WHY STUDY DANCE?

Here are some of the benefits that dance training can offer you or your child:

• Muscle control and coordination; an awareness, strengthening and respect of the physical body

• Exercise

• Grace

• Creative expression

• Musicality and the development of an appreciation for classical and contemporary music

• Poise, Posture, Presentation; useful in all areas of life

• Self-achievement, Self-awareness, Self-esteem

• Discipline, a strong work-ethic, time management skills; transfers to academic achievement and career success

• Focus, concentration, determination

• Intellectually challenging; promotes problem-solving, quick-thinking, reasoning skills

• French vocabulary and terminology

• Promotes respect for peers, teachers, individualism as well as team work

• Development of artistry in class, rehearsals and performances

• Appreciation for the history and tradition of dance, exposure to world cultures, universality of dance

• Appreciation for the Arts

All these wonderful life skills are achievable not only for the student intent on a professional career in dance but also for the student who studies dance for the sheer joy of movement.