That's a very large question.
The beautiful thing about dance is that it incorporates the entire body, mind, and spirit. You are completely engaged in being present.
It's been proven through many studies that art training or musical training and movement actually enhances our understanding of mathematics. And there are many other similar studies.
It's the ability to incorporate the body in an intellectual endeavour, which is dance, and also a very instinctual endeavour. It makes for a very holistic and well-rounded individual. This is why it's very special. Whether or not someone becomes a dancer professionally, the training and disciplined commitment of becoming a dancer actually enhances and betters our society, because that individual has a more thorough, more comprehensive understanding of himself or herself, the body, and our community.
It's expression. It's awareness of the body. It's intellectual endeavour. It's discipline. It's commitment. It's expression into action. It's one of the most complete forms of development, I think, that a child can actually have at the beginning of his or her life.