This diploma thesis examines current phenomenon of pole dance/sport. This activity which was originally performed in strip clubs was relatively recently redefined as a fitness activity offered at pole dancing studios initially for women, but now also for men. Despite the efforts to redefined pole dance as a fitness activity in the eyes of the public pole dance is still associated with its erotic roots and (therefore) with women. According to previous research pole dance is seen as a feminine and feminized activity. Men's participation in these activities is, according to studies, associated with the belief that those men are effeminate or homosexual and therefore construct their gender identity in ways which are inconsistent with the social ideas of masculinity. In this thesis I explore the ways in which male pole dancers construct their masculinity within this unique environment. I also explore what participation in the world of pole dance mean to men who take pole dancing classes and/or who teach them as well as the stereotypes placed upon men to act in a certain way to be considered masculine. In this research I also discuss the role of the body on construction of masculinity. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with six Czech male pole dancers over the age of 18 and examined...

Title: Effects of dance sport in the musculoskeletal system of the individual Objectives: The goal is to musculoskeletal examination of selected individuals and evaluation the effect of dance sport on examined status. The results should be the basis for further research in this area. Methods: Kinesiology analysis, bioimpedance analysis and X-ray were used for scrutiny of the musculoskeletal system. Primary and secondary data were analyzed afterwards. Results: Findings of struktural deformities: flat feet (both), both sided hallux valgus with incipient degenerative changes of I. MTP joint (male), limit angle of I. MTP joint of left leg (female). These deviations are related to the using of dance shoes. Muscle imbalance upper thoracic region and lateral imbalance of tested people are the result of the prescribed holding and leading used in dance. Keywords: dance sport, musculoskeletal system, muscle imbalances, feet deformities

Tema: Nacionalinės Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos organizacinės elgsenos vertinimas. Raktiniai žodžiai: organizacinė elgsena, federacija, sportiniai šokiai. Darbo objektas: Nacionalinės Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos organizacinė elgsena. Darbo tikslas: Įvertinti Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos organizacinę elgseną. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. išanalizuoti NVO vertinimo modelio ypatumus; 2. identifikuoti Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos vietą Lietuvos sporto sistemoje; 3. įvertinti Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos organizacinę elgseną kiekybiniais ir kokybiniais rodikliais. Darbe nagrinėjami klausimai: 1. Lietuvos sporto sistema ir jos sąsajos su NVO bei sporto organizacijų samprata Lietuvoje. 2. Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos struktūra ir valdymo organai bei jos priklausomybė kitoms organizacijoms. 3. Nagrinėjamos tokios sąvokos, kaip organizacijos veiklos efektyvumas, produktyvumas, organizacinė elgsena. Tyrimo metodologija: Remiamasi tokių autoritetingų teoretikų, kaip Winand ir kt. (2009) pateiktu sporto organizacijos organizacinės elgsenos modeliu ir tyrimo metodologija. Taip pat taikomas organizacinės elgsenos modelio kiekybinis ir kokybinis vertinimas, siekiant įvertinti Lietuvos sportinių šokių federacijos organizacinę elgseną. Išvados: 1. Daugiausiai problemų kelia NVO apibrėžimas ir jų organizacinės elgsenos, veiklos efektyvumo ir produktyvumo vertinimas, ypač atsižvelgiant į jų turimas ne pelno siekiančių organizacijų charakteristikas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Theme: Assessment of organizational performance of national Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation Key words: organizational performance, federation, dance sport. The main focus of this paper is on the assessment of organizational performance of national Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation. The aim of the paper is to assess the organizational performance of national Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation The main tasks of this paper are: 1. to traverse the singularities of the model of assessment of NGO‘s; 2. to identify the place of Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation in the system of sports in Lithuania; 3. to assess the organizational performance of Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation. The points being laboured in this paper: 1. Lithuanian sports system, its relationship with NGO‘s and the conception of the sports organizations in Lithuania; 2. the structure and the governing bodies of Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation, including its pertainance to the other organizations; 3. the concepts of such notions as performance effectiveness, efficiency, organizational performance. The methodology of the analysis: The paper is based on the model of sports organiztion‘s organizational performance and its analysis‘ methodology first represented by Winand et al. (2009). Both qualitive and quantitive analysis of organizational performance is being used in purpose to assess the performance effectiveness of Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation. The conclusion: 1. Lithuanian Dance Sport Federation is... [to full text]

