Acute Responses and Chronic Adaptations of Cardiorespiratory Systemin Dance

Eirini Argiriadou

ballet, modern dance, traditional dance, social dance, aerobic capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness.

In ancient Greece people believed that dance, the combination of rhythm and harmony, was given to humans as a gift from Gods. Dance plays a significant role in humans’ lives, as only humans among the creatures on earth perceive and enjoy the rhythm and harmony and need them in every manifestation of their lives in order to honor the Gods or rest from daily labors and entertain themselves. Dance, as an activity of body and spirit, gathers and combines characteristics of exercise and sports, entertainment and fun, art and spiritual test, constituting at the same time education and training. Dance also may be treated as a physical activity, because it includes a big variety of whole-body movements.From reviewing the literature, it became clear that the participation in most of dance species induce cardiorespiratory fitness benefits. The induced cardiorespiratory fitness benefits are very important for the participants in dance because they don’t lead only in resistance to fatigue and to fewer injuries, but also result to general health benefits. Consequently, the wide variety of dance species, concerning mode, technique, rhythm, and duration, allows the design of sessions with a variety of dances mild to intense, aiming for the best possible benefits in cardiorespiratory fitness.

https://doi.org/10.31871/WJRR.17.1.14