Why Sweat At The Gym, Go Ballroom Dancing Instead And Look Good - Francine

All through history we have seen trends in dancing, from Ballroom Dancing to the Flappers' Charleston, to individual dancing like the twist.
Ballroom Dancing is a social partner dance, meaning you dance with a partner.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are perhaps the most well known ballroom dancers in modern history.
Dance historians see the appearance of the twist in the early 1960s as the end of social partner dancing.

The reality television show Dancing with the Stars has caused a tremendous upswing in the popularity of Ballroom Dancing.
By having football players, race car drivers, movie stars, pop singers and other well known celebrities compete in the series,
ballroom dancing has lost its image as something rather unfashionable that old people might do.

Dancing with the stars demonstrates how glamorous ballroom dancing really is.
The stars get to wear colourful dresses and sequinned suits to dance in, and there is nothing old fashioned or unmanly about seeing a football player or race car driver in a green or yellow tight fitting suit.
It actually looks like a lot of fun.

In 2008 the show had a competition between young children and to see those kids move on stage took away the image that young boys who take ballroom lessons are feminine.
The boys looked in control, they looked sexy, they showed self confidence, and they looked physically fit.
Ballroom Dancing is a hard workout, you can literally see the stars loose weight and get fit.
So forget your usual exercise, instead of going to the gym, join a ballroom dancing class.
Why not learn a foxtrot, a tango or a jive or for the less energetic, a waltz perhaps.
It's the trendy thing to do!