The Many Benefits of Dance

For parents, the benefits and life skills your child will be gaining from attending dance classes and being part of a dance school are huge!

Social. Having a group of friends separate to your school friends is really valuable. Here at JC Dance we incorporate social interaction into every class and work hard to build friendships and a team ethos within each class, and the school.

Memory. Children learning the Pre Primary syllabus, at 4 or 5 year olds will eventually will be able to re call and perform 11 exercises without any help. The amount of information children retain through their dance training is quite astonishing.

Sense of Achievement and Self Confidence. Dance is a precise skill and in all classes pupils are able to practice and perfect specific steps or exercises and in time, feel that sense of achievement at mastering something that was once confusing and difficult. Additionally, whether it is taking an exam, performing in our show, or demonstrating an exercise in class; receiving praise and encouragement for the effort they have given also provides dancers with a great sense of achievement.

Personal Presentation. All of our classes (bar Adult Classes) have specific uniform requirements and we encourage children to attend classes looking neat and tidy, ready to dance.

Physical. Dance is of course a physical activity and contributes brilliantly to a child’s cardio vascular fitness as well as flexibility, co ordination, balance, spatial awareness and gross and fine motor skills.

Tenacity, Discipline and Focus. At times, dance IS hard. Moving up a grade, starting Pointe Work, or starting a new subject and needing to catch up with others – it’s hard! However, progress only comes with persistence and perseverance and we hope that through dance, pupils begin to understand this.

Arts Appreciation. We would encourage any of our pupils to see live dance, or theatre whenever they can; it is utterly inspiring! Through our show, we are able to offer a mix of musical genres and themes to introduce children to different classical Ballet’s, Musicals or Musicians.

Memories – for parent and child! Backstage show fun, performances, exams, charity events, rehearsals, theatre trips and more! They’re plentiful and priceless,

Here at JC Dance, we cater for anyone who wants to dance, regardless of whether they see it as a career goal or hobby.

To a parent who says “they’ll never be a dancer” – well, you never know! However if they don’t, you do not need to worry that the time and money you have invested into their hobby has been ill spent as it will have contributed positively to many areas of their physical and emotional development.