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Five Ways Acro Helps Young Dancers Grow
Acro builds much more than cartwheels. Here's what our teachers see in the studio.
Acrobatic dance looks spectacular, but the real benefits go far beyond the tricks. Here are five things our teachers see develop in young dancers.
Strength. Balances and bridges build core and upper-body strength that supports every other style of dance.
Flexibility. Regular, careful stretching improves range of movement and helps dancers move with more ease.
Body awareness. Learning where your body is mid-cartwheel makes dancers more precise in everything they do.
Resilience. Some skills take weeks to land. Dancers learn that practice pays off, and celebrate when it does.
Confidence. There's nothing quite like the smile on a dancer's face the first time they do it unaided.