Comparing the Importance of Dance Teams Interpersonal Synergy in Online and Live Environment

Interpersonal team synergy is defined as a higher-order control system formed by coupling movement system degrees of freedom of two (or more) actors, which is also present in dance teams. The basic hypothesis of this paper is that better results are achieved by dance teams that have stronger interpersonal synergy among team members. Based on the literature and an in-depth interview with the director of the dance studio Vindi from Varaždin, Croatia, the elements which can affect interpersonal synergy in dance teams were singled out: communication, playing, music, improvisation, choreography, performance, scenography, costume design, joint education with special emphasis on the difference in the importance of each element in relation to the online and living environment. The research was conducted through a survey in January 2022 on a sample of 47 dancers aged 12 to 21 at the Vindi dance studio in Varaždin, Croatia. The research results showed that dancers estimate joint live education (training, rehearsals) and performances with members of their dance team as the most important elements, while as the least important elements for their interpersonal team synergy they evaluate playing games via online platforms and publishing their performances on online platforms.