The purpose of this study is to verify the applicability of Adapted Modern Dance Program (SAMDP) as a community senior education program.
This study is a feild research with a collaboration of experimental and qualitative studies. The result of qualitative research has shown that it is a good program as instructors for senior exercise class recognized and it also can give seniors opportunities for artistic experience. However, even though it can be considered as “joyful new sport” for the olds, it was failed to reach at the stage of the artistic experience. Experimental study was also performed to find out fitness and the change of physical function through Senior Adapted Modern Dance Program (SAMDP).
10 Participants (All females with average age of 74.6) for this study were selected from the olds who are in senior school education program of S church in Goyang city and participated 10 times.
Modern dance exercise helps to improve balancing, strength, and flexibility of body through several exercises such as floor exercise, bar exercise and balancing exercise etc. Evaluation of the physical function and fitness was measured with the method of SFT that was designed to measure the flexibility, strength, and dynamic balance. Data was collected in before the test and after the test from compared samples. The test data were analyzed in descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, paired t-test, & effect size through SPSS ver. 21.0, iSTATistics(2.0.1).
For the result of physical evaluation after ‘SAMDP’ applied, there were significant improvements in leg flexibility, leg strength and dynamic balance.
Therefore, we could assume that the ‘SAMDP’ is highly useful program for seniors.