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Dancing Makes Us Smarter – Here’s How!

Neuroscientists are continually exploring how dancing benefits us – not only our bodies but also our minds as well. If we want to stay mentally fit, we need to challenge our brains. Findings reveal that even dancing as a hobby (taking weekly classes, for example) can have important benefits for our cognition and the developmentContinue reading “Dancing Makes Us Smarter – Here’s How!”

Ballet – A Balancing Act!

Mobility is one of the key issues facing our aging population, and one of the most important factors in moving with ease is balance. Researchers have found that life-long ballet training can lead to better clinically relevant balancing abilities as well as to vestibular-dependent spatial orientation capabilities. The vestibular system allows us to detect theContinue reading “Ballet – A Balancing Act!”

Dance to the Music

When one thinks of ballet, what often comes to mind is the beautiful music of Swan Lake, for example, by the brilliant composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Few people, however, will know that Lev Ivanov was one of the original choreographers of the ballet, yet many will immediately recognize the name Tchaikovsky and may have evenContinue reading “Dance to the Music”

Ballet’s Brainpower Benefits

When people think of the benefits of studying ballet, they commonly think exclusively about the physical benefits, but that is only part of the picture. Dancing does provide various physical benefits, but current research increasingly suggests that it can also benefit the mind, that dancing is good for mental health. Accordingly, ballet is said toContinue reading “Ballet’s Brainpower Benefits”

Discovering “the artistic” in dance

Riveting attention, heightened imaginations, deep concentration, and questions only bodies reveal in responding to choreography. Deep in the mind, images speak a new and yet an ancient language, new for the individual, yet one of the most ancient of all tongues: movement, dance, the non-verbal. Before we learn to speak, we speak with our bodies.Continue reading “Discovering “the artistic” in dance”