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0160/2019 - The experience of pain in classical dancers: Emerging meanings in a qualitative study.
A experiência da dor em bailarinas clássicas: Significados emergentes num estudo qualitativo.

Author:

• Cátia Costa - Costa , C - <cc_catia@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-6283

Co-author(s):

• Zélia Teixeira - Teixeira, Z - <zelia@ufp.edu.pt>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8422-5239


Abstract:

This article presents the results of a study focused on the meaning that pain takes on, in the discourse of a group of classical dance ballerinas. For such, we accessed their experiences and meanings through a semi-structured interview, to better understand the pain that is an integral part of their routines before, during and after performance. This study is rooted in the discourses which emergeda group of ten ballerinas with six or more years of training, and the method chosen to tap into the underlying meanings was Grounded Analysis. The analysis of collected discourses showed that following of the dance path brings along obstacles that increase the demands felt by the ballerinas, in parallel to their desire of remaining in the world of performance. Thus, it is the excessive practicing and repetitive movements which bring forth pain and injuries, concealed and denied so as not to impede the focus of attaining perfection. In general, the obtained results emphasize the passion for dance as framing pain as an ally to this career, and pushing the ballerinas to varied confrontation strategies. In tandem, pain is linked to fear of injury, to the end of a path as ballerina and the foregoing of a dream.

Keywords:

Dance; Pain; Injury; Grounded Analysis.

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Costa , C, Teixeira, Z. The experience of pain in classical dancers: Emerging meanings in a qualitative study.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2019/Jun). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-experience-of-pain-in-classical-dancers-emerging-meanings-in-a-qualitative-study/17234?id=17234&id=17234



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