Dance Improves Your Health

• improves the overall condition of your heart, lungs and muscles

• increases aerobic fitness and heart health

• improves muscle tone

• increases muscular strength and motor fitness

• improves endurance, stamina and overall physical strength

• safely strengthens bones

• reduces the risk of osteoporosis

• increases agility and coordination

• improves flexibility

• improves balance, spatial awareness and peripheral vision

• tones the body and controls weight management

• many types of dance use the entirety of the body, putting it into prime condition

• uses a full range of body motion, exercising all the muscles and joints of the body

• increases physical confidence

• improves mental functioning

• improves general and psychological well being

• provides effective stress and anxiety management

• increases confidence and self esteem

• provides the opportunity to meet new people

• reduces feelings of isolation and exclusion

• improves social and interaction skills

• teaches how to effectively work in group settings

 

Long-Term Benefits of Dance

• Dance is a lifelong skill. Dancers can dance at any age!

• Dancing is used for rehabilitation for improved recovery from injuries or operations such a knee injuries, heart surgeries, etc with varying levels of difficulty depending on the rehabilitation goal.

• Dancing uses the entire body and mind using physical exercise, coordination, cognitive abilities and social interaction all at once effectively increasing mental functioning and memory.

• Dancing dramatically reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's.

• Dancing decreases the risk of coronary diseases and high blood pressure.

 

 

Dance Teaches Children:

• perseverance

• discipline

• the importance and benefits of taking care of their body

• goal setting

• the long-term benefits of consistent practice

• diligence

• success is the result of hard work

• teamwork

• how to deal with disappointment and use failures to move forward

• physical confidence and grace

• the benefits of regular exercise for the mind and body

• how to engage both their physicality and their creative mind at the same time

• the importance of being on time and being prepared

• organizational skills and preparedness skills 

• time management

 

Dance Increases Intelligence

• dancing always requires alertness of your surroundings and other dancers

• dancing requires lightning quick, dynamic decision making

• dancing creates new neural pathways

• dancing integrates many brain functions at once

• dancing increases neural connectivity

• dancing increases cognitive reserve

• dancing increases mental capacity by exercising cognitive processes