GymDance at Gym Wizards

GymDance is an exciting brand new addition to the services that Gym Wizards has to offer.

GymDance combines the same tumbling elements that are in our regular syllabus, with a dance component. Just like our scientific six-step syllabus, the Gym Dance syllabus starts with the basics of tumbling and dance at Yellow level, and progresses to more advanced dance and tumbling movements all the way up to Gold level.

What makes GymDance different to our tumbling classes is that all the tumbling and dance elements are combined to create a short choreographed routine that is set to music. There is one routine per level from Yellow Beginner all the way to Gold Advanced.

Having the routines set to music adds the challenge of hearing counts and keeping time with the music, as well as allowing the children to express themselves by adding their own little artistic interpretation of the music if they are creative in that way.

Studies have shown that Gymnastics and Dance strengthen the neural networks in the cerebellum, which is the area responsible for balance, physical coordination and for coordinating our social interactions. This is because Gymnastics and Dance involve a variety of coordinated movements, and practicing them causes more connections to grow between neurons, improving memory and increasing the ability to master new information.

So clearly, Gym and Dance are a winning combination!