Why Dance?

While dancing may not be considered a traditional sport, research indicates that dancers are capable of developing certain skills to a higher degree than individuals involved in other physical activities. Dancers excel at distinguishing sounds, processing information, and predicting or replicating others' movements. They have a keen sense of rhythm, synchronizing their movements with music while orienting themselves in space and time. Additionally, dancers demonstrate strong posture control and place significant value on professional recognition and building relationships with those around them.

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Dance is a highly beneficial activity for physical, mental, and emotional health. Here's how it promotes overall well-being:

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"Studies in the field have described the importance of dance in the development of various types of intelligence as follows:

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• Verbal Intelligence: verbal communication is necessary in this sport to express everyone’s wishes regarding the choreography to be performed. Collaboration should be effective both between partners and between dancers and coaches [​43​].

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• Logical Intelligence: the logical chaining of steps, accompanied by technical and artistic elements, is a means of developing mathematical intelligence [​44​].

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• Bodily Intelligence: dance improves postural, sensorimotor, and cognitive performance [​34​].

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• Musical Intelligence: dance is based on an attitude of listening to all the surrounding sounds that, following personal perceptions, are expressed physically and emotionally to a musical rhythm [​45​].

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• Social Intelligence: dance involves respect and understanding towards other people, and their acceptance and collaboration with the partner or the group to which the individual belongs [​46​].

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• Emotional Intelligence: people educated through music and rhythmic activities have a deeper understanding of the relationships between feelings and the environment, which stimulate the ability to express personal feelings, create, and listen [​47​].

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• Naturalistic Intelligence: dance develops naturalistic intelligence by carefully listening to the sounds of nature (flora and fauna) and imitating them through this activity [​48​].

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• Aesthetic Intelligence: this type of intelligence suggests the artistic sensibility that a person can bring to their creation and work. Any dancer should always be authentic and original [​49​].

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• In terms of visual/spatial intelligence, the individual acquires the ability to think in images, to either clearly visualize the examples provided by the instructor or abstractly visualize them based on imagination, which will be adapted to the workspace or the movement possibilities [​50​]."

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DANCE MAKES YOU HEALTHY AND SMART!

Resources:

1. Stănescu, Monica-Iulia, et al.​
   "Using Dancesport as an Educational Resource for Improving Institutionalized Children’s Learning Strategies." Children, vol. 10, no. 6, 2023, pp. 1039–1050.
   DOI: ​10.3390/children10061039​.
   This study examined the effects of a six-month dance program on institutionalized children, demonstrating improvements in learning strategies, academic motivation, and emotional regulation.