PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG DANCERS OF CLASSICAL BALLET

Balet je ples koji postoji već više od jednog stoljeća, a pojavio se u Francuskoj i Italiji. U prošlosti su postojala drugačija shvaćanja i stajalištao poželjnim karakteristikama plesača baleta. Zbog prevelikog naglašavanja estetike i elegancije često su se zanemarivale sastavnice plesnog treninga poput treninga snage i time se narušavalo zdravlje plesača. Danas su stavovi drugačiji jer se na balet i ples općenito gleda kao i na svaki drugi sport koji ima svoje fiziološke zahtjeve. Ukupni utrošak energije za vrijeme baletne vježbe je vrlo visok. Stoga je razvoj kondicije plesača klasičnog baleta jednako važan kao i razvoj vještina kako bi plesač bio sposoban zadovoljiti zahtjeve koreografije. Osim toga, vrlo su važni fleksibilnost, kao i povoljan sastav tjelesne mase koji će omogućiti izvođenje napornih koreografija. Kako bi se spriječile ozljede plesača nužno je da u plesni trening budu uključene sve potrebne sastavnice kako trening fleksibilnosti tako i trening snage i izdržljivosti. Najvažnije bi trebalo biti zdravlje plesača, a ne estetika.Rad prikazuje fiziološku zahtjevnost baleta kao estetskog sporta,te što se očekuje od profesionalnih balerina i baletana u fiziološkom smislu.Ballet is a dance that has existed for more than a century.It originatesfrom France and Italy. In the past, there were different understandings and views on the desirable characteristics of a ballet dancer. Due to too much emphasis on aesthetics and elegance, the components of dance training, such as strength training, were often neglected and thus the health of the dancers was damaged. Today, attitudes are different because ballet and dance are generally seen as any other sport that havetheir own physiological requirements. The total expenditure of energy during ballet practice is very high. Therefore, the development of the conditions of a classical ballet dancer is as important as the development of skills in order for the dancer to be able to meet the demands of the choreography. In addition, flexibility is very important, as well as a favorable composition of the body mass, which will enable the performance of strenuous choreographies. In order to prevent injuries of a dancer, it is necessary to include all necessary components in dance training, both flexibility training and strength and endurance training. The most important thing should be the dancer's health, not aesthetics. The paper shows the physiological demands of ballet as an aesthetic sport, and what is expected of professional ballerinas and ballet dancers in a physiological sense