Monday, May 13, 2013

The Social Benefits of Salsa Dancing

Salsa is a great way to relieve stress and deal with the everyday life situations. Dancing has a natural way of magically making people forget about most things that went wrong that day or week. From the second we step onto the dance floor to the moment we leave your Salsa class or practice, the main thing that most dancers recall is their good time.
Immediately after your first few lessons, you will notice an up-rise in your confidence, a development in your motor skills, and an unprecedented increase in your social skills. Many people at first may not feel comfortable stepping onto the dance floor to make a fool out of themselves while dancing, or worst, enjoy a dance; but after a few lessons, people simply can’t wait for the next Salsa lesson or social, to rush to the dance floor. It is not uncommon to see dancers within only few weeks of lessons develop into amazing social dancers, competitors and event instructors.
As you develop into a more seasoned dancer, you will notice that most dancers have a great sense of situational awareness while on the dance floor. Ladies are extremely aware of their surroundings, even while executing some really complex moves. Gentlemen are indisputably conscious of the space between them, their partner and other dancers. Some have actually saved their partner from crashing into other dancers, mainly while their partner spins or go into dips.
After so much interaction during class, practices and other social dancing events, it is safe to say that most dancers usually develop a great sense of camaraderie and tend to move as a group. Therefore, whenever you attend a special event, you will notice small groups of Salsa dancers gathered, sometimes by ability groups, in different parts of the dance floor. Salsa gives people an excuse to meet other dancers, become friends and share memorable moments.
Even if for some people, in the beginning they arrive at the dance studio with “two left feet” and very little to no coordination, Salsa dancing has its special ways, mainly if you have a patient instructor, of helping everyone identify their personality, individual learning methods and bring out the best dancer in all of us.

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