Title: The Influence of the Dance Sport on Poise Objectives: The main goal of this diploma work is the creation of coordination maps of selected muscular structures in the body, its evaluation and assessment of the impact of the dance sport on poise. The research deals with the kinesiological analysis of muscle activation affecting postural stabilization of the dance couple. Methods: Method of the surface electromyography combinated with kinematography analysis used synchronized video recording has intended level of postural muscle activity in dance. Results: Interpretation of the coordination maps selected muscular structures was founded that dance sport may result in muscle imbalances in the torso. Keywords: Dance sport, Poise, Surface electromyography, Posture, Muscle disbalance

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-07-13T17:32:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 michellealinebarreto.pdf: 11357838 bytes, checksum: 0a9056008d48e065a6a5b5c0bdd0d16c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-14T10:30:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 michellealinebarreto.pdf: 11357838 bytes, checksum: 0a9056008d48e065a6a5b5c0bdd0d16c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-14T10:30:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 michellealinebarreto.pdf: 11357838 bytes, checksum: 0a9056008d48e065a6a5b5c0bdd0d16c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-02 / A dança esportiva em cadeira de rodas é uma modalidade competitiva de dança que é praticada em diversos países. O esporte é disputado em duplas em dois estilos: no duo dance, os dois atletas usam cadeira de rodas para dançar, já no combi, um dos competidores deve ter a necessidade do uso da cadeira de rodas para dançar e o outro parceiro dança de pé, e não tem deficiência. Esse último estilo é praticado no Brasil há cerca de dez anos. A proposta desse estudo foi contar a história da dança esportiva em cadeira de rodas no país, através de fatos e vozes. Para tal história, além de escrever uma versão factual e cronológica, baseada em documentos, buscamos auxílio na história oral que tem por objetivo permitir que as minorias, nesse caso as pessoas com deficiência, tenham voz perante a sociedade. Os atletas tiveram oportunidade de relatar suas experiências buscando em suas memórias fatos marcantes que revelam os significados da dança esportiva em cadeiras rodas para si mesmos e que constroem uma possível história do esporte. O estudo iniciou-se a partir da necessidade de entender como essa modalidade, sem raízes na cultura brasileira, se constituiu e se consolidou no país, mantendo-se há dez anos, sem incentivos enquanto modalidade esportiva. Descrever de forma científica e cronológica a história do surgimento e da construção da dança esportiva em cadeira de rodas nos permitiu analisar os eventos ocorridos e os significados para os atletas envolvidos nesse contexto, e isso nos mostrou uma história diferente se comparada aos demais esportes e apontou para o momento de evolução do esporte. / The wheelchair dance sport is a competitive sport dancing that is practiced in many countries. The sport is played in pairs in two styles: the duo dance, the two athletes in wheelchair dance, as in combi, an athlete must have the need to use the wheelchair to dance and another standing dance partner without any disability. This latter style has been practiced in Brazil for about ten years. The purpose of this study was to tell the history of wheelchair dance sport in the country considering facts and voices. To do so and write a factual and chronological version, based on documents, it was tried to find the basis in oral history which gives the minorities, in this case people with disabilities, a voice in the society. The athletes had the opportunity to communicate their experiences. In doing so they were motivated to search in their memories the meaningful facts related to the wheelchair sportive dance that helped to create an imaginary about the sport history in their lives. This study started from the need to understand how this modality without roots in Brazilian culture was produced and consolidated in the country, and even without any support for about ten years, it remained until today. Taking into consideration scientific and chronological history referred to the emergence and construction of the wheelchair sportive dance thru the events and important facts considered by the athletes implicated in this context shows us a different story compared to other sports and announces a time of evolution for this sport.

