dance yourself fit

As someone who has been passionate about dance for more years than I care to remember, I wanted to put together a simple site outlining how dance can be used as a great form of exercise. I want to share something of my passion with the world. Now, I am not sure how well that can translate in a website, but I will try...

I hope that you find the articles included in this humble little site of benefit. If you have any requests for articles that you would like to see written up on this site then just contact me on the address noted on the Privacy page. I will be sure to consider it for the site here.



So stop by, take some time to read some of the articles, and comment away to your hearts content. I know that this web site will never win any awards, but it is real and authentic, and to me... well, that's just about all that matters.

So whether you are a ballroom fanatic, or a lyrical dancer, or even just someone thinking about maybe getting involved in dance, then you have found yourself somehow at the right place.

I hope you enjoy and get something from this little site.

When dancing can damage your health

So this site is clear in its statement that dancing is an outrageously healthy thing to do... but there are times when dancing can be very bad for your health....

Oh we do not mean to say that the exercise is bad for you - far from it - but there are times when dancing just plain hurts. And no, we don't mean the good pain of a fantastic workout. Sometimes things just kind of... well... go wrong.

And when a complex dance step goes wrong, there can be all kinds of crazy painful consequences!!!

We stumbled upon this video of some epic dance fails, and frankly we just had to share it. We especially like the opening dance fail (and its use of slow motion replay to really capture the moment)...

If watching people get dance so badly wrong is not your thing, then why not watch the video and note the interesting changes in dance costumes across the different dance disciplines included in the video.

Feel free to share links to other dance fail videos in the comments section below...

 

The importance of your dance costumes

If there is one thing that this blog intends to make abundantly clear, its that dancing is without doubt a fantastic form of exercise. There are so many reasons why this is the case, which I have covered in other articles, that I do not want to cover all over again, but if in doubt you can read my articles on why dance is a phenomenal exercise by clicking here.

Today I want to talk about your choice in dance costumes. This is particularly important for those with lower self confidence, and for those that require contemporary or lyrical dance costumes. After all, unless you are competing in some kind of competition, the outfit that you wear for dancing is hardly the most important thing in the world. If the purpose behind your dancing is purely to get fit (whilst having fun of course) then you can pretty much wear anything....

I wrote that last paragraph knowing that everyone with confidence issues (especially confidence issues regarding their bodies) shudders at the very thought of wearing any old thing to dance in. Those of us confident in our appearence often forget how it can feel to step out and dance infront of a group of your peers. That moment of performing for others, even just those in your dance class, can be a real problem for a whole load of people. So the outfit that you wear can make a real difference to how you feel.

Your dance costumes need to be outfits that you feel incredibly comfortable in, yet also be something that makes you feel like you should be in the spot light. After all, as someone performing dance in front of others, if you do not feel like you deserve the attention of those watching you, then they are certainly not going to feel like you deserve their attention. So your outfit needs to be something that makes you feel like a real pro dancer. When you step out to dance, even in a class, you need to feel like a million bucks.

There are obvious factors that should help guide you in the outfit that you pick for your dancing - things like the style of dance you practice, along with your requirement to move freely in the outfit that you have chosen for example. But my take home point here today is that you cannot overlook the importance in the aesthetic of what you choose to wear. You need to feel comfortable and be free to move, but arguably just as important is that the outfit that you wear is an outfit that makes you feel like you belong in the spotlight.