REASONS FOR PRACTICING CIRCUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• Autor(a) principal: Nenartavis, Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Vianna, José Antonio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Corpoconsciência (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/corpoconsciencia/article/view/11937
• topic: Circus; Physical Activity; Motivation; Circo; Atividade Física; Motivação; Circo; Actividad Física; Motivación

The purpose of this study was to verify the perception of circus students about motives that led them to look for circus classes. In this exploratory study, in the universe of 100 participants in a circus school, 16 subjects with an average of 24.1 years of age (F = 15; M = 1) answered the semi-structured questionnaire. The researchers developed the questionnaire particularly for this research. Descriptive statistics was used to observe recurrent information for later data triangulation. The categories found were analyzed in the light of the social sciences. Motives for practice was identified: physical fitness or health (24%), pleasant activity (19%), different activity (16%), artistic activity (16%), aesthetics of the activity (8%), challenges (5%), weight loss (3%), self-esteem (3%), socialization (3%) and overcoming (3%). The reasons seem to be located within the languages of taste and utility – both are the most appropriate guidelines for teaching and learning environments. In addition, circus activity seems to be an alternative to traditional physical activities, “combining business with pleasure” in its practice.