Benefits of Dance:

Dancing isn't just about the steps and music; it's a perfect combination of physical activity, social interaction, and mental stimulation.  Dancing enhances your life in so many ways:

Health: When you dance, your cardiovascular system improves, your muscle tone increases, and you burn calories.  This low-impact aerobic activity also increases flexibility, strength, and balance.  Olympic athletes often dance as part of their training to sharpen their control, agility, and speed.  Dancing is great exercise in a pleasant, fun atmosphere.

Confidence: Dancers possess an aura of self-confidence and an ability to enjoy themselves more in social situations.  When you learn how to dance, your entire mental outlook will take on a fresh sense of creativity, motivation, and energy.  This new self-confidence in your dancing abilities will transfer to other aspects of your life as well.

Self-Expression: Dance provides an emotional outlet so that you can reflect your feelings through your body movements with passion and flair. Dancing will bring out, improve on, and strengthen your ability to permanently use these expressive qualities even when not dancing.

Social Life:  Dancing lessons are an easy, low-pressure way to meet people. Dance lessons are the perfect way to rediscover romance by dancing your way to love!

Relaxation: In today's fast-paced world, we sometimes forget to take a moment for ourselves.  Dancing provides a temporary escape from your normal daily activities, a chance to relax, relieve stress, and concentrate on yourself.

Fun: Dancing is a great way to add excitement to your life.  Although learning to dance takes concentration and dedication, you will be constantly surrounded by artistic, cheerful people who make learning a pleasurable and rewarding experience.  So come on and have some fun!

Exercise and Physical Benefits of Dancing:

With the pressure of daily work and social obligations pulling us every which way, it’s more and more difficult to find time for exercise.  Maybe that’s why Americans are struggling with their weight and health more than ever.  It’s no secret that moderate exercise and sensible eating habits are key in remaining trim and fit.  Still, the thought of spending thirty minutes on the treadmill or jogging around the block five times is not appealing to many of us.

Dancing works like a stress and tension reducer.  For people on a hectic schedule, it can become a passion that helps you improve your attitude and increase your confidence in both social and business situations.  That is what makes dance the ideal exercise!  Dancing is mild aerobic workout, minus the boring part.  When you take dance lessons, you make exercise a fun and enjoyable social event, every night of the week!  Your dance workout takes place with pleasant music, and everyone around you is in a great mood… not to mention it’s fun to learn and develop this new skill!  Give yourself the gift for a better life – DANCE!!

Ballroom Dancing and Mental Health:

In a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine in 2003, Ballroom Dancing was found to be the only physical activity studied that was significantly associated with fewer dementia cases.  Over the course of 21 years, 469 people were studied as they aged to see who would ultimately develop signs of dementia.  Records of their favorite mental and physical activities were kept over those years.  Scientists are starting to find out what dancers have always known: that dancing keeps them mentally and physically fit!