The Importance Of Strictly Come Dancing

“It’s nice to see you to see you…nice!” This is one of the world’s most recognisable quotations by the host of “Strictly Come Dancing” the legend Sir Bruce Forsyth. The Saturday night show gathers approximately a whopping ten million viewers to ignore what goes on around them for that hour and a half. The television spectacle has also made dance for men socially acceptable due to the masculine role they perform. Who could forget one of Stictly’s most memorable moments as John Sergeant firmly marches across the stage dragging his partner Kristina Rihanoff behind him like a true bullfighter. Strictly has proved that dance has evolved into skill, glamour and passion. Dance is integral and part of every human being so why in school can we not use this method of expression effectively?

Dance has not left behind physical artefacts that clearly resemble stone tools in order to determine when it was created. Therefore, it is impossible to say when dance became a part of human culture. Ceremony, rituals and celebration entertainment is suggested to have formed from archaeological evidence since the early human civilisations. An example is the Egyptian tomb painting of dancing figures from 3300BC. One of the earliest uses of dance may have been myths. Before the invention of written languages, dance was one of the methods of passing information from one generation to another. As dance was used to tell stories it makes it very appropriate to incorporate dance into schools as all children love stories. Dance was also used to show feelings. An example of a dance ritual still performed today is the raindance. Native American tribes wear unique turquoise headdresses and clothing resembling wind and rain to perform the dance. The ...

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...as to end as we have contributed to the United Kingdom being the twenty-third fattest country in the world. Obesity is a major issue in Scotland with around 64% of people aged 16 and over being overweight or obese in 2012; with 27% falling into the latter category. The solution is simple. If dance was made part of everyday school life for all schools in Scotland this would help decrease these horrifying statistics, but in a fun way, encouraging pupils to participate. For example, the dance style “hip hop” primarily refers to street dancing. It involves various techniques such as “popping”,” locking” and “breaking”. This style of dance is very loose and free as there is no set formula to perform it unlike most academic subjects. This style taught in schools across Scotland would be appropriate as on average it burns six calories per minute as it’s very lively.