The VADC membership supports our many dance activities, events, and awards that serve our community. In the Coalition Community, we are all important, friendships are made, bonds are strengthened, and families are nourished. Allison and Monica dream of all the dancers finding their home in the DANCE COALITION. In the dancers, these sets of connections were wider (more diffuse); in the musicians, these same connections were stronger, but less diffuse, and showed more coherent bundles of fibers.
Coalition dancers receive training and education in dance history, kinesiology, French vocabulary, and music theory, while obtaining a complete and healthy dance repertoire. Parker said that almost all of his friends met through Dance Coalition, and that's one of the most positive things in his life. Dance education can provide the right environment to support and cultivate excellent mental habits that will not only benefit students in the studio, but will also prove essential in life. According to the group's website, Dance Coalition, a dance group without auditions from the state of Ohio where members can express themselves through dancing, provides a space for students to find their belonging to the dance community.
The best part of tap dancing is that it awakens your emotions in so many different ways, in as many different ways as there are styles of music. Monica grew up in Cincinnati dancing competitively and then went on to a brief professional career in dance before realizing that she was born to teach and create a community. Dancing also provides “coordination, balance and proprioceptive training” which may help explain the improvement in mobility and speed when walking, Aguiñaga noted. Persistence Whether it's perfecting a particular movement in class or refining a choreographic piece, persistence is an absolutely essential part of dance education.
Lately, society has lost sight of the value of community as social media and technology continue to take center stage. The oversexualization of dance has taken hold on television and the dance world, leading to injuries that scar young bodies for life as the pressure to overcome unhealthy body postures has become commonplace. Because it's a low-pressure environment, Dance Coalition allows students to take a break from academic activities. It provides a space where students can escape stress and exercise their mind and body through dance.
In the BAILA randomized controlled trial which included more than 300 older participants those who participated in a Latin dance training program showed significant improvement in their working memory and mobility while having fun. At the performance Dance Coalition will perform contemporary dances lyrical dances belly dances a joyful jazz theme and a K-pop number Parker said “Dancing requires a lot of attention and memory and the process of remembering the steps and learning new dance steps may be the reason why working memory improved” says study director Susan Aguiñaga a doctor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
