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Dance provides many benefits to both individuals and communities. It is an art form that allows for creative expression and physical activity. At the individual level, dance improves physical fitness and mental well-being by reducing stress, building confidence, and fostering social connections. In communities, dance contributes to a healthy lifestyle, preserves cultural traditions through festival dances, and brings people together through shared artistic experiences and appreciation. However, dance also carries injury risks, so proper prevention, care, and first aid are important to allow dancers to continue enjoying its benefits.

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Dance

Dance provides many benefits to both individuals and communities. It is an art form that allows for creative expression and physical activity. At the individual level, dance improves physical fitness and mental well-being by reducing stress, building confidence, and fostering social connections. In communities, dance contributes to a healthy lifestyle, preserves cultural traditions through festival dances, and brings people together through shared artistic experiences and appreciation. However, dance also carries injury risks, so proper prevention, care, and first aid are important to allow dancers to continue enjoying its benefits.

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DANCE
• It is an expressive art from that
communicates ideas through movement.
It allows people to be more active,
socialize within local communities, and
develop creative skills. It is a good
physical recreation activity that
contributes to a lifestyle of a healthy
community and society.
• Dance also offers an activity for people
who may not be sporty. The benefit of
dance is not only increased exercise bit
the participation in an art form that is
based on technique and giving the
opportunity for a creative outlet.
COMMUNITY
DANCE CAN-
• Contribute to the development of
dance as an artform and support the
artistic development of professional
and non-professional dancers.
• Impact positively on people’s health
and well being, their personal
motivation, and their social
relationship.
• Provide people with an important
focus for their lives, overcome
barriers to participation, and enhance
people’s sense of community.
COMMUNITY
DANCE CAN-
• Offer people new ways of relating
to other people, their
communities, their dancing and
their dances.
• Enhance the quality of
relationships between people,
their communities, their dancing
and their dances.
• Make a positive contribution to
wider social change, and artistic
and learning agendas.
Reason to Dance:
• Keeps both the body and the brain
active, vital for people of every
age.
• Offers a way to improve strength
and flexibility, which helps keep
the muscles and joints healthy.
• Helps meet new people with
similar interest as yours.
• Helps you learn about your body,
improving posture and balance.
Reason to Dance:
• Helps you reduce stress
levels.
• Offers insight to other
cultures.
• Leads to new career
opportunities.
• Helps increase self-esteem
and confidence.
LESSON II- Festival
Dance
• Dances during town fiestas are
often seen in the streets.
Street dances in the
Philippines are done to
commemorate a festival.
• Festival dance is a specialized
form of dancing, an organized
event where dance
performances is celebrated by
a community often marked as
a holiday . It shows the
characteristics of a particular
community and its religion or
traditions.
“Ati-Atihan of Kalibo”
“Panagbenga of Baguio”
“Pahiyas of Lucban”
“Sinulog of Cebu”
Benefits of Engaging in
Dancing
• Dancing is a great way for people of all ages to
get and stay in shape. Besides being fun,
dancing has many positive benefits.
• HEALTH- Improves your health and fitness by
exercising without “working out”. Burns
calories with low-impact aerobic movements.
• PHYSICAL- Reduce stress, improve balance,
mobility, flexibility and coordination, increased
strength and stamina , muscle toning.
• MENTAL-Enhances memory, alertness,
awareness, focus, concentration, and exercise
your brain.
• SOCIAL-Feels more confident , improves
attitude, increase sense of well-being and
more positive outlook, and builds social
connections.
Four Top Benefits
of Dance
1. Flexibility - is an
important part of being
healthy. Dance requires
a great amount of
flexibility. Dancers must
strive to achieve full
range of motion for all
the major muscle
groups.
Four Top Benefits of
Dance

• Strength – is defined as
the ability of a muscle
to exert a force against
resistance. Dancing
builds strength by
forcing the muscles to
resist a dancer’s own
body. Ballroom dancing
requires jumping and
leaping high in the air.
Four Top Benefits of
Dance

3. Endurance – Dance
is a physical exercise.
Exercise increases
endurance. Endurance
is the ability of the
muscles to work hard
for increasingly longer
periods of time
without figure.
Four Top Benefits of
Dance

• 4. Sense of Well-Being –
Dancing is a social activity.
Studies have shown that
strong social ties and
socializing with friends
contribute to high self-esteem
and a positive outlook. Joining
a dance class can increase
self-confidence and can build
social skills . Because physical
activity reduces stress and
tension, regular dancing gives
an overall sense of well-being.
LESSON IV- DANCE-RELATED
INJURY PREVENTION
• Dancers have a high risk of injury however,
there are things dancers can do to prevent
injury and keep performing.
• If you injure yourself while dancing , you
should be aware of the proper and
immediate treatment. Some in juries only
require self-treatment, but more severe
injuries need to be treated by a doctor.
Immediate treatment helps speed the
healing process. A simple way to remember
the first aid treatment is the acronym RICE.
• R-REST I-ICE C-COMPRESSION E-
ELEVATION

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