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About Dance Workshops

A dance workshop typically is just a dance class. However, a workshop can include a teacher from another province or area of town, someone that does not teach the class on a regular basis, a different dance style, or a focus on a specific element of dance.

Benefits of Attending a Dance Workshop

Attending a dance workshop allows dancers to broaden their experience as well as step outside their comfort zones. Dance workshops also enable dancers to make new connections, discover new skills and strengthen existing ones. Workshops are also a great way to have fun and receive constructive feedback. Workshops also provide a common purpose for the attendees as well as create a sense of community.

The Health Benefits of Dance

Dance has an array of mental and physical health benefits for people of all ages. Some of these great benefits are:

  • Improved cardiovascular system
  • Increased physical confidence
  • Improved muscle strength and tone
  • Improved motor fitness
  • Improved coordination and balance
  • Improved flexibility and agility
  • Helps with weight management
  • Improved mood and self-esteem
  • Reduced risk of osteoporosis by building stronger bones
  • Increased fitness (aerobic)
  • Improved social skills
  • Improves memory and mental functioning

Dance Recitals

Many dance studios and schools end their session of lessons with a dance recital. This is when the students in the class perform live in front of family and friends on a scheduled date and time. This is the highlight of each dancer’s experience. Recitals involve a lot of practice, rehearsals and beautiful costumes.

Participant Benefits of a Dance Recital

Dance recitals are a great way to boost dancers’ self-confidence. Recitals also promote teamwork, that can carry on into other facets of their lives. Recitals also provide goals for the dancers as they work towards the recital throughout the course of their classes. Recitals also create great memories.

Dance Workshops Located in Canada

If you are looking for a dance workshop there are various ways you can find them. The internet is a great source of information, for example, on Kijiji, you can find ads for upcoming dance workshops. You can also research specific dance schools that may advertise certain dance workshops.

Examples of Upcoming Dance Workshops in Toronto Ontario

There are some dance companies in Toronto that hold scheduled workshops throughout the year at various times that relate to different dance forms such as:

  • Salsa Workshop
  • SWAGCHATA: Bachata Dynamics
  • 8 Week Beginner/Intermediate Reggaeton Workshop
  • Introductory Pass to Women’s Bollywood Dance Fitness

Popular Dance Musicals and Movies

There are many musicals and movies that have become iconic due to their choreography dance routine content. People of all ages enjoy these musicals and movies. Some of the most popular ones are:

  • Grease
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • The King and I
  • 42nd Street
  • An American in Paris
  • Cats
  • Chicago
  • Crazy For You
  • Fame
  • Footloose
  • A Chorus Line
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Mama Mia
  • The National Ballet
  • Riverdance

Enjoy an evening at home watching some of these great musicals with your family. Throughout the many different provinces of Canada, there is usually always some type of dance entertainment to be enjoyed.