Nowadays about 10% of population in European Union about 38 million people are treated as disabled people. In Lithuania there are about 350 thousand disabled people. After independence, disabled people seek more and more integration into society. They seek it through employment, possibility to study and cultural artistic activity. In Lithuania applied dance practise for disabled people is only in experimental tone, but the experience of foreign coutries shows that it can become a profesional as it gets proper attention. The aim of the research is to explore how the applied dance influences feelings and adaptation in the society people with physical disability. Qualitative research method was chosen which helped to know disabled people better and communicate with them personally. In the work such methods were used: observation, diaries, half structure interview, questionnaire, the analysis of document content. Research population - people with inborn motional disability who attend Kaunas disabled youth occupation centre. The made research showed that motional disability contracts possibilities to accommodate in the surrounding. With the help of applied dance practise disabled people have possibility to improve social behaviour participating in social life as full members of society. Applied dance gives the opportunity for disabled people to acknowledge surrounding, find new contacts. We can say that the applied dance practise helps disabled people to integrate into... [to full text]