Title: Selected parameters of postural stability in elite sport dance group. Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate selected parameters of postural stability in elite sport dancers in Czech Republic during their preparatory period and to define the relation of postural stability to body composition, equality and ability of explosive strength production of lower limbs. Methods: The group of 10 elite sport dancers, composed of men (n=5, age=25,1±2,4 years, height=181,9±3,8 cm, weight=73,7±7,5 kg) and women (n=5, age=24±3,2 years, height=169,1±5,7 cm, weight=53,8±3,6 kg), was longitudinally observed during their preparatory period. At the beginning and on the top (national championship) postural stability, body composition and dynamic performance were evaluated. These following devices were used for testing: force plate FootScan (RScan International, Belgium), bioimpedance analyzer BIA 2000M (Datainput, Germany) and Tanita (Tanita Corporation, Japan), dynamometric force plates Kistler 8611 (Kistler, Switzerland). Results were evaluated by descriptive and inductive (paired t-test) statistics. Results: Results showed high similarity of followed selected parameters in elite sport dancers at the beginning and also at the top of preparatory period. Postural stability was slightly impaired, but...

Title: Judging systems of competitions in dance sport from judges point of view Objectives: The main goal of the thesis is to introduce the absolute judging system used on a dances sport competitions 3.0 to a wider public, and to describe differences between absolute judging systems 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0. Next goal is to map opinions, knowledge and attitudes of the TOP judges of the CDSF towards the judging systems of the dance sport. Methods: To obtain the necessary data for the elaboration of the thesis was used a method of electronic questionnaires. For the elaboration of a theoretical part of the thesis were used primary sources, professional literature and experts' own materials. Result: The thesis maps used systems of dance sport in the Czech Republic and abroad and their main progress towards objective and measurable judging. Based on survey, the questionnaire reveals the knowledge, opinions and attitudes of the Czech TOP judges towards System 3.0. In fact, the thesis is a breakthrough, because even though the absolute judging system 3.0 is already used in practice, there is still no Czech written documentation of its work or usage. Keywords: Dance sport, Latin, Ballroom, Dance, Judges, Judging systems, Sport, The questionnaire

Darbo objektas. sportinių šokių šokėjų patiriamas stresas, jo įtaka savęs vertinimui ir jo įveikimo būdai. Darbo problema: kuo ypatingas streso poveikis sportinių šokių šokėjams ir kokie yra galimi jo įveikimo būdai? Darbo tikslas: nustatyti streso poveikį, jo įtaką savęs vertinimui ir jo įveikimo būdus sportinių šokių šokėjams. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti streso poveikį sportinių šokių šokėjams. 2. Identifikuoti streso įveikimo būdus. 3. Nustatyti sportinių šokių šokėjų patiriamo streso įtaką jų savęs vertinimui. Tyrimo metodai: 1. Mokslinės literatūros analizė. 2. Statistinių duomenų analizė. (Taikant SPSS statistinių duomenų apdorojimo programą) 3. Anketinė apklausa. Tiriamieji klausimai: - Kuo yra išskirtinis stresas kaip reiškinys? - Kokie yra šokėjų patiriamo streso teoriniai pagrindai? - Koks yra streso poveikis sportinių šokių šokėjų savęs vertinimui? Išvados. 1. Sportinių šokių šokėjos dažniau nei šokėjai patiria stresą (p=0,040). Tiek vyrai, tiek ir moterys dažniausiai stresą patiria profesinėje veikloje – šokiuose (p=0,225). Dauguma sportinių šokių šokėjų šokdami stresą jaučia kartais (p=0,653). Sportinių šokių šokėjams dažniau nei šokėjoms stresą labiausiai kelia integruojančios arba ribinės funkcijos (p=0,002). Tiek vyrams, tiek ir moterims stresą dažniausiai kelia siekis būti geriausiu (p=0,773). Sportinių šokių šokėjoms dažniau nei šokėjams stresą kelia psichiniai stresoriai (p=0,002), o šokėjams vyrams dažniau nei moterims pasireiškia... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Object of this paper. Stress experienced by dance sport dancers, its influence to their self assessment and stress coping techniques. Problem of this paper: what is the speciality of stress experienced by dance sport dancers and what are possible its coping techniques. Aim of this paper: to identify effect of stress, its influence to self assessment and stress coping techniques to dance sport dancers. Tasks of this paper: 1st – to assess stress effect to dance sport dancers. 