What is the value of square dance and fitness dance for the elderly?

Square dance and fitness dance for the elderly are two different types of dance. Square dance is performed outdoors, with the center of the square as the main venue, while fitness dance for the elderly is more extensive. Fitness dance also includes square dance. Of course, different people have different definitions of dance, but dancing often is good for the body. When dancing square dance and fitness dance for the elderly, we should understand its role and value, so that more people can be familiar with its benefits. So what is the role and value of square dance and fitness dance for the elderly?

With the increase of people's subjective consciousness and participation consciousness and the extensive development of square cultural activities, square fitness dance is receiving more and more attention and importance from all walks of life. It has become an indispensable and important form and content in urban cultural life. At the same time, square fitness dance is playing an irreplaceable positive role in people's better life in the 21st century with a brand new attitude, which cannot be replaced by other art forms.

Today, square dancing has been recognized by more and more people of different ages. In every big square in every big city, you can see people dancing square dancing, including many young people. This means the arrival of the era of national fitness, and everyone is starting to pay attention to their own health. The interaction between young and old also adds a lot of fun to square dancing.

From a psychological perspective, human attention is the direction and concentration of psychological activities on certain objects, that is to say, attention is restricted by direction. In the process of dancing, their attention must be focused on appreciating elegant dance music and expressing their inner emotions in dance postures following the rhythm. Due to the shift of attention, the functions of other parts of the body can be adjusted and fully rested. Therefore, participating in line dancing can eliminate tension and relieve stress. Practitioners can eliminate fatigue, cultivate their minds, feel pleasant emotions, and achieve the best psychological state in beautiful music and wonderful dance postures.

Memory is the reflection of past experiences in the human brain. It includes four basic processes: recognition, retention, reproduction and recall. Its forms include image memory, concept memory, logical memory, emotional memory, motor memory, etc. In the process of choreography practice, not only image memory and conceptual memory are used, but also emotional memory and motor memory. As we age, our memory will decline at a very slow rate. This is a natural law and a normal phenomenon. Through choreography practice and constant stimulation of brain nerves, the physiological phenomenon of memory loss can be slowed down and a good brain-enhancing effect can be achieved. The practice of square dancing is to dance with the heart to the beautiful and pleasant music, inject delicate emotions into the dance posture, and use superb dance skills to express various dynamic and static postures in a consistent manner, creating all kinds of wonderful combinations of artistic conception, embodying beautiful postures and beautiful shapes, creating an artistic conception that is a high combination of sports and art, health and strength, and giving people artistic influence and aesthetic enjoyment. Therefore, square dance practice has high requirements on shape, posture, health and other aspects. Regular participation in choreography practice is a good body training, which can improve the body's coordination ability, strengthen the muscle groups in various parts of the body, and increase the bone density, and has a very positive bodybuilding effect.

It has the value of physical exercise. Regular dance practice can give good exercise to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, improve cardiopulmonary function, accelerate the metabolic process, promote digestion, eliminate brain fatigue and mental tension, thereby achieving good fitness effects such as strengthening the body, promoting health, delaying decline, and improving the body's ability to move.

What is the value of square dance as a fitness dance for the elderly? We have made a detailed analysis of its value, and we can understand or judge it from many aspects. Nowadays, more and more people are dancing square dance, and their age is also decreasing. We can observe that some of the people dancing square dance are young people, and they are very good at dancing. Now there are many programs recommending square dance, making it popular among more people. Of course, fitness dance for the elderly is also a way to exercise the body, and it is also very good for fitness.