Improving technical proficiency of junior athletes engaged in dance sports

Introduction. The goal is to develop a classical dance coaching program to increase the level of technical proficiency of athletes in dance sports and to identify its effectiveness. The object of the study is the process of technical training of junior athletes aged 12-15, engaged in dance sports. The scientific novelty of the research is as follows: the author developed her own program of classical dance coaching for junior athletes aged 12-15, engaged in dance sports, based on the specifics of classical dance techniques for European and Latin American dance sports programs.