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PHYSIOLOGICAL LOAD OF CROATIAN NATIONAL FOLK DANCING

Folk dancing is a part of culture and tradition which is slowly disappearing, losing a battle with modern dancing. The tradition is saved through school programs and professional groups. The aim of this work was to investigate the physiological load of folk dancing during one of Lado public concerts. Members of the National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia Lado were wearing Polar pulse-meters during the whole concert round which they performed 9 different folk dances originally from different parts of Croatia. The concert lasted for 2 hours with a middle break of 20 minutes. The average heart rate in women performers was 139.6 ± 3.9 beats/min with a range between 105 and 166 b/min, and maximal heart rate ranged between160 and 207 beats/min. In male performers the average heart rate was 130.9 ± 4.8 beats/min ranging from 119 to 148 b/min and maximal values were between 164 and 202 b/min. The highest values were recorded in Split dances for women and for men during the choreography „Podravski svati“, as well as during both additional, 45 seconds long, encore performances. In total, male dancers expended 1283.6 ± 234 kcal, while the energy expenditure for female dancers was a bit lower (1082.9±167 kcal). The obtained values were similar to some previous surveys for folk dancers in different European countries, but the load was less than presented in some surveys of modern dance.

folk dance; physiological load

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