2nd – to identify stress coping techniques. 3rd – to identify influence of stress effect to dance sport dancers self assessment. Research methods: 1. Analytical Review of Literature . 2. Analysis of Statistical Data. (Using SPSS statistical data processing program) 3. Questionnaire survey. Research questions: - What is an exclusivity of stress phenomenon? - What are theoretical frameworks of dancers experienced stress? - What is the effect of stress to dance sport dancers self-assessment? Conclusions. 1. Sport dance dancers female more often than male feel stress (p = 0.040). Both male and female tend to suffer stress in their profession activities - dancing (p = 0.225). Most of dance sport dancers sometimes feel stress (p = 0.653). Dance sport dancers male more often then female integrative functions cause stress (p = 0.002). Often stress is caused by aspiration to be the best to both dance sport dancers female and male (p = 0.773). Stress is caused by mental stressors more often to dance sport... [to full text]

Text in Afrikaans / The importance of the emotional and social development of a human being is highlighted by this research study, while the ability of the human spirit to transcend the human body has inspired the researcher to investigate movement activities as a potential key to the emotional and social development of wheelchair-bound learners. The researcher has chosen participation in wheelchair dancing to determine whether wheelchair-bound learners show development on emotional and social levels by investigating their intra- and interpersonal abilities before and after participating in wheelchair dancing. Intra- and interpersonal abilities are interdependent abilities and are regarded important components of emotional intelligence. In the interest of validity and reliability, the researcher used purposeful sampling in the selection of her participants. The participants had to meet certain requirements. She undertook a constructivist investigation, from an interpretive perspective, as a (primarily) qualitative study, with an interactive case study design and multimethod strategies. The smaller, quantitative component of the research study is the Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Second Edition (Piers-Harris 2), which offers as pre- and post-test a baseline assessment for the participants’ emotional and social development in respect of self-concept. The theoretical approach for this study is a combination of the medical deficit model and the social model, with stronger emphasis on the development and healing approach of the social model, than on the deficit-and-control approach of the medical deficit model. The focus of the study is not on the constraints suffered by the wheelchair-bound learners, but rather on the possible development that may take place in the learners through their participation in movement activities. The researcher strongly relies on the social model in an attempt to gain understanding of the problems that wheelchair-bound learners currently experience in the education system, so that schools can be developed that would meet learners’ needs. The research results offer answers to the primary and secondary research questions and the general objective of this research study has been achieved. The researcher has determined that wheelchair-bound learners show emotional and social development after participation in movement activities. The emotional intelligence of all the participants has increased and each experienced increased self-actualisation since having participated in wheelchair dancing. The research results reflect more growth in respect of the learners’ intrapersonal abilities than in their interpersonal abilities. The researcher’s specific objectives would be achieved, when she submits the research results of this study to policy makers in the Department of Education, thus expanding the boundaries of existing knowledge about the relationship between wheelchair-bound learners’ participation in movement activities and their emotional and social development. / Die belangrikheid van die emosionele en sosiale ontwikkelingsgang in die mens se ontwikkeling word deur die navorsingstudie uitgelig, terwyl die vermoë van die menslike gees tot transendensie van die menslike liggaam, die navorser inspireer het om bewegingsaktiwiteite te ondersoek as ’n moontlike sleutel tot rolstoelgebonde leerders se emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling. Die