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Do task and/or ego orientation influence better dance performance?

The purposes of the present research were to identify the possible influence of intrinsic and/or extrinsic approaches on English waltz performance through detecting possible gender and age differences of 9 ± ; 1 (N=22) and 13 ± ; 1(N=27) year old pupils in their level of dance performance and their intrinsic and/or extrinsic approaches to learning standard dance (the English waltz). The results obtained (ANOVA) indicate significant differences for task (intrinsic) orientation only in the subjects aged 13(± ; 1) in advantage for girls and, between age groups, in intrinsic and exstrinsic orientation in advantage for yanger subjects. Especially girls and pre-pubertal boys more likely define their dance competence on the basis of how well they improve their performance rather than comparing their performance to that of others. A better dance performance of the older subject’ s groups was expected and it is probably correlated with the relevant anthropologic characteristics and with the process of development. Task-oriented individuals would probably have a better dance performance when novices are considered but future, extended investigations are needed.

intrinsic and extrinsic orientation; gender differences; English waltz

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