Does dancing keep one young?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
Canada
September 18, 2016 9:46pm CST
I have come across several videos of older people who can dance like it's nobody's business. Do you think that dancers keep their youth well into their old age. The caption says that Toni Basil is 72 but watch her dance.
I'm amazed! I think I'm going to start a dancing program. Anybody want to join me?
Do you like to dance? Are you a dancer? 
Toni Basil, 72 years old, young at heart and in body and mind, 'A Legend and Pioneer'. Toni was at the All4house workshop July 2016, showing she's still got ...
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
20 Sep 16
Wonderful that you can dance cha-cha and swing! I don't think that what we dance is important in staying young but that we dance and so keep dancing whatever dance you enjoy. 
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
21 Sep 16
@1hopefulman Yes, that is true . I dance crazy but vigorous moves whenever i do my exercise on weekends . 
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@burningquestion (37)
• United States
19 Sep 16
I don't know if you would call it dancing, but I move around a lot in a joyful, spastic, geeky way when I listen to classic rock and clean the house. I get the chores done a lot faster and it makes me happy!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
I think any movement to music is dancing. So keep dancing to your heart's delight! 
@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Sep 16
I have a lot of hardware in my back now, so I don't have the flexibility I used to. No, I was never a dancer but I did like to dance anyway.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
I'm not much of a dancer either but do love music and pretend that I am dancing.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
@CinnamonGrl So you have a rocking chair in which you rock. Way to go!
@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Sep 16
@1hopefulman Mostly I rock out in my chair lol
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
22 Sep 16
Wonderful! Did you watch my video posted under Sue Hamlin? What do you think?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
@LadyDuck This one!
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
25 Sep 16
@1hopefulman Thank you for the link, it's a good video, congratulations.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Yes, she is amazing! Well, I like to think that we are all dancers in our own way, especially when no one else is around as some of us are a just a little bit shy.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
2 Oct 16
@just4him We do what we can!
In my Bible reading I came across this verse and I thought you might enjoy it. Psalm 150:4 (New International Version) 4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,
In my Bible reading I came across this verse and I thought you might enjoy it. Psalm 150:4 (New International Version) 4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,1 person likes this
@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Sep 16
@1hopefulman If I could dance like that I wouldn't be shy. I don't consider myself shy anyway. I just can't dance anything more than shuffling my feet.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Oh, too bad you live so far away! From now on, whenever I get in the mood to dance, I'll remember that somewhere else there are many others also dancing.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
26 Sep 16
@1hopefulman And I'm sure you will be right. Dancing is good for the spirit.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
24 Sep 16
always loved dancing. then got so much arthritis i can't and get short of breath. i really miss it. i think it does keep some young if they are able to do it.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Yes, when our health deteriorates some enjoyable activities, sadly, have to be put aside.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
I'm not a good dancer and very self-conscious of how bad I am. But tonight in the gym room, I was the only one there and so put on some music and between exercise sets I did some dancing, if one can call it that. It did make me feel good.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Maybe you could start a class yourself by finding a good dancer to teach the class voluntarily as you already have a couple of students?
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
20 Sep 16
I think doing anything that you really enjoy doing keeps you young. I remember our very first betamax video recorder Hey Micky by Toni Basil was the first thing we recorded and my kids played it over and over again. Happy memories stirred by this post. She doesn't seem to have aged much at all :D
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
22 Sep 16
You are right about doing things that one enjoys keep one young especially fun things like dancing. Great that you remember Toni. She dances amazingly at any age.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5017)
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21 Sep 16
I like to dance! Every body in my mother's side love to dance. It's in the genes. But these days, after my surgery I have limited mobility. My doctor told me that \i can resume in my Barre classes but \i must avoid ballet and zumba.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Sorry to heat about you health challenge but I hope that eventually you'll get back to where you were before your surgery. Dance as you can and hen you can!
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
Well, I'm 67 and maybe if I start dancing it will keep me as young as Toni Basil. What do you think?
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
19 Sep 16
@1hopefulman 67 is still young. Of course you can still dance all you want.
Dancing makes us feel young because it is a really good form of exercise.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
20 Sep 16
@magallon So I will dance like nobody is watching and make sure that when I dance nobody is watching.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
21 Sep 16
I'm not but dancers do look graceful and its fun too.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Yes, it is enjoyable to watch good dancers.but dancing is fie everybody as we can dance in our own style even if it is different from others.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
19 Sep 16
Yeah ... !! Better start dancing! 
A friend told me about a Finnish dancer who is really amazing.. She is almost 90!! I'll try to find her online...
A friend told me about a Finnish dancer who is really amazing.. She is almost 90!! I'll try to find her online... 1 person likes this
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
Dancing of any style is a pleasant activity if our health permits. I saw the video that you mention. I'm glad that some of us are able to keep dancing way into old age. I hope I can do that too. It would be nice.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
16 Jun 18
@1hopefulman My leg is healing, let`s see if I can dance in a couple of months..
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@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
17 Oct 16
Dancing burn calories and it is fun.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
17 Oct 16
Well then, let the burning and fun begin! That's a really cool point!
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