Dance education beginning in early childhood and continuing throughout life benefits the body, mind and spirit. There is perhaps no better description of education than this. Dance helps to increase flexibility, improve circulation, tone the body, and develop muscles. It also improves posture, balance and coordination. Dance enriches learning through a variety of perspectives, both traditional and experimental.
Dance awakens consciousness of beauty, lending new meaning to movement and form.
Dance increases understanding and appreciation for forms, choices and rituals from a broad range of historical, social, and cultural perspectives. Dance improves sensitivity, understanding, appreciation and consideration for others, both for their similarities and differences. Although dance can be great exercise, it is primarily an art form and an aesthetic expression of mind and body. Like other art forms, dance helps us to perceive and communicate who we are. Dance has its own body of knowledge which can be shared, passed on and enlarged.