Categories
dancing in the media

Dancing REALLY makes you smarter!

Joyce has kindly sent me an article by Richard Powers, dance instructor at Stanford University, that explains the article in the New England Journal of Medicine (abstract here) about dancing and its ability to lower dementia risk.  It makes a lot of sense and, I think, indirectly speaks to the special challenges of partner dancing, which I increasingly find myself talking about in terms of communication and interpretation (Powers calls it “decision-making,” and that fits, too).  Click through to read the article.

Categories
MSDC

For the Macon State Dance Club: Dancing makes you smarter!

A tip of the hat to Sadie for sending this video clip my way.  It fits right in with this past Wednesday’s first meeting of the Macon State College Dance Club, for which I have the honor to serve as faculty advisor.  We had an incredible turnout of around 20 students, all full of good ideas and ready to start building a very active organization.  Daniel came to the meeting to receive the semi-official title of “Dance Consultant” and help me teach the student members a few steps in the tango.  Our new tangueros and tangueras made us proud from the start and we can’t wait to see what’s in the future for the club.

You can also check out Macon State Dance Club on Facebook!

Categories
dancing in the media

Dancing on the radio

I was driving home from ballet class this evening and caught just the tail end of this story on WHYY’s Radio Times: Shall we dance? Inside the world of competitive ballroom dancing.

When I got in the car the segment was already almost over, so I haven’t heard the whole thing yet.  Somebody listen to it and tell me if it’s good?