Benefits of Dance

Movement is primal. It is something that IS mastered before one learns to speak.

Not only is dance/movement a great way to increase physical activity and have fun, but it stimulates the brain as well. While it is more commonly known that dance stimulates the right hemisphere of the brain by increasing creativity and emotional intelligence, let us not forget about how it arouses the left brain as well.

Dance involves mathematics: counting and patterns, science/anatomy: learning different parts of the body and how they function, and expands logical thinking and vocabulary by learning new words and hearing them repeated. Dance also increases listening and comprehension skills, coordination and control, spacial awareness, range of motion, strength, communication skills, teamwork and confidence.