Our online Dance curriculum fosters life skills, intellectual skills, physical skills, essential and critical thinking skills (also known as higher order thinking). Besides this we also focus on SEL (social and emotional learning)
Kids who pursue any form of dance, will experience overall growth and development. Kids who are naturally good at dancing, possess bodily-kinesthetics type of intelligence as an inherent core strength. Dance influences the formation of cognitive skills in the following way:
Enhanced sustained attention: The ability to focus on one task for sustained periods of time improves. Kids will be able to invest consistent effort on the task over a period. Dance also improves listening skills and concentration.
Improved cognitive flexibility: Kids will experience improved ability to think between or about multiple concepts simultaneously
Enhanced category formation: The ability to categorize skills, concepts and information into categories will improve over time. Dance also aids evaluation, analysis and application of knowledge
Pattern Recognition: The rhythmic nature of dance enhances the ability to recognize patterns.
Improved working memory: Dance enhances the ability to hold information temporarily. It positively impacts reasoning, decision-making and behavior
Response Inhibition: It aids the suppression of inappropriate behavior in any given circumstance. It Improves focus and the ability to ignore external distractions. Also, it helps to recognize the right cues with regard to performance during dance, drama and music. It also improves classroom behavior and listening skills.
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The followed Critical thinking skills are developed during dance:
Creativity:
Ability to infer
Improved observation
Improved recall ability
Ability to communicate through movement and expression
Enhanced application of knowledge
Ability to create art and think out of the box
Enhanced interest and motivation to perform
The ability to apply own unique expressions to movement and rhythm
Problem-solving
Ability to think quickly and attend to a problem with tact
Ability to memorize sequences and application of knowledge at the right time
Ability to recognize cues and act accordingly
Ability to spot errors and rectify with tact
Ability to reduce errors through intentional learning
Analysis
Ability to think quickly and attend to a problem with tact
Ability to memorize sequences and application of knowledge at the right time
Ability to recognize cues and act accordingly
Ability to spot errors and rectify with tact
Ability to reduce errors through intentional learning
Open-mindedness
Ability to connect with a diverse audience
Willingness to perform on diverse platforms
Interest in being part of a diverse group due to more learning experiences
Exploring more enriching learning experiences through diverse environments
Interest to lend movement to issues of importance
Eager to lend expression to issues of importance
Eager to make a difference through this dynamic platform
Willingness to interact and learn from people of different backgrounds
Understanding that learning comes from versatility
Having conversations that include equity and inclusion
Dance improves the following physical skills:
Mobility
Hand-eye coordination
Functional connectivity
Balance
Control
Physical fitness
Posture
Alignment
Dance impacts Social and Emotional Learning in a positive way. Kids develop various interpersonal and intrapersonal skills like the following:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Emotional awareness
Accurate self-perception
Impulse control
Interpersonal Skills
Communication
Responsible decision making
Inclusion: understanding of diversity
The Intellectual skills child develop with dance are:
Non-verbal spatial
Musical
Kids develop essential skills like the following while training for dance:
Time-management
Discipline
Responsibility
Stress management
Patience
Perseverance
Participation
Social skills
Intelligence type as per the MI theory
Physical intelligence, also known as bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, is any intelligence derived through physical and practiced learning such as sports, dance, or craftsmanship. It may refer to the ability to use one's hands to create, to express oneself with one's body, a reliance on tactile mechanisms and movement, and accuracy in controlling body movement. An individual with high physical intelligence is someone who is adept at using their physical body to solve problems and express ideas and emotions. The ability to control the physical body and the mind-body connection is part of a much broader range of human potential as set out in Howard Gardener’s Theory of multiple intelligences
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Here is a demonstration of the single – handed mudras of Bharatanatyam as shown by our student. Saanvi Arora learns Bharatanatyam online with Learner Circle.
