About Ballroom Dancing

Energize Essex has teamed up with the Nash Dance Academy Ltd to bring you Ballroom Dancing. Ballroom Dancing is a great way for people of all ages to get in shape and stay fit. Dancing has many positive health benefits and is a wonderful activity that will benefit your mind, body, and spirit. Dancing will improve your health and fitness, mental acuity, and social connections. Dancing is a great social activity and studies have shown that socializing and dancing with friends can contribute to high self-esteem, increased self-confidence and a more positive outlook. Dancing reduces stress and tension, so over time one can feel an overall sense of well-being.

Dancing isn't just about the steps and music; it's a perfect combination of physical activity, social interaction, and mental stimulation. Dancing enhances your life in so many ways.

Ballroom Dancing Benefits the Mind, Body and Spirit

• Health - Improve your health and fitness by exercising without "working out". Burn calories with low-impact aerobic movements.
• Physical - Reduce stress, improve balance, mobility, flexibility and coordination, increased strength & stamina, muscle toning
• Mental - Enhance memory, alertness, awareness, focus, concentration and exercise your brain
• Social - Feel more confident, improve attitude, increased sense of well-being & more positive outlook, & build social connections

Dance lessons teach children respect and discipline. It helps to build social awareness in children, so they not only learn how to dance; they also learn how to respect one another. The maturity necessary to dance together fosters respect, civility, teamwork, cooperation, confidence and a sense of joy, accomplishment and achievement. Through experiential learning, they learn valuable life skills and lessons of self-discovery, self-expression, and self-confidence. Their posture and confidence improves and awkwardness is replaced with physical grace & poise.

The Many Positive Benefits of Childrens Ballroom Dancing:

• Strong Discipline & Teamwork
• Builds Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Better Social Skills
• Teaches Proper Etiquette
• Respect for Themselves and Others
• Improves Coordination and Balance
• Encourages Creativity and Self-Expression
• Exercises the Mind & Body
• Most of all, it's Fun & Exciting

Let’s all help promote the many positive benefits of ballroom dancing in our community, our schools and with our adults too.