{"id":7058,"date":"2018-12-12T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2018-12-12T11:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:32:09","slug":"pefect-gift-holiday-season-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/blog\/dance-lessons\/pefect-gift-holiday-season-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Gift This Holiday Season? DANCE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2019\/01\/23270260_1927592720893915_4548726114984937178_o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2019\/01\/23270260_1927592720893915_4548726114984937178_o-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5323 alignright\" \/><\/a>This holiday season, give the gift of dance! Toys and trinkets will be lost and forgotten in no time at all, but dance is a life-long journey.<strong> Dance is good for the mind, body and soul, so give the gift that has inherent value and is sure to bring your loved one great joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing is more precious than watching young children jump up and down with excitement as they unwrap their gifts. This year, that fun won\u2019t stop after the holidays are over. <strong>Dance is a fun year-round activity and is terrific for child development!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the National Dance Education Organization, <strong>dance can help your child\u2019s physical, emotional and cognitive development.<\/strong> Dance requires a wide range of movement that can enhance coordination, increase flexibility and contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Not to mention, <strong>dance also allows kids a chance to socialize and express themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dancing is not just for the young, it\u2019s also for the young at heart!<\/strong> Adults can also greatly benefit from dancing lessons \u2013 i<strong>t\u2019s a fantastic de-stressor and can improve your overall health.<\/strong> Stress, when left unchecked, can lead to a wide array of health problems including mental instability, high blood pressure, obesity and even heart disease. <strong>By engaging in a fun recreational activity such as dance, stress can more easily be managed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, <strong>there\u2019s no age limit on dancing!<\/strong> We encourage the older folks to join in the fun, as well! According to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, dancing regularly can slow, or prevent, the effects of dementia. <strong>Dancing, particularly improvisation, is emotionally, physically and mentally stimulating and will help keep your mind sharp for years to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a dance class perfect for everyone in your life, no matter their age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This holiday season, give the gift of dance! Toys and trinkets will be lost and forgotten in no time at all, but dance is a life-long journey. Dance is good for the mind, body and soul, so give the gift that has inherent value and is sure to bring your loved one great joy. Nothing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,27,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-lessons","category-holidays","category-nutrition-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/cave-creek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}