Dance is Better than the Gym?

Dance

In this episode, Michael gets out his dancing shoes & shines some light on the many benefits of dancing, revealing that dancing has been shown to be BETTER than traditional fitness exercises for improving your muscles, your balance and even the size of your brain. He speaks to professional-ballet-dancer-turned-neuroscientist Dr Julia F Christensen at the Max Planck Institute in Frankfurt, to find out how dancing can improve our balance and coordination, and trigger new connections in our brain, while our volunteer Lorne has a go at adding some disco dancing to her everyday routine.

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By Donna

I am a dancer and founder of Pedralta World Fusion Dance. I now teach this unique style and continue to develop new avenues of Improvised World Fusion, with strong Egyptian and Flamenco influences.

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