Exercise Dancing

07/03/2015

Dancing makes you smarter - see http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa022252 - which is quite detailed. Richard Powers made an easy to read summary (http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm) Partly it is because "Dancing integrates several brain functions at once — kinesthetic, rational, musical, and emotional — further increasing your neural connectivity."

27/01/2015

Following up from Monday nigh. Unlike pendulums, grapevines include a cross of the feet across the body. There are many versions of the grapevine. The one I use in class starts by crossing in front with the trailing leg; then the other leg steps to the side, the first leg crosses behind again and the second leg steps to the side.

26/05/2014

This is what we covered with hamstrings: http://www.raqs.co.nz/safedance/hamstring.html

02/01/2014

Happy New Year Everyone.

Classes restart in February at WEA (Monday 11am, Thursday 1:30pm) and Riccarton High through Risingholme (Tuesday 6:30pm)

08/10/2013

Good reason to sign up!
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201310/why-is-dancing-so-good-your-brain?

Dancers maximize cognitive function and muscle memory through practice.