Cultura Física y Deportes de Guantánamo (Jan 2013)

The dance therapy: alternative to improve the quality of life in the municipality of Baracoa

  • Freddy Durán-Montero,
  • Ana Vilma Cala-Pavón,
  • Rafael Caballero-Calderón

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The practice of physical activities has become common and necessary. It is important to emphasize on some methodological criteria while planning the activity as a way of initiating this proposal and though this way influence greatly people’s life taking them to the enjoyment of the activity as part of their daily activities. In this investigation it is proposed a system of combining actions with music for having a good health; it means to achieve a good quality of life in the population as a way of satisfying their physical necessities. This investigation was carried out in the sports base #1 taking as universe 205 trainers and a sample of 150 persons among which were children, adolescents, and adults, helped by different research methods from the theoretical and empirical levels that were applied: observation, interview, inquiry, to make a real diagnose of the problem stated. These activities have as objective to increase people´s health and their quality of life with physical exercises. (Dance therapy).

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