text: running // do you think runners make better dancers? i think dance requires such endurance to really do it for more than a couple minutes, the cardio of benefits would translate well to dance.  does anyone else think there's a parallel?  i really don't dance at all unless i'm forced to at a wedding or something, so my personal experience with this is really limited. as a parent/grandparent of athletes, i would definitely say yes.  my son was a dancer with the sacrament ballet.  he appeared in the nutcracker.  he was also a good swimmer and baseball player.  the entire okland a's baseball team does nutcracker every year.  there is difinitely a correlation between sports and dance.  i am assuming you are a runner.  as you know, most sports, and many performing arts have the same body building attributes.