doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2019-67791977/

Susmita Dey ¹ , Dr. Saikot Chatterjee ²

Affiliations

1 Research Scholar (URS)  Department of Physical Education, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. susmitajupe2012@gmail.com Mob. 7908586269

2 Asst. Professor Department of Physical Education, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. saikotchatterjee@gmail.com Mob. 7980430108

ABSTRACT

Dance is a form of art that normally involves rhythmic movement of the body and accompanied with music. Dance helps to extend the limits of human physical ability, expressiveness and spirit. When it comes to health dance can be a very effective way of establishing a lasting healthy living. Anecdotally it can be said that dance potentially motivate and excite young people. Dance provides an active, non-competitive form of exercise that has potential positive effects for physical health as well as mental and emotional wellbeing (Chatterjee, 2013). It has the potential to motivate and excite people and it can be a way of engaging people in physical activity (Clippenger, 1997). As a physical activity and a creative art form, it is believed that dance can make a significant contribution to the healthy-living agenda (Marshall, Sarkin, Sallis & McKenzie, 1998). Dance therapy as exercise is known to increase the neurotransmitters called endorphins which increase a state of well-being. Dance increases total body movement, which helps to improve circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, and muscular systems (Quin, Redding &Frazer, 2007). Indian classical dance involves systematic aerobic workout definitely have far reaching positive impact on maintenance of healthy body composition. As a dance by passion the author strived to conduct a research study to analyze the difference of body composition between dancer and non dancer females. The investigator randomly selected 30 females from various dance schools and 30 girls from the hostels of university of kalyani as the subjects. the skin folds of the sites thigh, suprailiac and triceps were recorded with the help of skin fold measurements and lean mass, fat mass, body fat percentage were estimated with the help of soft ware. It was found that the dancer females had significantly lower levels of BF% and Fat Mass in comparison but did not vary with regard to lean mass.

Keywords: Body composition, Dancer, Non Dancer.

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