In 2001 I wrote my dance degree dissertation on the benefits of dance and the elderly. The research astounded me. Why aren’t more people dancing? Culturally, the U.K. are just a bit out of touch with our own bodies. Is it the ‘stiff upper lip’? The suited and booted? The Tory thinking that only concerns itself with ballet and classical music and high art? Dance doesn’t have to limit itself to a school disco or clubbing culture. If that’s what dance is then most people stop dancing in their 20s. Parents know that children dance from a few months old. It’s natural, instinctive. And then we stop. Why?
An informative article on the benefits of dance. http://www.cpa.org.uk/information/reviews/shall-we-dance-report.pdf
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