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

Abstract

The author indicates the multidimensionality of the understanding harmony in the development of preschool and early school children. It presents the issues of motor skills, sensitivity and empathy, and ballroom dancing as a tool for harmonizing children’s development. It presents the results of research carried out by a group of trainers working with children learning ballroom dancing. Analyzing the research results, she indicates that ballroom 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 developmental spheres stimulated by dance activity can support harmony in children’s development.