Os pilares do fitdance: e a percepção dos praticantes

Abstract

In the academies there is an increasing search for collective classes, one of the modalities with greater demand is the dance class. There are several dance classes programs that are offered by the academies to their clients, and one of these programs is FitDance. In this sense, the objective of the present study is to understand the perception of Fitdance practitioners in relation to the 5 D's (dance, fun, dynamic, democratic and challenging) proposed by the program. This study is characterized as a qualitative approach research. The subjects of the research were 20 women, aged between 18 and 50 years, FitDance practitioners for at least 3 months. The interviews took place in three academies located in the southern zone of the city of João Pessoa. The instruments used for this research were a Semistructured Interview Roadmap and an Observation Roadmap. The analysis of the data was performed in a qualitative way, through the Bardin Content Analysis. The data of this study indicate that the dance in the academies has been giving new experiences to the students, experiences that are not related only to the physical, but also to the motivational, behavioral factors and socialization of its practitioners. With this you can see that FitDance practitioners can understand that their practice provides their fans with more than a dance, provides a new lifestyle for these people.