Dance lessons are a great way to burn calories. The exercise will help you strengthen and tone your muscles. Plus, dancing is a fun way to spend an hour. You’ll be laughing with your friends and forgetting all of your stress.
A dance lesson allows students of all ages to explore the art form while learning new skills, and interacting with their peers. Tutors can tailor aspects of the dance lesson to connect with learners’ responses and engage them in meaningful ways throughout the term. This approach is more effective than using a steps-only or theme-based approach.
Lessons that incorporate visual and other kinesthetic learning will help students develop their sense of body awareness, and provide a space for them to express themselves creatively. Teachers can use a range of resources to assist in developing dance concepts such as movement explorations linked to science topics (for example, the life cycle of a butterfly), telling narratives or constructing a dance based on a poem or book.
It’s important that dancers learn to value and appreciate all attributes of the dancing body. Discussions of physical attributes such as flexibility, proportions and a low body weight can be balanced with comments on performance skills, musicality and artistic qualities to encourage dancers to develop all aspects of their dancing. In addition, incorporating relaxation and alignment exercises at the end of class will help dancers to reduce stress and feel more in tune with their bodies.
