Urumqi Square Dance' Situation And Development Countermeasures

Square dancing is originated spontaneously by people in social life.It is a kind of popular sport which aims to build up a good physique and improve people's health in the form of group dance.Square dancing is an effective way to raise awareness of healthy and promote the harmony of community.Urumqi is a city that has great physical education tradition.When National Fitness Regulationshas been carried out,square dancing becomes very popular in Urumqi.It enriches community people's life and meets the need of their spirit.However,there are also many problems in the development of square dancing which has relative effect on square dancing in Urumqi.The author investigates the development of square dancing and analyzes the findings which is helpful to popularize the activity of square dancing harmoniously and scientifically.This paper can provide some effective suggestions of the sustained development of community square dancing.This author uses document retrieval method,interview method,questionnaires method and mathematical statistics to investigate participants and instructors' square dancing situation.The results are as follows:(1)The structure of square dancing participants is simple.In general,the participants are women and old people instead of men and young people.And minority people also less take part in square dancing.While,the staffs in enterprise and institution have enough time to take part in this activity,because they have some holidays and stable income.(2)The participates of square dancing often take exercise in the morning or in the evening,or in summer mostly rather than in winter.The participants exercise four or five times a week,each time one and half a hour.The time and frequency of exercise meets the standards of sports population.People's motivation is to build up a good physique and improve people's health.The participants not only exercise their body but also expand social interaction so that they can reach the goal of improving their health and enjoying themselves.(3)The Urumqi government cannot play a positive role in square dancing because of less attention to the development of square dancing and insufficient support.(4)There is lack of equipment in community sports venues which also has low utilization.In addition,there is less square dancing show and competition.(5)The intensity of promotion of square dancing is not enough which cannot make it popular.There is lack of professional instructors and training institutions in people's exercise.