1Research scholar, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
2Ex-student, Department of Physical Education, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal, India
Online published on 30 December, 2015.
Dance is one of the activities we can choose for improving our fitness and health. There are numerous styles of dance, each with its own attractions. The creative and collaborative nature of dance can bring further benefits by improved general and psychological well-being, greater self-confidence and self-esteem. Dance is a form of art that normally involves rhythmic movement of the body and accompanied with music. Dance can be a very effective way of establishing a lasting healthy living. This study was to find out the differences on endurance, balance, leg strength, and flexibility between dancer and non dancer girls and if there was any contribution of dance with respect to the following fitness components. So the purpose of the present research was to compare the fitness level of dancer and non-dancer. The research was causal-comparative and the sample consists of 50 students (14–16 years of age) who were selected using convenience sampling from a school of kolkata region. The researcher selected 25 girls who were regularly involved in dance and 25 girls who were never involve themselves in formal dancing classes. Researcher incorporated 600 yard run-walk for endurance test, and standing broad jump for leg strength, sit and reach test and stork stand balance tests for assessment of flexibility and balance respectively. Result showed that the impact of dance practice on the various physical and physiological systems of the body was in a high level.
