Habilidades psicológicas na dança: reflexões sobre treino mental no contexto do grupo de dança popular oré anacã

Abstract

The present study emerged from questions lived in experiences of formation and performance in dance. Its theme is linked to the development of psychological skills of the dancers of the UFC - Oré Anacã Popular Dance Group, through mental training, which is a technique that contributes to increase emotional and psychological control in human performance. A resource used by sports psychology that when properly applied to the conventional technical training of athletes contributes to the development of psychological skills. Psychological skills are quite present in situations and times in groups. Thus, this study aims to identify the psychological skills involved in the dance group's essays and presentations, aiming at the elaboration of intervention guidelines in mental training. This research is descriptive and qualitative in order to analyze subjective aspects of the participants' experience. We used the individual interview, semistructured, and direct observation as strategies of information construction. They had 25 participants, including dancers from the Oré Anacã Group. It was constituted as participation of the group members to answer the audio questions about situations and group experience. The inclusion criteria used for the interview included: voluntary availability of the member to the research participation; be active in the group, participating in the essays and presentations; the dancer should have at least one year of uninterrupted time in the group. Finally, we understand that the use of mental training as an integral part of the training of dancers would provide benefits in motor and psychological skills, as well as the better assimilation of body movements and greater emotional and psychological control in the present situations in the group.