From Motor Skills and Coordination to Sensitivity and Empathy. Ballroom Dancing as a Tool for Harmonizing Children’s Development
From Motor Skills and Coordination to Sensitivity and Empathy. Ballroom Dancing as a Tool for Harmonizing Children’s Development

Summary/Abstract: The author indicates the multidimensionality of the understanding harmony in the development ofpreschool and early school children. It presents the issues of motor skills, sensitivity and empathy, and ballroomdancing as a tool for harmonizing children’s development. It presents the results of research carried out by a groupof trainers working with children learning ballroom dancing. Analyzing the research results, she indicates thatballroom dancing, due to its specificity, affects development in various spheres: physical and movement, emotional,motivational, social, cognitive, as well as musical and aesthetic activity. Relationships between various developmentalspheres stimulated by dance activity can support harmony in children’s development.

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