{"id":2826,"date":"2017-04-11T16:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T20:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T20:41:47","slug":"spring-at-last-a-great-time-to-learn-to-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/blog\/uncategorized\/spring-at-last-a-great-time-to-learn-to-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring At Last!  A Great time To Learn to Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\">Spring At Last! A Great Time To Learn To Dance<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2017\/04\/learn-to-dance-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"learn to dance\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2017\/04\/learn-to-dance.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2017\/04\/learn-to-dance-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2017\/04\/learn-to-dance-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Spring is in the air! You can feel it in the warmer weather and luxuriously longer days. Newly budding trees sway gently in the breeze and flowers suddenly burst forth with their lovely fragrances. This glorious season of rebirth makes everyone feel more alive and thoughts turn to fresh starts and new beginnings &#8211; a time to venture off the sofa and out of the house to enjoy a more active lifestyle. And if you\u2019re looking for something new and different to do that will offer some real fun and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>excitement as well as appeal to your sense of romance and adventure, ballroom dancing is the perfect pastime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Dancing is a great way to stay fit<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here\u2019s a cool fact: when you\u2019re dancing, you\u2019re exercising without realizing it. While you\u2019re out on the floor showing off all those dance moves you\u2019re actually getting in shape. Dancing elevates your heart rate, builds strength, burns calories and uses all your key muscle groups.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>one of the most appealing aspects of dancing is that it will never feel like work. It\u2019s one of the most enjoyable ways to stay physically active.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Dancing enhances your social life<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From spring through the end of the year, events, parties and weddings fill the calendar. Being able to dance will increase your enjoyment of any social events you attend<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>when you can get out off the dance floor and move to the music. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There are many other social environments, like clubs, meet ups and parties &#8211; centered around the pleasures of ballroom dancing where you\u2019ll<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>have a chance to meet new people who share your passion for moving on the dance floor.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Dancing is a joyful experience<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the spring, more than any other time, we naturally feel hopeful and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>lighthearted and we look for ways to express that happiness. Listening to music and moving to it, are very natural human responses when words just aren\u2019t enough. We dance because we feel good and feel good when we dance. It\u2019s a no-brainer. So why not learn a few steps and take those good feelings to the next level with dancing? You\u2019ll be whirling around the ballroom floor in no time!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring At Last! A Great Time To Learn To Dance Spring is in the air! You can feel it in the warmer weather and luxuriously longer days. Newly budding trees sway gently in the breeze and flowers suddenly burst forth with their lovely fragrances. This glorious season of rebirth makes everyone feel more alive and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44,33,45,46,34,47,48,49,37,38,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58],"class_list":["post-2826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ballroom-dance-activities","tag-ballroom-dancing","tag-blog","tag-classes","tag-connecticut","tag-dance-classes","tag-dance-events","tag-dance-instruction","tag-fred-astaire-dance-studios","tag-learn-to-dance","tag-near-me","tag-new-activity","tag-parties","tag-salsa-dance-lessons","tag-social-life","tag-southbury-ct","tag-spring","tag-stay-fit","tag-where-to-go"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/southbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}