Comments on: Dance in Pittsburgh

By: carol thomson

carol thomson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:52:12 +0000

Dance is good for our minds as well as our bodies and now there are so many styles of dance to choose from. When I was growing up we took ballroom dancing and, of course, the Beatles were popular way back then so we also lost weight by dancing the twist to their music and later to The Rolling Stones. All of this seems so outmoded now that you have Hiphop and stepping. Exercise releases endorphins so dancing actually improves your mood, especially after a tense day of work or schoolwork. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine also shows that dancing helps lower the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s as it requires a certain amount of memorization. So altogether, dance on to improve your health!

By: tlk19

tlk19 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:19:13 +0000

I agree 100 percent. The hard part is getting motivated but if everyone made some kind of activity part of their regular daily activities, it wouldn’t be so difficult. I, myself was a dancer my whole life. I even went to college at La Roche so I could pursue a dancing major. However, it turned out that it wasn’t right for me. I still love it though, and I continue to do it for fun and exercise. Just this past summer, I went to Las Vegas to see the Cirque de Solei Love show with the Beatles music. It was one of the most incredible performances I have ever seen. Especially the dancing made me want to come home and sign up for all the classes I could to dance like some of the people did for that show. It was so moving!

By: jenoch168

jenoch168 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:20:53 +0000

great angle to take on this issue. Motivation is definitely something to think about and if young people attended some of these performances maybe they’d have something to aspire to.