Can tango be beneficial as a form of therapy? The BBC's "The World" thinks so. Check it out.
They describe how researchers are studying the benefits that learning and dancing tango can have for people suffering from Parkinson's Disease or depression.
Money quote (this one is about Parkinson's):
“We compared tango to American waltz and foxtrot and tai-chi and found that, while there were improvements in all of the groups, the improvements in the tango group were always equal to or superior to those in the other interventions.”
It makes perfect sense. Lots of social stimulation, using your body in a conscious way, learning new things (and trying to remember old ones)... What's NOT good about it?
(Spasibo, Tamara!)
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