Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare Cardiorespiratory Endurance (CRE) and Vo, max
between Professional and Amateur Bharathanatyam dancers. To achieve the purpose sixty
(N=60) women Bharathanatyam dancers were randomly selected and they were classified
in to Professional Dancers (PD) (n=30, practice bharathanatyam 90 to 120 min / day
for 5 to 6 day / week over the period of minimum 5 years) and Amateur Dancers((AD)
(n=30, practice bharathanatyam 30 to 60 min / day/ 2 to 3 day / week over the period of
minimum 5 years)) were selected as subjects, their mean age were 17+ 1.3 years, They were
measured CRE (Harvard step test) and Vo, max (Queen's step test), the collected data were
statistically treated by using independent l' test, 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the
significance. The result shows that Professional Dancers were better than Amateur Dancers
on CRE and VO, max. Hence it was concluded that, professional bharathanatyam dancers
developed better CRE and V, max than amateur dancers.
