Why dance is good for you at any age

Dance is good at any age, and should never be wasted: as children it improves coordination, balance and stance; in adults, it keeps the heart, muscles, and joints fit; in older people, it helps with mobility, trains the brain, strengthens the body, and prevents falls. Furthermore, dance improves mood and reduces stress.

Benefits

• It helps tone muscles of the legs, buttocks, arms, and abdominals. As long as it's practiced consistently.
• Dancing improves balance all to the advantage of correct posture. Agility also improves with consistent practice and you magically become more coordinated.
• It's good for the heart. Dance, like the zumba and many others, it helps improve cardiovascular health, and is also recommended for preventing metabolic diseases and osteoporosis.
• Helps you lose weightDancing keeps us fit because it burns excess calories and fat. So if you're looking to lose weight while having fun, it's definitely the right activity.
• Counteracts stress. During dance sessions, endorphins are produced which help to counteract stress. stress.. Thanks to these endorphins accumulated through dancing, mood also improves, and according to a study published in New England Journal of Medicine preventative conditions are triggered against neurological diseases, even serious ones such as Parkinson's.
• Improves self-esteem. Dance is also said to benefit self-esteem because, by challenging ourselves, it increases our self-confidence. By improving self-esteem, dance, collectively, has a cohesive effect on communities. This would explain why group dances emerged 40 years ago. Dance has always been a tool for demonstrating physical fitness, coordination, and making new acquaintances. Even today, people dance to music, even to attract members of the opposite sex.
• Encourage relationships. Classes, group dances, or couples dances can help combat loneliness and isolation, especially in adulthood and old age.
• It has a liberating effect. Dance allows us to let go, regardless of whether we have to follow certain steps or practice specific exercises. Once we become familiar with it, it's incredibly liberating. Dance helps us take our minds off everyday problems, focusing on rhythmic and coordinated movements, and emerging from the darkness of rumination.
• It's fun. Besides being liberating, dance is one of the most enjoyable activities of all. This enjoyment is also linked to other factors. The pleasure of listening to music and sounds that we find catchy and that have become part of our imagination. The satisfaction of sharing these emotions with others. The effort we put into giving rhythm and harmony to our movements. The sum of these factors makes dance seem more fun than many sports, such as ARTISTIC, which are also very useful for our body.

The most suitable dance for every age

Children (3–10 years)

• Creative dance
• Game-dance
• Basic hip hop
• Preparatory to classical dance

They develop coordination, rhythm, imagination and body control without technical pressure.

Teenagers

• Hip hop / street dance
• Modern and contemporary dance
• Classical dance (also started later)
• Breakdance

They help channel energy and emotions, build identity and self-esteem.

Adults

• Latin American dances
• Salsa, bachata, tango
• Contemporary dance
• Zumba
• Heels / fusion

They train your whole body, reduce stress and encourage sociability (besides being super fun).

Senior citizens

• Group dances
• Smooth dance
• Sweet dance
• Dance therapy
• Seated dance

They improve balance, memory, coordination and emotional well-being in a safe way.

Read also:

• Why dancing is so good for you
• Dance therapy: how it works and what it is used for
• Carmen Diodato, the ballerina who dances without hearing the music