Comparing with all the other styles of dance, ballet burns the most calories (Cipolla, “Dance’s Effects on the Human Body & Mind”). Ballerinas can burn up to 432 calories per hour while engaging in this activity (Cipolla). During ballet dancing the development of long, lean muscles rather than big, bulky muscles is necessary. Having a strong core also helps dancers to develop a precise sense of balance and center of gravity. This is useful as a dancer ages, because a leading cause of injury in older people is from falling on brittle bones. Ballet dancers know how to control and align their muscles correctly so they have good posture. In time, poor posture can also cause a misalignment in the spine and lead to even more pain (Cipolla). Due to the dancers’ strong posture, back pain is lessened compared to that of non-dancers the same age. “Flexibility or limberness refers to the absolute range of movement in a joint, or series of joints, and length in muscles that cross the joints to induce a bending movement or motion” (Taylor). Dancers are less likely to get strained muscles because their wide range of motion and flexibility allows them stretch past the point of the average human. Dancing is as much mental as physical. Therefore, there are mental aspects that happen to ballet dancers as…