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
- 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.