So, you want to be all fit, strong, and healthy? To achieve this, you can work out and engage in sports. But those are not the only ways to get fit. Why not try dancing?
Yes, dancing!
Not every one realizes this, but dancing can be a great form of exercise. Dancing can do the following:
• Get your heart rate going and fire up those muscles, both big and small
• Boost your energy and even your confidence
• Improve your balance, coordination, posture, and flexibility
• Improve your overall cardiovascular health
• Help relieve stress. Dancing can be both exercise and therapy.
• Help reduce joint pain
• Let you make friends
A Dance Suggestion
Now that you know some of the benefits of dance as a form of exercise, here is one dance that can …show more content…
About the only similarities between the meme and the real Harlem shake are the sudden stops and starts.
The Real Harlem Shake
The real and original Harlem shake—raw, technical, fluid, and frenetic according to The New York Times writer Kia Gregory—was invented over 30 years ago in New York by a young man named Albert Leopold Boyce, or Al B. to his neighbors. The dance was originally performed by Al during the half time of street ball games at the famed Rucker Park in New York City in the United States to entertain the fans. The dance eventually became known as “The Al. B.”
The Al. B. involved flowing, energetic, coordinated moves, from shoulder rolls and twists to staccato chest and arm movements to turns and breaks, and yes, quick stops and starts. Soon, kids and youngsters all around The Bronx in New York City were dancing The Al. B., not only in parks but virtually anywhere. Eventually, The Al. B became known as the Harlem shake.
The Harlem shake caught on the mainstream only in the late 1990s, thanks to the Crazy Boyz, a four-man dance crew composed of Maurice "Motion" Strayhorn, Jesse "Smiley" Rutland, and Joseph "No Bones" Collins, and Kirkland “Dirty Kurt” Young. The four stylized the Harlem shake, perfected it, and helped bring it to hip-hop music
Yes, dancing!
Not every one realizes this, but dancing can be a great form of exercise. Dancing can do the following:
• Get your heart rate going and fire up those muscles, both big and small
• Boost your energy and even your confidence
• Improve your balance, coordination, posture, and flexibility
• Improve your overall cardiovascular health
• Help relieve stress. Dancing can be both exercise and therapy.
• Help reduce joint pain
• Let you make friends
A Dance Suggestion
Now that you know some of the benefits of dance as a form of exercise, here is one dance that can …show more content…
About the only similarities between the meme and the real Harlem shake are the sudden stops and starts.
The Real Harlem Shake
The real and original Harlem shake—raw, technical, fluid, and frenetic according to The New York Times writer Kia Gregory—was invented over 30 years ago in New York by a young man named Albert Leopold Boyce, or Al B. to his neighbors. The dance was originally performed by Al during the half time of street ball games at the famed Rucker Park in New York City in the United States to entertain the fans. The dance eventually became known as “The Al. B.”
The Al. B. involved flowing, energetic, coordinated moves, from shoulder rolls and twists to staccato chest and arm movements to turns and breaks, and yes, quick stops and starts. Soon, kids and youngsters all around The Bronx in New York City were dancing The Al. B., not only in parks but virtually anywhere. Eventually, The Al. B became known as the Harlem shake.
The Harlem shake caught on the mainstream only in the late 1990s, thanks to the Crazy Boyz, a four-man dance crew composed of Maurice "Motion" Strayhorn, Jesse "Smiley" Rutland, and Joseph "No Bones" Collins, and Kirkland “Dirty Kurt” Young. The four stylized the Harlem shake, perfected it, and helped bring it to hip-hop music