. Secondly, relate, feel, act, think and sense experience factors had a positive effect on academy image. Thirdly, relate, feel and sense experience factors had a positive effects on customer satisfaction. Relationship, sense and think experience factors had positive effects on repurchase intention and word-of-mouth intention. Accordingly, it was required to take efforts to continuous managements and improvements on experience in dance academy.

무용강사의 비언어적 커뮤니케이션이 서비스제공자 평가, 신뢰, 고객만족에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of dance instructors` nonverbal communication through dance lessons in terms of marketing. This study focused on how nonverbal communication of the instructors affect on service provider evaluation, trust, customer satisfaction. The results were as followed. First, nonverbal communication(kinesics, proxemics, paralanguage, physical appearance) of dance instructor had positive ef -fects on service provider evaluation(faithfulness, professional ism, kindness). Second, nonverbal communication of dance instructor had positive effects on trust. Lastly, nonverbal communication of dance instructor had positive effects on customer satisfaction. According to result, nonverbal communication of a dance instructor in recreational dance class is a very important factor for assessment and trust of service provider, and boosting satisfaction of customers`. As a service provider, a dance instructor try to show positive nonverbal communication in session, using proper nonverbal communication will he lp promoting service quality which participations realized.

레크리에이셔널 댄스 운동이 관상동맥질환 환자의 혈관 경직도와 협착도에 미치는 영향

This research is the preliminary data of the patients who have got PCI(percutaneous coronary intervention) procedure and applied RDE(recreational dance exercise) to compare and analyse their BP and the effect on arterial stenosis and arterial stiffness to prevent coronary artery disease and to find effective treatment after PCI procedure by proving the effect of RDE. As a result, there was specific body composition changes in only between the group of weight(F=4.567, p=.049) but before and after the exercise. Between the group of B P, SBP(F=12.730, p=.003), DBP(F=6.244, p=.025), pulse pressure(F=9.142, p=.009) showed a notable difference. For MTG(medical treatment group) only pulse pressures(t=-2.281, p=.048) noticeably increased before and after the exercise. And E MG(exercise and medical treatment group) showed decrease in SBP(t=5.110, p=.001), DBP(t=3.451, p=.011), pulse pressure(t=4.148, p=.004). The change of arterial stiffness showed the difference in only right ba-PWV(F=4.978, p=.041), and the changes occurred before and after the exercise were right(t=2.558p=.038) and left(t=2.930, p=.022) in EMG. The change of arterial stenosis didn`t show differences between the groups, but left ABI in MTG was increased(t=-2.909, p=.017) before and after the exercise. In conclusion, participating RDE after PCI procedure is giving confirmatory positive effect on the patients` BP and arterial stiffness. So with the results, RDE could be recommended not only for managing aftereffects but also as an effective way to have improvement on cardiovascular disease.

The effects of recreational dance interventions on the health and well-being of children and young people: A systematic review

Aim: To explore the effects of participating in recreational dance on the physical health and psychosocial outcomes of children and adolescents. Method: A systematic review of controlled studies of recreational dance activity involving 5–21-year-olds. Results: Fourteen studies were included in the review covering a wide range of dance styles, population groups and settings. Results point to a consistency of association across a range of different populations and settings that suggest that recreational dance can improve cardiovascular fitness and bone health of children and young people and can contribute to preventing or reducing obesity. There is also more limited evidence that suggests dance participation may improve self-concept and body image and reduce anxiety. Conclusions: There is some evidence to suggest that involvement in dance may have some positive outcomes on physical and psychosocial well-being. Further high-quality research is recommended.

Involvement with active leisure participation: does service quality have a role?

Identifying the antecedents of leisure involvement is of particular interest for researchers and practitioners, since involvement is associated with positive behavioural and attitudinal consequences for leisure participants. The present study was conducted in the context of traditional recreational dancing associations in Greece, aiming to test the degree to which service quality perceptions can discriminate between low and high-involved recreational dancers. One hundred and forty (N = 140) recreational dancers, who were members of traditional recreational dancing associations in Greece, participated in the study and completed the three-dimensional leisure involvement scale (Kyle et al., 2003), and a service quality scale (Alexandris et al., 2004a). The results of the cluster analysis revealed two distinct involvement groups: high- and low-involved recreational dancers. Four of the five service quality dimensions (outcome, tangibles, reliability and responsiveness) contributed to the prediction of high- and low-involved groups, indicating that service quality plays a significant role in the development of leisure involvement. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

MP-08.20 The “Ketamine Bladder”: An Emerging Public Health Problem?

Ketamine is becoming increasingly popular as a short-acting, recreational dance drug in the UK. It has an adverse impact on the urinary tract and increasing patient numbers are presenting with ketamine-induced bladder dysfunction. We report our initial experience.

Effects of recreational dance exercise on cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure and function in older women.

