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Welcome to the Nia Leicester website. Come to our Nia classes and experience the Joy of Movement. Dance can not be described by any single definition. It can take up many meanings. It can be thought of as an artistic form of nonverbal communication. In a more precise definition generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. Dance can be used to express one's feelings as well as it can be thought of an art which can be used to communicate. In Nia, dancing is understood in its broad meaning and any type movement can become a dance. That is why we integrate martial art movements in our routines. Nia means the "body's way." Practiced with mindfulness, Nia can lead to personal understanding and transformation. Nia is both a movement and a lifestyle practice. In Swahili, Nia means, "with purpose," which is exactly how we teach you to move. In Nia, you learn consciously, mindfully, and with intention. Move to get fit and stay healthy. The initials Nia, stand for Neuromuscular Integrative Action, which is a descriptive term we use for describing our tool box of exciting, Eastern/Western, barefoot, cardiovascular movements, concepts, and techniques. "To dance is to be out of yourself, larger, more powerful, more beautiful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking." - Agnes de Mille "I praise the dance, for it frees people from the heaviness of matter and binds the isolated to community. I praise the dance, which demands everything: health and a clear spirit and a buoyant soul. Dance is a transformation of space, of time, of people, who are in constant danger of becoming all brain, will, or feeling. Dancing demands a whole person, one who is firmly anchored in the center of his life, who is not obsessed by lust for people and things and the demon of isolation in his own ego. Dancing demands a freed person, one who vibrates with the equipoise of all his powers. I praise the dance. O man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you." -Saint Augustine (A.D. 354 ... 430) Member of Dance UK