Read the article below and give your insight about this. Is Dancing the Kale of Exercise? ~ by Marilyn Friedman, April 30, 2019, NY Times. com. …
music and movement help older people by triggering positive memories, sometimes
transforming withdrawn seniors into talkative, engaged individuals. It’s worth noting that the
mental and physical benefits of dancing aren’t just for the young at heart. “Dancing increases
cognitive acuity at all ages. It integrates several brain functions at once — kinesthetic, rational,
musical and emotional — further increasing your neural connectivity,” said Richard Powers, a
social and historic dance instructor at Stanford University. [Norma Miller reflected] “Whenever
there was a difficult crisis, going back to dancing always made me overcome it. Dancing
has been the elixir of life, all my life.” [Norma Miller died May 5, 2019, at age 99 | December
2, 1919 – May 5, 2019]