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Body Practices

Body practices encompass various forms of movement that expend energy and alter one's state, including arts, sports, and games. Dancing is a rhythmic body movement often used for emotional expression and social interaction, with historical significance in courtship and rituals. It offers numerous physical and mental benefits, such as improved fitness, coordination, and self-esteem.

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Body Practices

Body practices encompass various forms of movement that expend energy and alter one's state, including arts, sports, and games. Dancing is a rhythmic body movement often used for emotional expression and social interaction, with historical significance in courtship and rituals. It offers numerous physical and mental benefits, such as improved fitness, coordination, and self-esteem.

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Body Practices

Changing your Life


Body Practices
• This term refers to the movement developed by a person
that generates a certain expenditure of energy and
modifies the state of rest. This activity can go beyond the
instrumental.

Types:
• Arts (Performing, Dancing,
Mimmics).
• Sports
• Games
Dancing

Art? Or Exercise?
What is Dancing?
• Dance is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way,
usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose
of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or
simply taking delight in the movement itself.
Rhythm? What’s that?
• Rhythm, in music, the placement of
sounds in time. In its most general sense,
rhythm (Greek rhythmos, derived from
rhein, “to flow”) is an ordered alternation
of contrasting elements.
Why do we dance?
• One of the most basic motives of dance is
the expression and communication of
emotion. People—and even certain
animals—often dance as a way of
releasing powerful feelings, such as
sudden accesses of high spirits, joy,
impatience, or anger.
Purpose of Dancing?
• The importance of dance in courtship and
social gatherings is probably older than its
use as recreation and entertainment.
Many scholars have suggested that dance
was once an integral part of everyday life,
accompanying both practical activities and
religious rituals.
Purpose of Dancing?
• Only when more complex social and
economic structures began to emerge
and a leisured class or caste came into
existence did people begin to see dance
as a source of pleasure, in some way
distinct from the most important issues of
survival.
Benefits of Dancing?
Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes
and sizes. It has a wide range of physical and mental benefits
including:
• improved condition of your heart and lungs
• increased muscular strength, endurance and motor fitness
• increased aerobic fitness
• improved muscle tone and strength
• weight management
• stronger bones and reduced risk of osteoporosis
• better coordination, agility and flexibility
• improved balance and spatial awareness
• increased physical confidence
• improved mental functioning
• improved general and psychological wellbeing
• greater self-confidence and self-esteem
• better social skills.

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