Cardiovascular Fitness of Red River Jigging

In collaboration with members of Li Toneur Niimiyitoohk Métis Dance Group, this research explores physical fitness requirements and exercise intensity of Métis Red River Jigging, and how Red River Jigging makes dancers feel. Funded by a Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Establishment Grant and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant, dancers complete a treadmill physical fitness test and questionnaires about how they feel, then return another day to dance the Red River Jig and complete questionnaires about how they feel.