Teach Hip Hop Dancing to Your Kids

     There are a many different styles and moves that are part of the dance style "Hip Hop".  Many people believe that the conrnerstone of this style is break dancing.  Breakdancing is old school street dancing that has evolved into a major contender in the world of dance.  Hip Hop and breakdancing are often taught hand in hand when doing choreography and cool routines to "wow" the audience.  There are soooo many styles that have evolved from these styles over time. Some examples are Funk, Popping and Locking, jigging, freaking, krumping and house.  These are all styles evolving from hip hop and break dancing.

     There is no doubt of the influence hip hop dancing has on the kids that it touches.  Here in the USA, many people take their kids to hip hop lessons and it seems that every teacher has their own style and form.  At this time there is no syllabus to say what is right or wrong for this style so for most, it's very freestyle and form fitting.  YOu can dance to your own inner beat and many kids are learning to get out there and bust a move with the best of them.

     Not really getting it?  Turn on your favorite music video station and watch for 10 minutes, you will see exactly what i'm talking about.  Most top 40 videos include some style of hip hop or breakdancing during the dance portion of the video.  Many of these dances catch on with the young kids and they do it at school and ont he streets while showing off to their friends.

     Hip Hop and breakdancing is a great way to get kids to express themselves as individuals and learn to work together with other kids with like interests.  Most dancers are drug and alcohol free because it is VERY difficult to bust out great moves while under the influence.  It's also a great way to get exercise and keep your heart and lungs in good shape.

     Teaching hip hop dance can help physical education stay relevant and teach self confidence, lifelong healthy habits, and how to have fun socializing. Teachers get kids into hip hop dance with fundamentals, basic choreography, and application of moves.

     Check out your local studio to see what classes are best for your kids.  Many kids programs these days are non profit because of the present economic times.  Most people that teach dance, do it for the kids and because they love to do it.  Find the classes near you that fit your schedule.

Dancing Improves Life Expectancy and Cardiovascular Health

People 50 years and older that engage in consistent, regular physical activity will live longer and have less cardiovascular disease.

Statistical evidence supports the positive effects of physical activities in the aging process. There is also a huge amount of evidence that supports the fact that these activities help minimize and/or prevent the development of cardiovascular disease. Physical activities can include sports such as tennis, basketball, swimming, running etc. but the one that seems to increase not only improved physical health and life expectancy but also mental health, is dancing.

There was a study in The Netherlands by a Professor Oscar H. Franco MD that calculated the effects of regular physical activities (dancing), on life expectancy and years living with or without cardiovascular disease among people ages 50 and older. This study followed over 5000 residents of Framingham, Mass. Over 46 years. They calculated the effects of low, moderate, or high levels of physical activity (dancing), adjusted for age, sex, smoking and coexistent diseases such as cancer, arthritis, diabetes, left ventricular hypertrophy, ankle edema and pulmonary disease.

The results are that total life expectancy significantly improves in people who dance.

Moderate and high levels of activity led to 1.3 and 3.7 years more in total life expectancy, AND 1.1 and 3.2 more years living WITHOUT cardiovascular disease, respectively for men aged 50 or older. These statistics were obtained by comparing with those that lived sedentary lives or only maintained low physical activities. For women the differences were 1.5 and 3.5 years in total life expectancy and 1.3 and 3.3 more years free of cardiovascular disease.

This study shows that regular dancing not only prolongs total life expectancy but also a life expectancy free of cardiovascular disease at age 50. Cardiovascular disease is currently the number one cause of death in people ages 50 and up.

Other benefits of dancing are improved balance, posture, core strength and prevention of obesity. Dancing usually takes place in a social setting in which interaction with other people and the fun people have doing it, they frequently don’t even know they are getting moderate to high levels of activities and taking an active role in living longer, happier lives.

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Fall Session starting at The Bea HIve Dance Center

Fall Session starting at The Bea HIve Dance Center

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Professional Dance Teams in Orange County

Alma Latina Dance Co. and The Bea Hive are working together to put together one of the best kids dance teams in Orange County. We have established an aggressive program to commence this summer with students already enrolled in both companies dance teams.

This is a HUGE opportunity to the kids in Orange County!!!

Free Try Outs and Evaluations on

July 11th at 3pm

We will have 3 levels of teams so please, anyone can try out.

Ages 6-17. We even have toddlers that can salsa dance.

Beginners will be able to perform by December 2010 with one of the most well respected teams in the salsa community.

Our Try outs are FREE and you can ask all questions at

The Bea Hive with our director

Gaby Equiz and Sergio

See You There

Immune System Support

My boyfriend recently had a back injury.  Well, I'm sure it wasn't recent but a long time in the making with a blow out a few weeks ago.  He bent over to pick up something and BAM!!!!  The poor guy was walking around on crutches and unable to carry out normal activities of daily living.  The pain was excrutiating.  Now this was very disconcerting due to the fact that at this time, he doesn't have health insurance to cover major injuries.  So we paid cash for an MRI and found out that he has a 11-12 mm extrucated disc in his back.  The Dr. said that he would have to have surgery to fix it.  We were quite distraught over this as we could afford a doctor visit, but surgery, no way.

We own a dance studio together and one of our clients and friend, came to us and suggested to take the supplements that they were on. They gave us a story of when they first started and that it changed their lives.  Now this couple is NOT 20yrs old but middle aged such as we are.  They are at our studio every Friday and they dance till midnight as well as giving line dance lessons and more.  I can see that they are quite healthy.  She never complains of pain in her feet or back like we do.  She stated that after starting these supplements her bone spur did not cause her pain any more and her husbands digestion and bowel movements were regulated {like I really needed to know THAT!!}.

So we decided to try it.  We actually signed up to distribute so we could get it even cheaper and stay on it for a long period of time.  Well, it's been about 3 weeks and my boyfreinds back still hurts but he IS walking and occasionally even dances.  The only thing he is taking is the Acai Soda and the Colostrum.  He doesn't even take motrin on a regular basis any more.  Pretty amazing. 

As for me, I did it too because we bought all that product.  I feel like I have a ton more energy and my feet are much less sore than they used to be.  Overall I am very impressed with the product so I decided to let people know and introduce to it.  You can try it or not but it worked for us and it worked for our line dance teachers.  So maybe it will work for you too.

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