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When Ann Jenkins was told that her daughter Amy was having trouble interacting with the other kids in her kindergarten class, she was at a loss for words. You see, Amy had always been a little shy around other kids, but after she "warmed up" she was usually fine. Why was kindergarten class any different? Amy’s teacher told Ann that she felt Amy lacked self-confidence and that the other kids recognized this and picked on her. When Ann asked the teacher what to do, she was surprised at her response: "Enroll Amy in dance lessons".

Initially shocked that dance could help her daughter psychologically, Ann started to do some research. Here’s what she found out about the benefits of dance for children: 

• Teaches kids an exciting new way to move their bodies in entertaining and creative ways.
• Introduces kids to exercise that is fun to do, early in life, promoting a life-long commitment to fitness. 
• Promotes self-discipline.
• Improves self-esteem and builds self-confidence.
• Improves flexibility, coordination and memory.
• Builds strength and stamina.
• Gives children a sense of grace.
• Helps children succeed in other sports and in the classroom.

There are almost as many kinds of dance classes out there are there are kids. Like adults, kids just have to find their niche. The Bea Hive Dance Studio in Garden Grove, California, caters to children of all ages, from toddlers to teens. Their unique Kid’s Program has classes available after school, in the evenings, and on weekends with classes in many different genres, including Hip Hop, Salsa, Funk Style Street Dancing, Ballet, Jazz, Polynesian Dancing and Aerial and Dance Fitness Training. Classes are starting now, so enroll quickly to make sure that your child will be assured a spot. Remember, dance is one of the greatest gifts that you can ever give your child. It is the gift that keeps on giving, for many years to come.  

For more information about dance classes for kids and adults, or to rent the studio for your own dance event or party, contact Beatrix, Queen of the Bea Hive, at 800-883-2109. www.beahiveballroom.com

Beatrix Dozier
http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/dance-classes-for-kids-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-1108922.html

Are you planning to learn tap dance? If your answer is yes then the DVD series having tap dance lessons is the perfect means available to learn to tap dance in a time saving manner. The most alluring feature of the tap dance DVD series is that it gives practical guidance to beginners in the tap dance. By opting to the tap dance DVD, one can learn the traditional dance steps of America from the very comforts of personal room.

The DVD series featuring tap dance video give a step by step guidance of how to get started and progress in the tap dance. The tap dance DVD series include exclusive features such as on-screen musical counts which allow the users to learn to tap dance at an extremely fast face. With the inclusion of feature such as split screen camera angles, this DVD series allow the users to check dance poses of instructor from all the sides.

The tap dance DVD series is perfect alternative for busy people having passion for tap dance but cannot attend tap dance classes due to lack of time. With the all new tap dance DVD series, the users can learn the tap dance whenever they get free time in office or at home. Tap dance DVD series serves the purpose of a fitness video by helping in maintaining the body weight of the users who are practicing tap dance via this DVD series.

The most alluring feature of the tap dance DVD Series is that the dance steps in it are narrated step by step by an instructor having sound expertise and skills in making the tap dance learning process easier for the users of the DVD. The tap dance video teaches tap dance in different levels such as basic level, intermediate level and level-3. Basic level is for beginners and intermediate level is for those who have some experience of tap dance. Level-3 of DVD series includes teaching the most famous tap dance steps to the users.

The main benefits of learning tap dance via tap dance DVD series include:

* The tap dance DVD series features tap dance steps in a clear and slow manner so that the users can recognize how to practice that particular step in tap dance
* The dance movements of the instructor in the tap dance DVD series can be viewed from varied angles i.e. from back and side so as to get into depth of how the instructor is performing the tap dance steps.
* The dance steps in the tap dance DVD series are repeated several times so as to make the user follow properly the moves in a particular tap dance step.
* The dance video in the tap dance DVD series includes “music-only” feature thereby excluding background noise which can distract the users mind.
* The navigation of the DVD series is user friendly and the user can directly jump onto one dance step to another.

The tap dance DVD series is exclusively made of state of the art technology so as to provide an excellent source of learning tap dance to the tap dance lovers. The manufacturers of the tap dance DVD series have made use of ProTools so as to provide advanced teaching methodology of tap dance to all its users. The tap dance DVD series is based on a region free format i.e. it can be provide assistance to both local and foreign audience in tap dance lessons. So, tap dance DVD series is an affordable alternative to tap dance schools so as to learn tap dance with an ease.

Eli Newsom
http://www.articlesbase.com/movies-articles/jazz-up-your-life-with-tap-dance-673056.html

Britains Got Talent has started a street dance craze after Diversity and Flawless battled it out in the final. Up and down the country dance and theatre schools are seeing increased enquires for street dance lessons.

Street dance is a bit of an umbrella term and underneath it you have breakdance, popping, locking, krumping and so many different niche styles. What was was done on the streets as a social dance form, has now become more commercial in classes.

When a dancer pops, they jerk their body by quickly contracting and relaxing the muscles. The movements they make are correspondingly referred to as pops or hits. Locking refers to fast, exaggerated, movements which then freeze into a rigid position (a lock), whereas waving describes a more fluid style where movement appears to ripple through the limbs (as if a wave were traversing the dancer’s body). Krumping is characterised by free, expressive and energetic movement of the arms, legs, chest and head. Proponents of these different styles can correspondingly be described as poppers, lockers, wavers and krumpers. If you’d like to see these moves in action, check out the video in this article

Though the term was already established within youth/dance culture, recent media interest in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ winners Diversity and rival group Flawless seems to have now planted the expression firmly into mainstream British English.

Street dance is to gain even more exposure over the summer with a film to be shot in 3D. The team, alongside fellow TV contest finalists Flawless, were approached to be in the movie after they were spotted last year by the film’s producers at the UK Dance Championships. The film begins shooting in August and tells the story of a street dance crew who have to work alongside ballet dancers.

