Can you picture the life of your dreams? Does it include being stress-free, surrounding yourself with wonderful and supportive friends, discovering new and interesting hobbies, and having fun? If so, have you considered learning to social ballroom dance? “What does dance have to do with my happiness?”, you ask. Everything! Knowing how to social dance as an adult offer benefits to both singles and couples on so many levels. From physical benefits, to social, metal and emotional rewards, you can create your best life just by learning to social dance.

Before we explore these incredible benefits, what is social ballroom dancing exactly? Well ballroom dancing in and of itself generally refers to dances that you do with a partner. Those dances can be anything from the Foxtrot to Swing dancing. It is an umbrella term that covers partner dancing, but social dancing goes one step further. Social dancing includes dances that you can actually use on crowded dance floors anywhere. If you live in Arizona with us, popular social dances consist mainly of the Country Two Step, Swing, Salsa, Bachata and even the spicy Argentine Tango. These dance styles, Country and Latin, are most commonly used due to our southwestern culture. Now, on to the incredible impact that social dancing can have on your life, for the better, of course.

1. The Physical Advantages of Social Dancing: On a physical level, an hour of social dancing, which hardly feels like a workout, can help your body burn up to 450 calories. That’s pretty exciting, if you ask me! That means that while you’re out with your friends having a blast, you can also get your fitness goals met! Yay! Also, social dancing requires you to shape your body in all different ways. This equates to working new muscles that you didn’t even know that you had. Traditional workouts focus on more commonly used muscles, but what about the hidden ones that need strengthening? No need to fret! You can get to them on the dance floor.
2. The Emotional Benefits of Social Dancing: A key part of dancing with others is the connection experienced between two people. Whether you are single, or you’re dancing with your sweetheart, social dancing gives you what every person needs, closeness to others. Social dancing is, in fact, the solution to feeling excluded or left out. When you are on the dance floor sweeping a lady off of her feet, or being swept off of your feet, it’s hard to not feel something with your partner. It’s a beautiful feeling, especially when accomplished with skill and finesse. Most importantly, you are never alone when you are dancing. You can combat loneliness and discover a new and way to express yourself, just by learning to Two Step dance!
3. The Social Rewards of Social Dancing: Can you think of any other skill or hobby that you can do with others socially that keeps you connected to new people without even speaking the same language as them? When you know how to dance, you can literally go anywhere in the world and have a blast with new friends. What that leads to is increased confidence which will trickle into every area of your life in no time. A higher sense of confidence will help you to make better decisions and the snowball effect of leading a better life is soon in high gear!

There are so many more benefits that we will discover about social dancing in Dance FX Studio’s upcoming blogs. In the meantime, come and try out an Introductory Dance Lesson to begin your journey towards a happier you!