Abstract: The author used the Heath-Carter somatotyping method to study the dancing training adolescents somatotype aged 6_ 20 years o f 311 cases in Huhhot. The results showed that the ectomorphic factor w as dominant in three somatotypic components in this sample. Major somatotype of males was the meso-ectomorph and that o f females w as the endo-ectomorph. Comparison between male and female somatotype means clearly show ed sexual dimorphism. As compared with other samples, the dancing training adolescents w ere low er endomorphy and obvious higher ectomorphy than the adolescents of the same ages o f Han studied by Ji et al ( 1992) . During puberty the dancing somatotype was formed.

Key words: Heath-Carter somatyping method, Dancing training , Adolescent