OPINIONS ABOUT BALLET AND MODERN DANCERS’ IMAGE

Authors

  • Elemi Zaggelidou School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Alexandros Malkogeorgos School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Fotios Mavrovouniotis School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Georgios Zaggelidis School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v0i0.1729

Keywords:

opinions, dance training, image, personality

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate dancers’ image/personality. For this purpose, ninety eight dancers of ballet and modern dance participated in the research. All the subjects answered to a 35-item questionnaire describing the image they have towards dancers, regarding to five factors such as social nature, volition nature, active nature, physical nature and emotional nature. The participant’s opinion about dancers’ image was higher as for active nature, volition nature, social nature, and physical nature, but lower as for emotional nature. The younger dancers aged<18 years rated higher than the other two age categories (19-25y, >26y) in all the natures, while the advanced dancers rated higher than professional dancers and dance teachers in all the natures. One-way Anova, on the whole sample, showed that age influences significantly on dancers’ image as for emotional nature F2,95=3.586, p<0.05, while dancing influences significantly on dancers’ image as for social nature F2,95=6.317, p<0.01, for volition nature F2,95=4.616, p<0.05, for physical nature F2,95=4.626, p<0.05 and for emotional nature F2,95=9.236, p<0.001. The results indicate that dance training and performing effects positively all the natures. Consequently, dance could be used as a part of physical education due to its three-dimension qualitative nature, since dance is an art, it’s physical education and exercise.

 

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  • Elemi Zaggelidou, School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Eleni Zaggelidou, MSc, is a graduate from the School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Hellas). She also received diploma in teaching classical and modern dance from professional dance school (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism). She is interesting in dance and she working as dance teacher and as trainer in rhythmic gymnastics.

  • Alexandros Malkogeorgos, School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Alexandros Malkogeorgos, MSc, is a member of the Special Teaching Staff of the School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Hellas). She received Masters in Human Performance and Health Sciences, from the School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is PhD candidate in School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hellas. He is interested in sports and health and specialized in dance activities and has worked as dance teacher in traditional Hellenic dances for many years. He has published as author or co-author numerous papers.

  • Fotios Mavrovouniotis, School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Fotios I. Mavrovouniotis, PhD is currently an Associate Professor in Exercise and Physical Health, at School of Physical Education & Sports Science of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He specialized in “Physical Education as a Way of Physical Health Disturbances Prevention”, “Special Issues of Aging”, and also in “Sports Medicine”, “Pathology of the Trainee”, “Applied Sports Medicine”, “Obesity and Physical Activity”, “Greek Dances” etc.. He is supervisor at a major number of student projects and post-graduate theses and reviewer in four scientific Journals. He, also, is author and co-author of many articles published in international and Greek journals and many books regarding his Scientific Interests.

  • Georgios Zaggelidis, School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios Zaggelidis, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of the School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Hellas), is specialized in judo-karate. He received a Ph.D in Pedagogy (Sport), from University of Bucharest (Department of History-philosophy), Romania. His research interests involve Sport Pedagogy, coaching and combat sports. He has published as author or co-author numerous papers.

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2018-06-10

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