12 Benefits of Dancing

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Dancing is one of the most popular types of physical activities, which among other things gives a good mood and brings pleasure. That’s why dancing is an ideal activity for those who are bored just to do sports. Below we will talk about other benefits of dancing for your health, psychological state, and social life.
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1 1. Health: Greatest benefits of dancing
2 2. Dance benefits flexibility
3 3. Strength is a dancing benefit
4 4. Keeping fit through dance
5 5. Endurance training
6 6. Good memory
7 7. Fighting the bad mood
8 8. Creative skills and thinking development
9 9. Beautiful gait and smooth posture
10 10. Good balance and coordination of movements
11 11. Communication and new contacts
12 12. Enhanced self-esteem

1. Health: Greatest benefits of dancing

Dancing, like any other physical activity, has a positive effect on health. Dance movements improve blood circulation, rejuvenate the body. It directly affects the state of internal organs. Regular training reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and colds. Dancing helps to raise the so-called “good” cholesterol (HDL) level and reduces the number of “bad” cholesterol (LDL).

Besides dancing helps to strengthen bones and as a result, prevents osteoporosis.

2. Dance benefits flexibility

Stretching to Lose Weight.
Development of flexibility and amplitude of movements is one of the ways of development for any dancer, regardless of the style of dancing. Most dancing lessons begin with a warm-up, which includes several stretching exercises. We can talk a lot about the benefits of flexibility and stretching, but here are its main advantages: improving body mobility, preventing injuries to feet, joints and muscles, improving blood circulation, the improvement of coordination of movements.

3. Strength is a dancing benefit

Persons who dance train all muscle groups. The body of the dancer and his muscles grow evenly and proportionally, which in turn affects the figure. Dancers’ muscles do not become as voluminous and embossed as, for example, weightlifters, but they have great strength and endurance. Just look at the so strong ballet dancers!

4. Keeping fit through dance

Keeping fit because of dancing.Photo by Pixabay on Pexels
During the dance, calories are burned. The more intensive and faster the dance moves, the more calories are burned. Therefore, if you tend to be full, the dance will help you spend time pleasantly while remaining in a good fit. In addition, many studies have proven that dancing helps control fat consumption.

5. Endurance training

Endurance is the ability of muscles to work harder for longer periods of time without fatigue. Dancing is a long time aerobic exercise, which also trains endurance.

6. Good memory

Of course, dances improve memory, as dancers have to memorize many different choreographies and do it quickly. Attending a lot of masterclasses, staging dances for performances, training new movements, and their techniques – all this requires constant concentration of attention and memory development.

7. Fighting the bad mood

It has been proved that movements to music contribute to the production of serotonin (the hormone of happiness), reduce stress levels, get rid of emotional tension.

8. Creative skills and thinking development

By dancing, you develop not only the body but also creative thinking. Moreover, improvisation is one of the most important parts of dancing classes. It also helps you to think outside the box and go beyond standard thinking. Improvisation also helps to go beyond the comfort zone, which also positively influences the level and ways of thinking and creative activity.

9. Beautiful gait and smooth posture

Great posture.
Choreography is impossible without grace in movements, which is grafted in the first lessons and over time becomes part of life. That is why dancers most often have a very smooth posture and a beautiful gait.

10. Good balance and coordination of movements

Performing some dance moves requires a high degree of coordination of movements and balance.

11. Communication and new contacts

You meet many new interesting and creative people in training. This is especially useful for children who are actively acquiring communication skills and are in the socialization phase.

12. Enhanced self-esteem

It is believed that dancing helps a person to reveal themselves, to express their feelings, to become more graceful and plastic. As a result, a person becomes more confident in himself, and this confidence is transferred not only to dance activities but also to everyday life.

Choreography and its benefits.

So, if you are looking for some physical activity that will help you to be more healthy and feel better, you should try dancing. The benefits of pole dancing, ballroom, classical dance, or street dances are numerous.

 

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