You can often face the opinion that dancing is not a sport. What’s that complicated and challenging about it? Nevertheless, if one ever tries this activity at least once, he or she immediately realizes that it’s quite a lot of physical work.
However, the result is worth all the effort, because dancing is not just a physical exercising. As it stated in the scientific researchers, this is a body and soul therapy that erases complexes, teaches a person to feel comfortable in his or her own body and move in accordance with the melody of the surrounding world. It’s true that dancing has a positive effect on brain activity, makes us a little smarter and more attentive.
It turns out that scientists have been studying the effect of dance on brain states and mental abilities more recently. For example, in 2008 in Scientific American journal neuroscientists called dancing a double pleasure — the synchronization of body movement with music. The fact is that, music stimulates reward centers in the brain, while dance activates sensory and motor schemes. Moreover, a study at Wonquang University, Korea, with teenagers who participated in dance therapy for 12 weeks, showed that dances helped to stabilize the sympathetic nervous system and significantly reduced psychological discomfort among those who were suffering from depression. The same mechanism works with adults. That means that practicing at the dancing classes can have better anti-stress effect than visiting a psychologist sometimes.
And of course it’s obvious that visiting dancing in Dubai improves every single person’s physical fitness, because dance is still an aerobic exercise. For instance, in an hour of ballet training, you can burn 405 kcal (if you weigh 68 kg) or 337 kcal (if your weight is about 56 kg).
Let’s have a look at a list showing the number of calories that various types of dance burn per hour:
hip-hop – 370–610 kcal;
salsa – 405-480 kcal;
swing – 300-550 kcal;
ballroom dancing – 150-320 kcal;
belly dancing – 270-320 kcal;
argentine tango – 200-300 kcal;
break dance – 400-650 kcal;
folk dances – 250-420 kcal;
pole-dancing – 250-350 kcal.
Even if you are an advanced athlete, dancing can be something completely new for you, the thing your body is not used to. This will be an exciting and inspiring challenge for a newcomer. You can experience various styles at the dancing classes in the leading Dubai dance studio Dance For You, where with our team of experienced professional every person of any age and dancing background is welcomed to find the dance to start this delighting activity.
