| Alright everybody, put on your red shoes and dance | | | | Young people aren't the only ones in which this trend |
| the blues! Or how about hit the ballroom? | | | | of dance forms has gotten renewed interest. The |
| Ballroom dancing has been a part of American pop | | | | parents are also seeing the potential for dance to |
| culture for quite some time. Whether it was the fox | | | | occupy their kids and keep them healthy, happy, and |
| trot or the charleston, people have enjoyed ballroom | | | | out of trouble. |
| dancing since your grandparents were young. But | | | | Moderate ballroom dancing burns between 250 and |
| lately younger generations have been tapping into the | | | | 300 calories per hour. Vigorous dancing can burn as |
| style of the waltz, cha-cha, and other older dances. | | | | many as 400 calories per hour. |
| This is due in part to ballroom dancing's resurgence in | | | | California State University at Long Beach did a study |
| television and film. In the documentary "Mad Hot | | | | showing the benefits of ballroom dancing that showed |
| Ballroom", students from three schools in New York | | | | that even beginners can get their heart rate up near |
| City are sent through 10 weeks of intensive classes | | | | the max during a five-minute warm up and 20 minutes |
| taught by the American Ballroom Theater. The film | | | | of polka, swing, or cha-cha dancing. |
| shows the young students have candid and funny | | | | As well as having benefits to your body, ballroom |
| moments as they are guided through the process | | | | dancing also helps improve balance, cardiovascular |
| from urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen." | | | | strength, muscle strength, coordination, and can teach |
| As each scene goes by the audience sees the group | | | | young people or children better social skills and |
| struggle to get to their final goal - the infamous | | | | improve their confidence and self-esteem. |
| competition called the Rainbow Team Matches. | | | | |
