Dance Lessons for Kids

Lack of physical activity increases the risk of everything from heart disease to cancer. According to recent research, the increase in ill health, obesity, and heart disease factors, presenting in our children has more to do with inactivity than bad food choices ,Should we not include physical activity in the routine of our kids? One of the most enjoyable ways of keeping fit is to dance lessons for kids.

Dance embodies one of our most primal relationships to the universe. It is pre-verbal, beginning before words can be formed. It is innate in children before they possess command over language and is evoked when thoughts or emotions are too powerful for words to contain. Children move naturally. They move to achieve mobility, they move to express a thought or feeling, and they move because it is joyful and feels wonderful. When their movement becomes consciously structured and is performed with awareness for its own sake, it becomes dance.
 
Dance is a natural method for learning and a basic form of cultural expression. Children learn movement patterns as readily as they learn language. Just as all societies create forms of visual representation or organize sounds into music, all cultures organize movement and rhythm into one or more forms of dance. Yet, while our educational systems for early childhood include drawing and singing, they often neglect to include dance. It is essential that education provide our children with the developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into the aesthetic experience of dance.

Dance will teach our children the basic elements of timing, rhythm & space.  Everybody has a natural desire to move when they hear music that appeals to them, dance channels that desire to move rhythmically. Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child. Dance helps children mature physically, emotionally, socially, and cognitively. The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted, but the emotional, social and cognitive attributes have only recently begun to be appreciated.

Physical Development: Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination, strength and endurance than most other physical activities. Dancing utilizes the entire body and is an excellent form of exercise for total body fitness. Young children are naturally active, but dance offers an avenue to expand movement possibilities and skills.

Emotional Maturity: Dance promotes psychological health and maturity. Children enjoy the opportunity to express their emotions and become aware of themselves and others through creative movement.

Social Awareness: Dance fosters social encounter, interaction, and cooperation. Children learn to communicate ideas to others through the real and immediate mode of body movement. Children quickly learn to work within a group dynamic.

Cognitive Development: Young children will create movement spontaneously when presented with movement ideas or problems that can be solved with a movement response. Movement provides the cognitive loop between the idea, problem, or intent and the outcome or solution. This teaches an infant, child and, ultimately, adult to function in and understand the world. The relationship of movement to intellectual development and education is an embryonic field of study that has only recently begun to be explored.

Being part of a dance team will improve our children's self-esteem.  A confidence will emerge over time as the routines begin to become a natural movement.  A feeling of being worthy, a pride in their achievement will follow into all aspects of our children's daily lives.

At solidrockdubai we provide dancing classes that suit every budget and taste. Whether you want to brush up on your dancing skills or you want to meet like minded individuals and have a fun time, aspire to become a professional dancer, or want to learn a few moves to impress your partner or friends, we have the right class for you.
 
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