Given the physical requirements and artistic talent needed for performance, dancers are sometimes referred to as athletes that compete on aesthetic (Ambegaonkar et al., 2023). Historically, dance has placed more of an emphasis on aesthetic aspects, with particular attention paid to execution, movement quality, and vocabulary, especially in modern dance and classical ballet than on the necessity to develop the physiological systems to satisfy choreographic demands. Additionally, it has been argued that strength is not necessary for a successful dance career and that dancers frequently view fitness as the lack of injury rather than as an essential component of dance training (Misegades et al., 2020).
Sports dance consists of a series of steps and figures executed with a high degree of technicality and an artistic technicality and an artistic element of considerable complexity and coordination between the two partners, put together on a musical accompaniment unique to each dance. Sports dance reveals by the perfection of its steps a world of symbols, a gesture loaded with significance, which obeys the most subtle laws of biomechanics. Steps and dance movements are arranged in choreographies based on musical cues, spatial and temporal coordinates, and the presence of several partners on the dance floor (Nicolozakes et al., 2017).
While the majority of dance practice involves strenuous physical activity and has been shown to improve physical indicators, it is unclear if dancers would benefit from additional training. Numerous dancers participate in several types of supplemental training, such as Pilates strength and plyometric exercises. Despite supplemental training’s increasing popularity among dancers, there are a dearth of impartial studies evaluating the effectiveness of these on dance performance (Ji, 2022).
Another form of training that dancers use is core stabilization training and vibration training. Numerous studies have shown that core stabilization training and vibration at a specific frequency improve the height of the high jump and increase the range of motion (F. Li et al., 2022).
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Ji, H. (2022). Application of functional training in sports dance training. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2022, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8695535
Li, F., Adrien, N., & He, Y. (2022). Biomechanical Risks Associated with Foot and Ankle Injuries in Ballet Dancers: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4916. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084916
Misegades, J., Rasimowicz, M., Cabrera, J., Vaccaro, K., Kenar, T., DeLuccio, J., & Stapleton, D. (2020, August 1). FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT AND DYNAMIC BALANCE IN ENTRY LEVEL UNIVERSITY DANCERS. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7735684/
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