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DANCE FOR FITNESS - VOICE YOUR VIEWS
Burn the calories

Modern dance forms like salsa, jazz, hip-hop and dance aerobics can make you feel better and burn more than 700 calories per hour. Dancing in a group can relieve stress, apart from toning the muscles, maintaining body weight.

K. ...


Feel-good practice

Dancing can be considered as an exercise that helps the brain and the brawn. You can burn the excess calories and keep your body toned. With constant practice, your exercise gets better and thereby improves the functioning of heart and lungs. ...


Positive energy

A fitness routine is an important part of our lives to help us stay fit and avoid anxiety.

While many tend to get bored with sports and exercises no one can say no to dance since it helps brings in positive energy. Dance is for everyone

Boss or spouse, one cannot escape dancing to their tunes. The theory of the ‘survival of the fittest’ perhaps drives us to dance that way. Dancing for fitness is altogether a different story, thanks to a new wave of enthusiasm ...


Improves concentration

Dance is an art through which one can express varied emotions. It is also an active sport that gives both mental and physical fitness. In classical dance forms, there is focus on abhinaya with the movement of the eyes and the neck while ...


Stress buster

Of late there is more awareness about health and fitness. Working people take time out to exercise at least for half an hour, four days a week to reduce the risk of cardiac diseases later on.

Exercise tones up the muscles and keeps the ...


It’s all about health

Dance is often associated with the fitness. Western influences are making dramatic changes in dance like bringing in different forms of dance like salsa and jive. More dance schools are being opened as well. Dance is a good exercise for the ...


Classical or western?

Dance exercises and sharpens our body, making the performer look more beautiful. One can choose from the various classical dance forms in the country of learn folk and western forms. Dance gives us peace and happiness.

G. Romila, ...


The way to do it

Dance gives us joy and happiness, makes us flexible, light and energetic. It is a mild exercise one can do regularly. It is advisable to dance on an empty stomach, forgetting all other thoughts so that your dancing is rhythmic. Staying fit ...


Soulful art

Dance is an art which not only helps to tone the body and keep it physically fit, but also helps in relaxing and sharpening the mind. Regular practice of any dance form helps improve concentration. Dance purifies the body, mind and soul as it ...


Medical boon

Music and dance always go together. As music is therapy for soul so is dance for physical fitness. Dance not only relaxes each and every muscle of the body but also the mind. As doctors, we come across people with multiple psychosomatic ...


Synchronised movements

Exercise is essential to stay physically and mentally fit and avoid conditions of hypertension and diabetes. Dance involves synchronising of your body movements to music. It also enforces discipline in one’s life.

Walking, jogging ...


Group activity

One needs to stay healthy to perform any task with ease. Dance can keep us physically fit and mentally peaceful. It can also enhance your team spirit since it is a group activity.

G. Sandeep Kumar ...
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Time out this week
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