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Schlagwörter:
ExpertiseDanceEmotionOpenness to experienceExtraversionEntrepreneurBig Five
Zusammenfassung:
Data on the personality of dancers is sparse, and existing studies generally use small samples and heterogeneous measures of personality across studies. We investigated Big Five personality profiles of dancers in two large representative samples from Sweden (n = 5435) and Germany (n = 574). Musicians have previously been found to be more open, agreeable and neurotic than control participants who were not performing artists. We hypothesized that professional dancers would also be more open and more extraverted than non-dancers. Further, we explored the personalities of dancers of different dance styles. Results showed that the personality of dancers is indeed more open, extraverted, agreeable, but less neurotic, than people who do not dance, and dance school entrepreneurs, who are both dancers and entrepreneurs, even more so. Thus, dancers and musicians share high levels of openness, while neuroticism differentiates them. Furthermore, dancers and singers share high levels of extraversion, perhaps reflecting that, in dancing and singing, the performers' own body is the means of expression. Finally, some personality differences between dance styles were observed. Yet, these could be due to other factors than dance style choice; we discuss that these may reflect many factors, including musical genre preferences and social context.
