Anthropometric profile of classical dancers professional of a school of dance

Abstract

The Classic ballet is a dance that works as a base for all kind of dances, and the principal object used by the dancers is their own body. There is a constant search for a corporal specific image that overestimates the aesthetics. This study evaluated the body compositivos and the nutritional status of professional classic dancers. Volunteered 30 male and famale individuals between 12 and 32 years, all of them are from a public dance school from Goiania (GO). Was measured weight, height, circumferences and skinfolds. The median of BMI for the female was bigger Than the male. Was checked the predominance of eutrophy bettween male and female teenages and adults, when the nutricional status was evaluated by the BMI. The majoriy of teenages was classified with a low body fat percentage (BFP %) between male and female. In the adults sample, the men majority was classiefd with a very low BFP %. Therefore, the dancers must be oriented about their eating, so that they can get the aesthetics purposes proposed by the classic ballet, but with no kind of healthy prejudice. Our studies should be performed focusing in the athropometric profile, for furriel comparations and cientifc evidence.