Dance Education

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dancer and past president of the U.S. Dance sport council:
In Germany doctors did tests in which they wired up the country's 800-meter running champion
and its amateur dance champions. They found no significant athletic difference between running 800 meters and
doing the quickstep for one and one half minutes. That's just one dance. In competition couples have to do
five ninety second dances in a row, with only 20 seconds between dances. Moreover, the women have
to do it going backwards! All a runner has to do is jog around the track (Swift 72).
People dance because it's totally absorbing and makes them forget everything else. They dance for exercise, to
control weight or to overcome a physical disability. Through dancing, your body image becomes clearer.
Physical fitness and social relationships can be illusive, monotonous, time consuming, difficult to keep up with,
and expensive. In my search for the ultimate exercise experience I have done weight lifting, stair ...

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Dance first appeared in the American public schools at the turn of the century. Elizabeth Burchenal, America's
famous folk-dance authority, aided in introducing dance to public education as a form of recreation. Folk-dancing
is a viable part of most physical education programs throughout the country.
Perhaps the most prevailing form of dance in the field of education is modern dance. Terry explains what this
form of dance has to offer high school and college students:
Physically it can strengthen the body, correct (in most cases) faults, develop coordination, enhance
accuracy of movement . . . Emotionally, dance aids students in adjusting themselves to group activity, ...

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