Why is it important to continue to train during the summer months? 

Dancing throughout the summer months in summer dance programs will ensure you (or your child) are continuing an active lifestyle and therefore preventing various forms of injuries. A study from Pro Dance Center found that “regular dance practice can also increase your child’s flexibility, range of motion, physical strength, and stamina.

In addition, there are several physical benefits to summer dance as well. Whether you’re interested in mastering a specific dance skill, or simply looking to keep your child active, summer dance is a great way to prevent injury, improve technique and fine-tune memory skills throughout the warmer months.

Finally, as with any other athletic sport or art form, practice makes perfect! Long breaks away from dance can lead to decreased levels of coordination, flexibility, balance, and stamina. In other words, by taking a long break from dance over the summer, your dancer is losing all the great technique they built up over the school year! This also makes it hard to “jump back in” to dance in the fall, because your dancer will need to take some time (possibly a few months!) to get back to their initial level of fitness. On the other hand, dancing even an hour a week over the summer helps dancers not only maintain but build upon, their skills.