navorser het deelname aan rolstoeldanse gekies om te bepaal of rolstoelgebonde leerders op ’n emosionele en sosiale vlak ontwikkeling toon deur hul intra- en interpersoonlike vermoëns voor en ná deelname aan rolstoeldanse te ondersoek. Intra- en interpersoonlike vermoëns is interafhanklike vermoëns en word as belangrike komponente van emosionele intelligensie beskou. Die navorser het ’n doelgerigte steekproefneming gebruik in die seleksie van haar deelnemers om geldigheid en betroubaarheid in die hand te werk. Die deelnemers moes aan sekere vereistes voldoen. Sy loods ’n konstruktivistiese ondersoek vanuit ’n interpretivistiese perspektief as ’n (hoofsaaklik) kwalitatiewe ondersoek, met ’n interaktiewe gevallestudie-ontwerp en veelmetodestrategie. Die kleiner, kwantitatiewe komponent van die navorsingstudie is die Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Second Edition (Piers-Harris 2). Dit bied, as voor- en nátoets, ’n basislynassessering vir die deelnemers se emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling ten opsigte van selfkonsep. Die teoretiese raamwerk waaruit die navorser hierdie navorsingsprobleem benader, is ’n vermenging van die mediesetekort- en die sosiale model, met sterker klem op die ontwikkelings- en helende benadering van die sosiale model, as die tekortkominge-en-beheer-benadering van die mediesetekort-model. Die fokus van die studie is nie op rolstoelgebonde leerders se inperkinge nie, maar juis op die moontlike ontwikkeling wat deur hul deelname aan bewegingsaktiwiteite in die leerders mag plaasvind. Die navorser steun sterk op die sosiale model in ’n poging om begrip vir die probleme wat rolstoelgebonde leerders tans in die onderwys ervaar, te verkry, sodat skole ontwikkel kan word wat in leerderbehoeftes voorsien. Die navorsingsresultate bied antwoorde op die primêre en sekondêre navorsingsvrae en die algemene doelstelling van hierdie navorsingstudie is bereik. Die navorser het vasgestel dat rolstoelgebonde leerders, deur hul deelname aan bewegingsaktiwiteite, emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling toon. Al die deelnemers se emosionele intelligensie het verhoog en almal beleef groter selfverwesenliking sedert hul deelname aan rolstoeldanse. Die navorsingsresultate weerspieël groter groei ten opsigte van die deelnemers se intrapersoonlike as hulle interpersoonlike vermoëns. Die navorser se spesifieke doelstellings word bereik, wanneer die navorser die navorsingsresultate van hierdie studie aan beleidmakers in die Departement van Onderwys voorlê en daardeur die grense van bestaande kennis omtrent die verband tussen rolstoelgebonde leerders se deelname aan bewegingsaktiwiteite en hul emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling kan uitbrei. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inklusiewe Onderwys)

Text in Afrikaans / The importance of the emotional and social development of a human being is highlighted by this research study, while the ability of the human spirit to transcend the human body has inspired the researcher to investigate movement activities as a potential key to the emotional and social development of wheelchair-bound learners. The researcher has chosen participation in wheelchair dancing to determine whether wheelchair-bound learners show development on emotional and social levels by investigating their intra- and interpersonal abilities before and after participating in wheelchair dancing. Intra- and interpersonal abilities are interdependent abilities and are regarded important components of emotional intelligence. In the interest of validity and reliability, the researcher used purposeful sampling in the selection of her participants. The participants had to meet certain requirements. She undertook a constructivist investigation, from an interpretive perspective, as a (primarily) qualitative study, with an interactive case study design and multimethod strategies. The smaller, quantitative component of the research study is the Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Second Edition (Piers-Harris 2), which offers as pre- and post-test a baseline assessment for the participants’ emotional and social development in respect of self-concept. The theoretical approach for this study is a combination of the medical deficit model and the social model, with stronger emphasis on the development and healing approach of the social model, than on the deficit-and-control approach of the medical deficit model. The focus of the study is not on the constraints suffered