Introduction
The importance is great for every human being to acquire the vital skills which one will be able to carry through one’s entire life, the skills which will enrich the person’s life and will add their beautiful and bright colors into it. One of such important skills is dancing; thus, dance as an educational program is a very rewarding and important course. Dance as education greatly improves the student’s physical and mental health, develops one’s thinking abilities and is a source of inimitable aesthetic pleasure and self-realization.
Main body
The idea to include dance movement in the general education curriculum has always been actively discussed (Robelen 1). Through the centuries there existed numerous successful practices of including dance in the educational process in private schools. Among such successful educational establishments to include dance into their curriculum are School for noble maidens and many more (Robelen 1).
Nowadays the issue of including dance into public school’s curriculum is an on-the-spot matter. Children and adolescences are reportedly mentioned as the age group where the risk of physical inactivation causes the strongest health harm (Rodriguez 14). Students in varied educational establishments spend too much time on motionless tasks. Thus, the need to diversify the educational curriculum including dance movement it seems to be of greatest interest. There is hardly a young person to have a distaste to dance. Everybody likes it; of course, not all kinds of it, but still some kind of it will be among the favorites of every student. It does not really matter whether it will be hip hop, breakdance, cramp, jazz-funk, jazz modern, contemporary, modern, classic style, swing, ballroom dances and so on. So, if dancing is an active task which is so appealing to all young people, what else can be said about the benefits it brings?
The benefits of dance as education are so abundant that there is hardly a possibility to mention all of them; however, I will just try to mention a few of such important categories. First of all, this is the student’s health. Everybody knows how important is to be active and dynamic for good health. Successful dancers maintain great mental and physical health throughout their entire life (Rodriguez 8). Dance also makes people happy as it presents them with inimitable esthetic satisfaction which can be hardly acquired elsewhere. Even people who are somehow disabled on the reason of their poor health may choose such study loads which will be appropriate in their condition (Robelen 4). The purposes of dance education are mainly student-oriented; one is to learn the way one’s body works, what its strong and weak points are, how to work on one’s body to make it fitter, stronger and more beautiful and so on (Wauchop 3). In addition, dance develops creative thinking ability, provides the basis for socialization and self-expression, improves communication among young people and serves as a way for emotional release.
Concluding on all the information mentioned above, it should be stated that dance as education in public schools is a very good idea. Such an academic course will present its student with good mental and physical health, the ability to think creatively, esthetic satisfaction, a positive outlook on life and many more. Thus, there is no doubt that taking an education course on dancing is a sure way to success in life.
Works Cited
Robelen, Eric. “Schools Integrate Dance into Core Academics.” Education week. (2011) : 1-5.
Rodriguez, Diana. “Let’s Get Fit! Curriculum Guide for Teachers.” Connecticut Ballet (2011) : 3-16.
Wauchop, Deidhre. “Quality Teaching in Dance.” New Department of Education and Training. (2004) : 1-5.