July 15th, 2010 by soul4dance

Illinois at Chicago University of researcher is conducting a pilot study to find out that if salsa dance can get better the health of aged Latinos who have a limited mobility and face elevated risks of disability. David Xavier Marquez, assistant professor of kinesiology and nutrition, has recruited 13 Latinos, and all 55 or older and who have done a little or no exercise the past year, into a 12-week dance class. Marquez will hopes that adopt this enjoyable physical activity, improving their health with along the way.

“It is a culturally suitable physical activity for Latinos.” Many grow up dancing at family gatherings and other celebrations and functions. But Marquez said that, many don’t have the opportunity to do it now.

While Marquez involved about 45 potential participants in his improve the health competition, his pilot study is limited to people who are relatively to an inactive and have limited mobility.

President and CEO of Humboldt Park-based Dance Academy of Salsa, Mr. Miguel Mendez, who has more than 18 years of teaching experienced in dance, suggested dances to use for the program, done twice a week in one-hour sessions.

All dance sessions are take place at Villa Guadalupe Social Services.

The healthiest program is called BAILAMOS-Spanish for “we dance,” but also that an acronym for “Balance and Activity in Latinos, Addressing Mobility in Older adults only.”

All Participants were tested for ability, balance, strength, gait speed, endurance, and physical activity levels to dance.

Marquez will short the participants and their teacher when the pilot study ends to learn what the improvements can go into a larger, more comprehensive study he will hopes to get funding to conduct.

While Marquez’s study focused on mainly the elderly once to the fast-growing Latino population of urban Chicago, using dance as an exercise intervention among other elderly populations, regardless of ethnicity or region, may prove to be a way to better health.

He will also hope finally to study if dance can help prevent the diabetes, fatness and reduce the risk for heart disease.

“Dance works all over for health improvement. There is nothing specific to the biology or physiology of Latinos that would be making it only works for them,” said Marquez.

July 1st, 2010 by soul4dance

Guru Munna Shukla is a happy spirit given to saying, “I am sinking in my art, and loving it!” Retired some years are ago from Kathak Kendra, where he were dedicated much of his productive life to polishing performer s of the new generation, he have been busy to running the classes in East Delhi as well as at Bharatiya Kala Kendra. His approach to Kathak is loyally bound to the school that were he was born to his grandfather was the legendary Kathak maestro Achhan Maharaj, and guru is Pandit Birju Maharaj, the current doyen of the Lucknow gharana . Munnaji’s approach to choreography has always eluded stereotyping.

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How has your approach to dance changed with age?

Now a day’s spiritual and devotional themes are attract me. Bhagwan, Ishwar and Paramatma these are not synonyms, but that it totally different in my opinion. I am also thinking a lot of about the nature. From my childhood, as I didn’t get a chance to study I engrossed myself in the theory, literature and philosophy of Dance, and this have influenced my dance and teaching.

How has this translated into your choreographic work?

Now a years I am a less attracted towards the ‘dhoom dharaka’ of fast, amazing footwork, etc. Certainly, I still do present it, but I was enjoying choreographing on the theme of nature. Even when I am working on some rhythmic element, such as a Tura, I like to introduce a nature that are related logic into it say, storm clouds gathering, etc.

How do you see the relationship between music and choreography?

It is an inextricable and slight relationship with us. Sometimes I feel that music should not even be very noisy. I like the dance to show up in my relief against the music. If the music is simple, the dance can be complicated.

Also, sometimes I difference the rhythms. For example if the music is playing a rhythm of four, the dance might be set to a pattern of three. I find these are more interesting than setting the dance exactly according to the music.

June 18th, 2010 by soul4dance

The recognizable question that we will often ask ourselves. In the evenings section, many of us have rarely do more than put up our feet of way and sit around in front of the idiot box. While these may have been OK during the bleaker winter months, now the summer sun continues to signal us outdoors into the evening in the windows of the room. So, if you find yourself sitting on the couch immobilized by border.

Summer Dance 2010 in Faelledparken will soon be in the dance style as full swing. The dancing in the park runs for a month with good collection, Monday to Thursday between Monday June 21 and July 22, four every evenings a week from 19:00 to 22:00.

During this time more than a 6 couples different varieties of dance will be covered from all over the globe including all from South America salsa dance between 22 June and 20 July, Tango dance 23 June, 30 June and 21 July, samba/Brazilian on 29 June, Cuban 21 on June and ballroom dance on 19 July.

Continuing to Africa country, there is West African association 1 July and West African dance department on 8 July.

From the country India there is Bell wood dance on 24 June and 22 July and from the Middle East way there is oriental/belly dance on7 July.

The dance evenings ending with a live presentation by Anita Lerche. Anita is particularly interesting as she is a Dance and singing in Punjabis to a bhangra rhythm unrepentantly strapping out lyrics like ‘regularly you Indians have a made me dance to the hit of your beat, but tonight we white girls are going to make you dance at the beat of our hips.

Dancing approximately the world in 20 darks

The stage for the dancing has just been modernized and is built into the stage of performances and parties, so it will might be good to know your way there for future activities. The night begins with dance classes and dance dramas or live band takes over into singing dances so the dancers can try out their new moves on their own.

The dancing is not controlled to adults also. Each and every one have a class at Thursday from 12:00–12:45 there is dancing for children upon the age of seven, and from 13:00-14:00 dancing up to the over-sevens.

If we want to think of learning a new dance for next period, it is a good place to do your at research and if we have a shy about dancing, here we can find a style to costume your nature. If we want, you can go everyday night and becomes a specialist in world movement, and why not to Summer Dance 2010 is completely free for YOUR’ s.