Somatotype of Contemporary Dancers

The goal of this research was to examine the anthropometric characteristics and define the somatotypes of female junior contemporary dancers.The study included a total of 62 dancers, with a mean age of 13.161.11(years + SD) and an average dance experience of 5.852.56(years + SD).According the instructions of the Heath-Carter protocol for defining somatotypes, 10 anthropometric measurements were taken by a trained researcher.The somatotypes of the young dancers were calculated and obtained using R 4.2.3.The main finding of the study indicates that the dancers have moderate muscle mass and a lean body, which corresponds to the balanced mesomorph-ectomorph somatotype, aligning with the physical and aesthetic demands of contemporary dance.