{"id":2515,"date":"2016-08-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2016-08-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T10:00:00","slug":"what-do-people-come-here-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/lifestyle-self-improvement\/what-do-people-come-here-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do People Come Here For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/86608317_thumbnail.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2517\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/86608317_thumbnail-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"group of people connected by lines\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s not really to dance.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it is, but not just dance.<\/p>\n<p>I tell my teachers all the time that if you just focus in on students learning dance steps, you&#8217;re not focusing on the right things.<\/p>\n<p>Students come to our studio for other things. It&#8217;s just the way it is in the dance industry.<\/p>\n<p>They look for common bonds, connection with people, not just dance steps.<\/p>\n<p>They come for the three primary benefits that students receive while dancing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical (exercise, flexibility, balance)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/Young-man-in-gumshoes-and-jeans-000075189407_Medium.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2516\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/Young-man-in-gumshoes-and-jeans-000075189407_Medium-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"Young man in gumshoes and jeans\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>Mental (stress relief, long-term cognitive strength) and,<\/li>\n<li>Social (bonds, connection, friendship, community)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I look at all these events we do \u2013 group and private lessons, dance parties, showcases and competitions \u2013 I see that our students have their own community.<\/p>\n<p>Even bigger than our studio, dancers that have been dancing for a long time see each other at dances and build a social life. I&#8217;m sure they have other things to do in their lives too but dancing gives them some fulfillment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not really to dance. Well, it is, but not just dance. I tell my teachers all the time that if you just focus in on students learning dance steps, you&#8217;re not focusing on the right things. Students come to our studio for other things. It&#8217;s just the way it is in the dance industry. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle-self-improvement","category-nutrition-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}