Want to improve your social distancing skills? Practice dance
Would you like to improve your skills in social distancing?
Learn how to dance and think like a dancer.
If there is anyone that is great at social distancing is anyone that has a training in dance.
Why?
Because space management is an intrinsic and integral part of being a dancer. And if you are a dancer, I am sure you know exactly what I am talking about.
Personally, when I go out now, it feels like I am playing a game of trying to keep equal distance with people, which is something that I used to practice when I was in dance training. Now, the issue with that is that when I was training, everyone was playing that game, so everyone was trying to collaborate and cooperate to make sure equal distance was always respected. If one moved, everyone moved.
So I find myself juggling between people, making sure I keep the correct distance with them, and it is exhausting. At the same time, I am also trying to smile, because this is a tough situation, and the last thing we need is negative interaction and energy exchange between us.
There are many ways in which you can train your dancer’s mindset.
For example, when you are improvising you always want to make sure you don’t crash into people or objects. Or when you learn choreography, you have to know your place, your transitions, so that you can be in the right place at the right time. Or even the most basic stage management, making sure that you don’t fall off stage when you dance.
So if you want to improve your social distancing skills, start studying dance.
Everyone around you can benefit from learning the dancer’s mindset.
Furthermore, thinking ahead about a future that will not require us to be physically distanced anymore, dance will be a great tool to rediscover human connection and touch in a safe way and environment. It will allow us to rediscover the confidence to relate to other people.
Learning how to dance gives you essential life skills that go way beyond the simple idea of showing off your moves.
Start dancing. Give all the styles and techniques a try in order to find the ones you resonate with the most, and then be a student and improve your life.
I personally recommend Popping For Parkinson’s
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About the Author:
Simone Sistarelli
Professional dance artist, musician, social entrepreneur and public speaker.
Passionate about inspiring people.
Founder of Popping For Parkinson’s, a project that transforms Parkinson’s patients into Popping dance students.
Awarded in the Universal Hip Hop Museum Hall of Fame for his contribution to Hip Hop Culture. Original member of the Red Bull Academy UK.
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