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A Progressive System of Learning
Dance Benefits
- Learn to Dance
- Build Confidence
- Improve Your Balance
- ...all while having fun!!
Dance provides youth with mind and body benefits
Many different types of dance classes are available for
children, from modern dance, ballet, tap and jazz to dance
that celebrates unique ethnic and cultural traditions. What’
s the most important thing for parents to keep in mind
when choosing a dance class? It’s that research has
proven that dance provides physical, developmental and
artistic benefits to your child.
Physical Benefits – Students build muscle strength while
increasing flexibility. Young dancers develop a sense of
balance and improve agility and coordination. Importantly,
children also develop body awareness and learn correct
posture.
These benefits extend beyond a student’s involvement with
dance, helping youth involved in other disciplines, such as
sports and martial arts. Studies have shown that physical
activity helps children relieve stress and feel relaxed. It
also is a great way to help your child develop a positive
lifelong attitude about staying active and healthy.
Many different types of dance classes are available for
children, from modern dance, ballet, tap and jazz to dance
that celebrates unique ethnic and cultural traditions. What’
s the most important thing for parents to keep in mind
when choosing a dance class? It’s that research has
proven that dance provides physical, developmental and
artistic benefits to your child.
Physical Benefits – Students build muscle strength while
increasing flexibility. Young dancers develop a sense of
balance and improve agility and coordination. Importantly,
children also develop body awareness and learn correct
posture.
These benefits extend beyond a student’s involvement with
dance, helping youth involved in other disciplines, such as
sports and martial arts. Studies have shown that physical
activity helps children relieve stress and feel relaxed. It
also is a great way to help your child develop a positive
lifelong attitude about staying active and healthy.
Developmental Benefits – Dance classes are fun and a great way to meet new
friends. Young dancers develop essential social skills through interaction with other
students. Group choreography fosters teamwork, communication, trust and
cooperation. Dance has also been proven to nurture important life skills, such as
discipline and focus. Dancers naturally display confidence, self-esteem and poise.
These skills are developed through participating in dance performances.
Artistic Benefits – One of the greatest benefits of dance is that it sparks a child’s
imagination and nurtures individual creativity in a unique way. Dance classes share
the joy of physical self-expression in a supportive and structured setting. This can
have a positive impact on children who have limited physical abilities, who act out or
who have a difficult time sitting still. Involving children in dance also teaches the basic
elements of creative movement, such as time, space, rhythm and design.
While people may not be as familiar with modern dance as with ballet or jazz, modern
dance in particular honors the creative spirit and celebrates the individual. Modern
dance does not simply conform to conventional movements, shapes and patterns.
Instead, it requires the young dancer to learn movement from the inside out, nurturing
the body and focusing the mind. This form of dance especially is welcoming to
children of all shapes, sizes and genders.
There is one final reason to get your child dancing: Research proves there is a strong
link between involvement in the arts and increased educational achievement. In fact,
one study showed that “students who participate in the arts are not only more likely to
participate in a math or science fair, but also out-perform their peers on the SATs by
87 points” (see www.artsusa.org). These educational benefits are gained by students
regardless of their socioeconomic status.
There’s sure to be a dance class that fits your child’s interests and your schedule, so
why wait? Enroll your child in a dance class. The lessons she or he learns will last a
lifetime.
friends. Young dancers develop essential social skills through interaction with other
students. Group choreography fosters teamwork, communication, trust and
cooperation. Dance has also been proven to nurture important life skills, such as
discipline and focus. Dancers naturally display confidence, self-esteem and poise.
These skills are developed through participating in dance performances.
Artistic Benefits – One of the greatest benefits of dance is that it sparks a child’s
imagination and nurtures individual creativity in a unique way. Dance classes share
the joy of physical self-expression in a supportive and structured setting. This can
have a positive impact on children who have limited physical abilities, who act out or
who have a difficult time sitting still. Involving children in dance also teaches the basic
elements of creative movement, such as time, space, rhythm and design.
While people may not be as familiar with modern dance as with ballet or jazz, modern
dance in particular honors the creative spirit and celebrates the individual. Modern
dance does not simply conform to conventional movements, shapes and patterns.
Instead, it requires the young dancer to learn movement from the inside out, nurturing
the body and focusing the mind. This form of dance especially is welcoming to
children of all shapes, sizes and genders.
There is one final reason to get your child dancing: Research proves there is a strong
link between involvement in the arts and increased educational achievement. In fact,
one study showed that “students who participate in the arts are not only more likely to
participate in a math or science fair, but also out-perform their peers on the SATs by
87 points” (see www.artsusa.org). These educational benefits are gained by students
regardless of their socioeconomic status.
There’s sure to be a dance class that fits your child’s interests and your schedule, so
why wait? Enroll your child in a dance class. The lessons she or he learns will last a
lifetime.
Our dance studio
55 Morthland Dr.
Valparaiso, IN 46383
55 Morthland Dr.
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Ballet
Jazz
Tap
Acting / Musical Theatre
Hip Hop
Lyrical
Contemporary
Tumbling
Turns & Leaps
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Team - Competitive...
Ballroom Dance
Pole Aerobics
Conditioning & Flexibility
Zumba Dance
Jazz
Tap
Acting / Musical Theatre
Hip Hop
Lyrical
Contemporary
Tumbling
Turns & Leaps
Pop-Lock
Team - Competitive...
Ballroom Dance
Pole Aerobics
Conditioning & Flexibility
Zumba Dance