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Dance certainly helped my basketball (when I played) but basketball did not help my dance.

• pizza234 6y ago
  I've attended a workshop of a world-known dancer. They were saying that some dancers who got good quickly, were sports people prior to dancing. I personally support this theory; ultimately, in a very basic form, both dance and sport are grounded on physical coordination.
  • cycomanic 6y ago
    I think there are several aspects to this. First good athletes often have very good body awareness, but also and this is quite important as well, they are used to working and practicing with only seeing small immediate gains. In my experience many people who take up dancing see very experienced dancers and expect they will be able to do this after one or two courses. They then get frustrated, when they discover it's difficult and simply give up.