Looking for a fun distraction from your usual lifestyle? Want to reinvigorate it with something new and exciting? Trying to meet people and learn a new skill? If your answer to any of these things is ‘yes’ or you think you could benefit from any of these things – then flamenco classes might be just right for you and might have a lot to offer you. Here we will look at some of the reasons to start flamenco lessons and how it can be good for you.
You’ll Meet People: One great reason to start flamenco lessons is to meet people. When we are adults it is often hard to make new friends and to meet potential partners, and this is especially true if we have recently moved to a new area. Often we find ourselves coming home from work (where we see the same people) and then staying in because it’s late or going out with the couple of people we do know. To make new friends, or to meet new partners, a class such as flamenco lessons is perfect and will help you to practice your social skills too. Any class will help you to accomplish this yes – but few will do so as well as dance lessons which ensure everyone is in a good mood, and which force you to dance with strangers. It’s an intimate situation to be in and it forces you to talk and make conversation. Most flamenco lessons require you to change partners from time to time – so no staying with the person you came with.
You’ll Learn a New Skill: Flamenco dancing is a firey and exciting form of dance that involves vigorous movement and that looks fantastic to the observer. This makes it an ideal skill to learn and one that will bring joy to other people while at the same time developing your hand-eye coordination, your sense of rhythm and more. This will most come to use when you attend parties, weddings or clubs, and it’s a sure way to have all eyes on you – in a good way. Furthermore flamenco dance is particularly good as something to learn as it isn’t restricted to just dancing – you can also take up the opportunity to learn flamenco guitar which will give you musical talent. This will even help to develop your brain and can help to prevent age related cognitive decline in the elderly. There’s a rich heritage to flamenco dance too – unlike some of the more modern dance forms – and you’re likely to find that learning about this can be fascinating as well.
You’ll Stay Fit: As mentioned, flamenco dancing is an energetic dance, and this ensures that it burns plenty of calories to provide you with energy. Those calories come from your fat stores, and this means you will look more lean and toned than every before, and you will burn muscle too. Again this also has many other positive effects increasing your confidence and appearance, as well as your general health and staving off many unwanted health issues.
Starting flamenco lessons can give you just the reinvigoration you need.
Raymond S Lawrence
