What are the benefits of children learning Latin dance?

Latin dance is one of the most popular types of dance nowadays. Many parents let their children learn Latin dance when they are young. Do you know what Latin dance is? Latin dance is a dance art that mainly exercises the shoulders, abdomen, waist and buttocks. Hundreds of muscles involved in the exercise include the rectus abdominis, internal oblique muscles, external oblique muscles, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, etc. What are the benefits of learning Latin dance for children?

Children who are in a period of rapid growth and development can stand upright and have a beautiful figure through dance training (such as holding their chests high, raising their heads, and tightening their stomachs). It can also correct body problems such as hunchbacks, upright shoulders, and inward-turned O-legs. According to statistical surveys, children of the same gender and age who participate in Latin dance training are on average 4 to 6 centimeters taller than those who do not.

Movement coordination dance requires the coordination of all parts of the body. Through the harmony of music and dance movements, movement coordination training is achieved and children can have a better sense of rhythm.

Limb flexibility and agility: Due to regular practice of pressing feet, splits, bending waist, etc., children have good flexibility and agility. It can also improve children's physical fitness. After training, children's strength, control, stability, endurance and other aspects of the body

Training their perseverance from the basics can cultivate their spirit of not fearing hardship and temper their strong will.

Improve physical fitness. Dancing requires a certain amount of physical exertion. After practice, it can promote children's appetite, enhance digestive function, improve body resistance and reduce the chance of illness. It can make the structure and function of children's nervous system adaptively improved, promote the improvement of various sensory functions such as vision, hearing, and limb sensation, make the brain more flexible and sound, react faster, and move more sensitively. Dancing is also beneficial to improving physiological functions.

Improve cooperation ability and collective sense of honor. Latin dance includes solo dance, duet dance and group dance. Only with tacit cooperation can the performance be good. This trains the children's spirit of cooperation, cultivates the awareness of consciously abiding by rules and discipline, and cultivates the concept of unity and cooperation.

For beginners, it is recommended to focus on dancing the basic steps well. This point of Latin dance seems simple, but not many people can really do it well. Don't think that the basic steps of a few beats are that simple. There is a lot of knowledge involved. The important thing is to get that feeling by learning Latin dance steps. So don’t just look at the surface of things.