Healthy Dancing

Can we tango away our ills? Foxtrot our way to better health? Dance provides exercise of body and mind and a unique platform for social bonding; could this contribute to the medical progress of the next 100 years? Asked to share his hopes and fears for the future with Strictly Science – the ten-day exhibition in London celebrating the past, present and future of medical research – choreographer Bruno Tonioli envisages a world that has embraced the healing power of dance. Perhaps if the whole world could move in harmony to the same tune, it could find a balance of peace and health. Great dance requires cooperation and understanding between participants. This spirit, Bruno hopes, might be globally embraced to cure the greatest ‘disease’ of all – fear and ignorance.

Written by Anthony Lewis

Anthony Lewis

Writer

Ant was the web editor in the early days of BPoD, and has since worked with the UK’s top science organisations as a writer and multimedia producer. He now splits his time between freelance work and managing multimedia at The Lancet.

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• Strictly Science is a 10-day free public exhibition being held at Imperial College London, exploring the past, present and future of medical research
• PEMG, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre