Suddenly the buzz is all about dance. See the rave reviews from people who have discovered why dance is the magic solution leading to a happy and healthy life. Read the article below and learn how you can reap the benefits.

The Secret to Making People Like You

What would your life be like if you could make yourself more attractive and smarter and at the same time meet lots of new people?

Discover how easy it is for you to be healthier and sexier by learning to dance. Dance is the surefire secret to no one is telling you about.

Exercise that is Fun and Doesn’t Feel Like Exercise

Dance gives you better posture, which in turn gives you a much more attractive appearance. The improved posture improves balance as well.

Dance also involves isometric and isotonic resistance. The blend and use of the muscles is perfect for building tone in the muscles.

According to many exercise calculators, you can lose more than 300 calories per hour from dance, as much or more than a lot of common exercises such as aerobics, stationary bicycling, stair treadmills and walking. Ballroom and Latin dancing can raise the heart rate anywhere from 80 to 120 beats per minute, the perfect target zone for improved cardiovascular health.

Now, the downside is that learning to dance and getting healthier does require your commitment to at least learn the fundamentals. This can easily be accomplished in just a few lessons, and you will be dancing on your very first lesson. Almost everyone enjoys their dancing lessons and the classes fly by, unlike going to the gym, which many people experience as a burden.

Relieve Stress and Improve Self Confidence

The physical exertion of dancing and the atmosphere of live dancing create one of the most effective stress releases available. Dance provides a healthy, temporary escape from the cares of the world and their pressures and for a few hours a week gives one freedom and enjoyment.

Learning a new skill helps build self-esteem, and with an improved appearance you’ll have increased confidence.

Prevent Awkwardness in Social Situations

More social ease is one of the most important benefits that you get from your dance experience. With regular exposure and by dancing with other people in social situations, you’ll become much more at ease. You’ll learn to engage in conversation, as well as proper social etiquette. It will even help you deal with crowds.

Meet New Friends

Since learning to dance is a skill that stays with you for the rest of your life, the benefit of being able to continuously meet new people will never disappear. Dancing is a social activity! Meeting new and exciting people is part of the fun.

Guys, are you good dancers?

Your superior moves indicate greater body symmetry.

Mating studies revealed that women seek out men with bodily symmetry. Researcher William M. Brown, PhD, an anthropologist with Rutgers University, explains that women are expected to be more selective in mate choice — and men to invest more in courtship display. Women would judge a man’s symmetry (and mating potential) — as told in his dancing ability. “Dancing is believed to be important in the courtship of a variety of species, including humans.” His paper appears in the December, 2005 edition of the journal Nature.

Most men are intimidated by dance. There is a common belief that some people are ‘born’ as good dancers. The reality is that everyone has to learn to dance, just some people are lucky to start when they are very young because their culture or family encourages it. Dance is a skill that anyone can get. You can easily learn the fundamentals in a very systematic and structured way. Suddenly, women have an insatiable need to touch you…

Improve your Golf Swing

The dance movements are similar to many other natural physical movements and with your improved posture, golf, tennis and softballskills can improve.

Dance Your Way to Better Heart Health

Dance was safe and improved functional capacity and quality of life for people who suffered from heart disease and previous heart attacks.

Researcher Romualdo Belardinelli, MD, a professor of cardiology at Università Politecnica delle Marche School of Medicine and director of cardiac rehabilitation and prevention at Lancisi Heart Institute in Ancona, Italy says studies have shown that people with heart failure who get regular exercise live longer and have a better quality of life than their sedentary counterparts and dance boosted heart health just as much as exercise.

Participants rated their sleeping ability, participation in hobbies, housework, sexual activity, level of worry, depression and other aspects of daily life. Quality of life, as measured by the survey, improved more among the dancers. Dancing also had the edge in helping people's sense of well-being.

“This is good news, because if we want patients to take part in lifelong aerobic exercise at least three times a week, it should be something that’s fun and makes them want to continue.”

The study was presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2006.

Prevent Dementia

The Einstein Aging Study, summarized in the June, 2003 New England Journal of Medicine, found that dancing helps prevent dementia.

The study included participants in six brain-stimulating hobbies - reading, writing for pleasure, doing puzzles, board games or playing cards, group discussions and playing music.

The study also included participants in 11 physical activities including team sports, swimming, bicycling and dance.

Dance was the only physical activity that benefited the brain. This was attributed to the cerebral rather than the physical aspect of dance.

Dance combines cardiovascular activity (increasing blood flow to the brain) and cerebral activity, challenging the brain to learn and process new information.

Frequency of activity also was important! This emphasizes the importance of engaging in a regular program of dancing.

The need to learn and remember numerous dance movements produces a constant and very beneficial challenge to the brain.

Mental acuity comes from mental exercise and if you're dancing, you're not sitting at home watching TV or feeling sorry for yourself. This applies to people of all ages. Among mind-stimulating activities, dancing is unique in that it also provides beneficial physical exercise.

The study, by scientists at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, appeared in the February 13, 2002 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Improve Balance and Prevent the Risk of Falling

A study summarized in the July 2008 edition of Scientific American states that tango dancing improved mobility in patients with Parkinson’s disease and compared with subjects who attended an exercise class instead of a dance class, the dancer’s had better balance and better scores on a test which identifies those at risk for falling.

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Want to wow a friend with your salsa moves? Impress your family with a unique first dance at your wedding? Discover how to do stunning dances, from the Argentine Tango to Club Style Salsa, Ballroom to Swing. Our experienced instructors will make your dance steps sizzle. Feel free to join our group classes as a single or as a couple. Chicago Dance is conveniently close to you, with locations on Irving Park Road at the Kennedy Expressway and on Huron Street in River North.

You will get immediate results from an Introductory Private Lesson. In your first lesson you will learn the important fundamental building blocks which are crucial to learning the language of dance. Your Introductory Private Lesson is only $47.

Save even more when you follow up your Introductory Private Lesson with a 5-Lesson Intro Series priced at $257. You will discover how easy it is to build your confidence in dance quickly. Learn what you want in your dance lessons while you move at your own pace.

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