by the wheelchair-bound learners, but rather on the possible development that may take place in the learners through their participation in movement activities. The researcher strongly relies on the social model in an attempt to gain understanding of the problems that wheelchair-bound learners currently experience in the education system, so that schools can be developed that would meet learners’ needs. The research results offer answers to the primary and secondary research questions and the general objective of this research study has been achieved. The researcher has determined that wheelchair-bound learners show emotional and social development after participation in movement activities. The emotional intelligence of all the participants has increased and each experienced increased self-actualisation since having participated in wheelchair dancing. The research results reflect more growth in respect of the learners’ intrapersonal abilities than in their interpersonal abilities. The researcher’s specific objectives would be achieved, when she submits the research results of this study to policy makers in the Department of Education, thus expanding the boundaries of existing knowledge about the relationship between wheelchair-bound learners’ participation in movement activities and their emotional and social development. / Die belangrikheid van die emosionele en sosiale ontwikkelingsgang in die mens se ontwikkeling word deur die navorsingstudie uitgelig, terwyl die vermoë van die menslike gees tot transendensie van die menslike liggaam, die navorser inspireer het om bewegingsaktiwiteite te ondersoek as ’n moontlike sleutel tot rolstoelgebonde leerders se emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling. Die navorser het deelname aan rolstoeldanse gekies om te bepaal of rolstoelgebonde leerders op ’n emosionele en sosiale vlak ontwikkeling toon deur hul intra- en interpersoonlike vermoëns voor en ná deelname aan rolstoeldanse te ondersoek. Intra- en interpersoonlike vermoëns is interafhanklike vermoëns en word as belangrike komponente van emosionele intelligensie beskou. Die navorser het ’n doelgerigte steekproefneming gebruik in die seleksie van haar deelnemers om geldigheid en betroubaarheid in die hand te werk. Die deelnemers moes aan sekere vereistes voldoen. Sy loods ’n konstruktivistiese ondersoek vanuit ’n interpretivistiese perspektief as ’n (hoofsaaklik) kwalitatiewe ondersoek, met ’n interaktiewe gevallestudie-ontwerp en veelmetodestrategie. Die kleiner, kwantitatiewe komponent van die navorsingstudie is die Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Second Edition (Piers-Harris 2). Dit bied, as voor- en nátoets, ’n basislynassessering vir die deelnemers se emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling ten opsigte van selfkonsep. Die teoretiese raamwerk waaruit die navorser hierdie navorsingsprobleem benader, is ’n vermenging van die mediesetekort- en die sosiale model, met sterker klem op die ontwikkelings- en helende benadering van die sosiale model, as die tekortkominge-en-beheer-benadering van die mediesetekort-model. Die fokus van die studie is nie op rolstoelgebonde leerders se inperkinge nie, maar juis op die moontlike ontwikkeling wat deur hul deelname aan bewegingsaktiwiteite in die leerders mag plaasvind. Die navorser steun sterk op die sosiale model in ’n poging om begrip vir die probleme wat rolstoelgebonde leerders tans in die onderwys ervaar, te verkry, sodat skole ontwikkel kan word wat in leerderbehoeftes voorsien. Die navorsingsresultate bied antwoorde op die primêre en sekondêre navorsingsvrae en die algemene doelstelling van hierdie navorsingstudie is bereik. Die navorser het vasgestel dat rolstoelgebonde leerders, deur hul deelname aan bewegingsaktiwiteite, emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling toon. Al die deelnemers se emosionele intelligensie het verhoog en almal beleef groter selfverwesenliking sedert hul deelname aan rolstoeldanse. Die navorsingsresultate weerspieël groter groei ten opsigte van die deelnemers se intrapersoonlike as hulle interpersoonlike vermoëns. Die navorser se spesifieke doelstellings word bereik, wanneer die navorser die navorsingsresultate van hierdie studie aan beleidmakers in die Departement van Onderwys voorlê en daardeur die grense van bestaande kennis omtrent die verband tussen rolstoelgebonde leerders se deelname aan bewegingsaktiwiteite en hul emosionele en sosiale ontwikkeling kan uitbrei. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inklusiewe Onderwys)