Effects of recreational dance exercise on cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure and function in older women.

Dance confidence, age and gender

Dance confidence is a measure of domain-specific self-esteem as applied to how a person feels about their social and recreational dance ability. This study is concerned with how dance confidence varies as a function of gender and age group. Thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifteen people watched a video and then completed an on-line survey. The results show that dance confidence varies as a function of gender and age group, such that, in general, females have higher levels of dance confidence than males, and dance confidence changes at significant points in the developmental cycle. For females, dance confidence levels start high in early adolescence, they drop significantly post-16 and then rise steadily through late-teens and early 20s before leveling off during mid-life. There is a significant drop in dance confidence for women when they reach their mid-late 50s. For men, dance confidence levels start low and then rise steadily during late teens and early 20s, before leveling off during mid-30s. There is a significant increase in dance confidence for men when they reach their mid-60s. The results, and the link between social dance and self-esteem, are discussed within the context of two theoretical models of self-esteem, the “Reflected Appraisal Model” and the “Competencies Model”.

The Caribbean Woman And The Labour Movement

I come in the wake of the Beijing Olympics where the Caribbean out-performed itself with Jamaica placing third in the Planet's display of achievement largely in the field of track and field. Usain Bolt and his three world record GOLD medals - a phenomenal feat - notwithstanding, it is the performances by our women led by Shelley- Ann Fraser in the 100 meters and Veronica Campbell in the 200 meters that confirmed my long held view about the centrality to Caribbean life and reality of those who belong to the gender other than my own. Being my mother's son has, in any case, impressed on me that fact. I grew up and was reared by a feisty grandmother deep in the bush of Jamaica where women are still respected if only because they were the ones who ran things - from farming through to the marketing of the produce while raising the children - her own and her daughters' own - and carrying the culture to guarantee to the future generation the values and attitudes necessary for survival and beyond. They, after all, have had to be the mothers who fathered the children even in the presence of men who unfortunately have been relegated to being mere providers, of money that is, rather than of some of the caring and compassion that a growing child so badly needs. Which brings me back to the girl power that asserted itself in the Beijing Olympics. For one thing, the victors were for the most part 'poor people pickney' brought up in the rural Caribbean/Jamaica or in the newly emerged urban ghetto or inner city as the Americans now prefer to designate that space. I view this (the display of the women most of whom who have the benefit of higher education) to be the result (albeit slow in coming) of the change from colonial outpost to independent (albeit struggling) nation. It has take this long to defeat the obscenities of colonial subjugation just as it is doing to emancipate ourselves from the mental slavery Marcus Garvey saw as a crippling phenomenon back in 1937 and which a talented young Bob Marley seized to give us that immortal couplet in his Redemption Songs. There is another factor evident in that display of Olympian Women's power - it is the existence of the underpinning support of the family. No less the stars of the winners' performances on the track were their mothers and extended families. They had all had the support of relatives - mothers, aunts, fathers (yes fathers - biological and surrogate ones like their male coaches) and an extended group of cousins many times removed. It is they who encouraged, weaned, even cajoled the young aspirants into commitment, dedication and sustain application, hard work and discipline. On the media it is the women who did most of the talking, with one eloquent mother calling on the gunmen (with which Jamaica is now over endowed) to put away their guns and attend to their families. What a wonderful lesson for us all in the Caribbean. And it comes not from the politicians or the established certified leaders but from a woman who is one of the people from below, who has been a higgler but a first-rate parent taking opportunity of the new possibilities that her independent Jamaica offered by guiding her child with values that are life-enhancing, ensuring her entry into high school and tertiary education and encouraging her to aim for excellence in whatever she does. The other factor that impressed me was the sense of community that all this signifies. The old Caribbean, and certainly Jamaica, has been developed on the basis of co-ordinated social action in communities, ever since the abolition of slavery. This is evident in the mutual caring and help offered by forebears who engaged their humanity, built villages, invented designs for social living, finding expression in religious expressions (orthodox and unorthodox) and shaping the intangible heritage of artistic culture manifest in music, story-telling, recreational dance, religious rituals involving all these, and in folk philosophies which placed survival ahead of the severance and the suffering that marked the kaleidoscopic history and development of our region. …

Dancing beyond exercise: young people's experiences in dance classes

Dance classes in urban settings may have a role in health-promotion programmes seeking to increase physical activity amongst young people. However, little is so far known about the motivations, experiences or health outcomes of those participating in dance classes. This qualitative study of young people attending recreational dance classes addressed motivations, the nature of the class experience, and implications for health and well-being. Data show that young dance participants’ experiences of ‘the physical’ are embedded in social, community/cultural or other values, and involve respect for older teachers and physical knowledge/expertise gained over the long term. Encouragement of dance-class participation may offer an important strategy for health promotion as long as the physical activity value of dance classes is not promoted in narrow, bio-mechanical terms.