Dimensiones corporales de estudiantes de nivel avanzado de ballet y danza

Abstract

groups which appointed out the lesser corporal volume for ballet students. The groups of balletThe body size of students from ballet and modern-folkloric dance (MFD) indicate the spatial volume of dancer. The corporal volumetric level is very important to appreciate qualitatively the corporal scenic beauty of dancers. The purpose of this research is to compare the body sizes significant to assess the morphological linearity in ballet art between student groups of ballet and MFD. There were anthropometrically measured Cuban students –chronological ages between 15 and 19 years old– from the best ballet and MFD schools. To determine the body size was applied an anthropometric protocol of 15 measures. Both sexes of ballet students showed a higher stature than MFD ones. A majority of longitudinal sizes was significantly higher for both sexes of ballet students than for MFD ones. For both groups of male dancers were found similarities in the comparisons of transversal sizes. It was obtained significant differences in the upper extremity volumes and mid thigh girth between female groups which appointed out the lesser corporal volume for ballet students. The groups of ballet
dancers registered body sizes that defined quantitatively different kinds of morphological linearity in compare to MFD ones.