I hope you enjoyed reading my article, I own a local theatre school based in Romford and Brentwood. Types of classes offered are street dance, musical theatre and singing.

Grant Hobbs
http://www.articlesbase.com/childhood-education-articles/street-dance-993435.html

Every collegiate sports fan would love to have one of these animated; dancing snowmen which plays the music to Jingle Bells”! Each dressed in school colors and logos.

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Players once again step into the shoes of Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, and Taylor for another music- and dance-filled year as an East High Wildcat in High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance!. Gamers can use their Wii Remote and Nunchuk to dance along to the rhythm of music from the third installment of Disney’s massively popular franchise, and players can also experience locations, scenes, and characters from the first three movies in the series. Personality quizzes let players know which of the characters they most resemble, but gamers seeking more originality can also create and customize their own character’s outfits, shoes, and hairstyles. Multiplayer modes include a competition in which gamers earn power-ups to negatively affect their opponent, and a co-op mode where players must dance in synch to earn higher scores. ~ Christopher Brown, All Game Guide

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In order to survive in this modern competitive world we are required to have a good health. Today, a lot of people are going to gyms and many others are joining fitness classes to remain fit and fine. Moreover, some other people are buying fitness videos in which a wide range of exercise are being offered by professional instructors. Those people who do not have time to go to gyms and fitness centers can improve their fitness level by performing exercise at home with the help of these fitness videos. These fitness programs have proved to be beneficial for those people who are not in a condition to carry out tough workout in gyms. It also allows them to get rid of the expenses that they shall spend on instructors and personal trainer’s fees. Moreover, these fitness videos can help them to stay fit without any tough workouts. Besides, fitness videos dance videos are also very useful in improving your fitness level. Not only it improves your health but it also teaches you to learn some exciting dance steps that you can show to others. These useful dance videos are designed by fitness trainers and professional dancers who have keen knowledge of interesting as well as effecting dancing. Moreover, these dance videos can help you to reduce your fat and become toned up.

In these dance videos are included tap dance classes that are quite effective for every age groups. Tap dance classes will help you to remain in shape and increase you confidence. It also offers you some fun and you can get relaxed with its leisure music. When you are engage in a tap dancing class, you are required to concentrate on your movement and it is quite similar with an aerobic exercise. Tap dance classes also improve your body balance and help you to regulate a rhythm inside your body. Some tap dance lessons offer cardio benefits and they boost up your stamina. Tap dance lessons such as the hula dance and hip hop offer workouts of muscles that you have never known. You can also go to tap dance schools in order to learn tap dance but you might not have the time to extract. Moreover, these tap dance schools may require you to get an admission and pay large charges in order to get enrolled. So why should you waste your precious time and your money when you can get affordable tap dance videos.

You can learn to tap dance by purchasing these dance videos which are now available in DVDs where all the instructions and details are provided for varieties of dances. The instructions are offered in easy language and reviews of past users are also included inside them. The navigation system offered by this DVDs are also very straight forward and one could easily understand it. They are easily affordable and suitable for kids as well as elder citizens. When you learn to tap dance with these dance videos, you will be so busy in enjoying the dance routine that you wouldn’t even notice that you are losing your excess weight. The video as well as the audio quality of these dance videos DVDs are superb and almost every user has benefited after using it.

Eli Newsom
http://www.articlesbase.com/movies-articles/improve-your-fitness-with-dance-videos-707163.html

Dancing is fun. Everybody should learn how to dance. If nothing else, what happens if you have a daughter and she gets married and expects you, as her father, to dance with her at her wedding? Won’t you look like a fool if you don’t know your two step from your samba? And you ladies, what gal doesn’t want to be swept off her feet on the dance floor by some hunky guy? Okay, so how about some tips for learning how to dance?

For starters, you DON’T have to go to a dance school. I don’t know why it is that people feel that they need to have one on one instruction. Sure, if the thought of some guy pawing you all day lights your bulb then go for it. Otherwise, it is just as easy to learn how to dance from watching some really well made videos. And the great part of videos is that you can start and stop them all you want. No hourly fee for lessons.

Dance shoes. If you are serious about this (you are serious, right?) then you are going to want to buy a pair of dance shoes. Depending on what kind of dancing you intend to do, those are the kind of dance shoes that you’re going to buy. You will not buy ballroom practice shoes to do square dancing and conversely, you’re not going to buy western dance boots for ballroom dancing. Yes, there are many different types of dance shoes. So you need to make sure you get the right pair for what you intend to learn.

Warming up. A lot of people just go right into their dance routine without any kind of warm up at all. This is asking for a cramp, pulled muscle or worse. It is ALWAYS a good idea to do some stretching exercises BEFORE you start dancing. That way, once the lessons begin, or your actual dancing begins, you don’t have to worry about being carried off the dance floor on a stretcher. I’m not kidding. Don’t go into dancing cold, especially if you’re not a kid anymore.

Dancing can be a ton of fun, and it’s not hard to learn how to dance. Essentially, it’s just a few steps. In my signature is a great resource that will get you started and on your way to becoming a professional dancer in no time at all.

For A Review Of The Best Learn To Dance Program Out There, Click Here!

Gary West
http://www.articlesbase.com/television-articles/some-tips-to-learn-how-to-dance-easily-1001977.html

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! PC

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Bonus tracks galore and arty {\rock} on {^Things May Come and Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever/Thousands on a Raft}, a two-fer release of {$Pete Brown}’s original LP releases. From {@Beat Goes On}, 2001. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide Classical

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So, I need ideas for how I can get some friends from others school into our school dance.. Thanks:D Please can they be easy and not hard to do? Thanks!

ask your dean/principle for a form..it might be different for your school