{"id":3746,"date":"2017-05-22T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2017-05-22T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:00:39","slug":"top-trend-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/dance-info-news-trends\/top-trend-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Trend: Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A late fall 2016 article in a web mag called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longevitylive.com\/anti-aging-beauty\/top-7-fitness-trends-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longevity<\/a>, listed dancing as the top fitness trend for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The top one. Numero uno.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/05\/iStock-587192998.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3755\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/05\/iStock-587192998-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3755 alignright\" \/><\/a>\u201cDancing is a great way to work out because it is so fun it takes your mind off the strains of exercising,\u201d the article says.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we know this and applaud the author of sharing the sentiment with the general public!<\/p>\n<p>Some other important points in the article that we heartily agree with include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dance has immense health benefits, including improved heart and lung function and increased endurance and motor skills.<\/li>\n<li>Dance can help limit or diminish the risk of osteoporosis.<\/li>\n<li>Dance helps improve balance and spatial awareness.<\/li>\n<li>Dancers find improved self-confidence and self-esteem as well as more positive feelings about their bodies!<\/li>\n<li>Dance improves social skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ballroom dance is a great way to achieve many milestones \u2013 make new friends, get in shape, find a supportive and encouraging community, and it\u2019s a great way to take on a hobby later in life. Plus, it\u2019s the kind of activity you don\u2019t need a partner for \u2013 no joke! Your instructor or a classmate will become your partner, so single and married folks alike can show up at the studio and begin to dance.<\/p>\n<p>I second the motion that ballroom dance is a major trend of 2017!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late fall 2016 article in a web mag called Longevity, listed dancing as the top fitness trend for 2017. The top one. Numero uno. \u201cDancing is a great way to work out because it is so fun it takes your mind off the strains of exercising,\u201d the article says. Of course, we know this [&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":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-info-news-trends"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746","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=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}