Square fitness dance has a long history. According to the research of art historians, the earliest art produced by human beings is dance, and the fitness dance in middle-aged and elderly squares is the mother of dance. Square fitness dance originates from social life and comes from the people, who are the creators and performers of square fitness dance. In the long river of history, people not only created the square fitness dance, but also developed the square fitness dance for middle-aged and elderly people, which made this flower of folk art deeply rooted in the social life of the masses and passed down from generation to generation.

With the enhancement of people's subjective consciousness and participation consciousness and the extensive development of square cultural activities, square fitness dance has attracted more and more attention from all walks of life. It has become an indispensable and important form and content in urban cultural life. At the same time, the square fitness dance has played an irreplaceable positive role in people's better life in the 2 1 century with a brand-new attitude.

According to the superficial understanding in teaching activities, the author thinks that developing dance activities for middle-aged and elderly people is not only of great benefit to middle-aged and elderly people, but also of considerable significance to dancers and dance majors. 1, adjust. To sum up, it can regulate mood, life and interpersonal relationship. 2. Fitness and health care. 3. Colorful cultural life is integrated into life, enriching the cultural life of the elderly.

With the continuous progress and development of society, square culture, as a social and cultural phenomenon, has attracted more and more attention. As an important manifestation of square culture, square art is in the ascendant. The function and performance area of square dance have changed greatly. Since the founding of New China, the Party and the government have attached great importance to the construction and development of mass culture. Especially since the 1990s, the government has established many cultural squares in cities above the county level. Square dance has undergone tremendous changes quietly. Square dance has entered the city from rural areas and become an indispensable part of urban cultural construction. Today's square dance is active in every corner of the motherland and has become the highlight and landscape of urban life. At the same time, it has given new content to the square dance. Because of the particularity of square dance art, it can play an unexpected role in fitness in entertainment, making square dance a city dance that integrates entertainment and fitness. The shadow of square dance can be seen all over the country from morning till night. To sum up, contemporary square dance has integrated the consciousness, behavior and form of modern dance, thus forming a style with modern square dance. With the enhancement of people's subjective consciousness and participation consciousness and the extensive development of square cultural activities, square dance has attracted more and more attention from all walks of life. It has become an indispensable and important form and content in urban cultural life. At the same time, while moving along the healthy track of inheritance, innovation and development, square dance has played an irreplaceable positive role in people's better life in the 2 1 century with a brand-new attitude.

Today's square dance has been affirmed by more and more people of different ages. In the major squares of major cities, there will be people dancing square dances, including many young people. This shows that the era of national fitness has come, and everyone has begun to pay attention to their own health. The interaction between young people and old people also adds a lot of fun to square dance.

From a psychological point of view, people's attention is the direction and concentration of psychological activities on an object, that is, attention is restricted by direction. In the process of dancing, their attention must be focused on appreciating elegant dance music and expressing their inner feelings along the rhythm. Because of the shift of attention, the functions of other parts of the body can be adjusted and fully rested. Therefore, participating in line dancing can relieve tension and stress, and practitioners can enjoy beautiful music and beauty.

Memory is the reflection of past experiences in the human brain. It includes four basic processes: memory, retention, reproduction and recall. Its forms include image memory, concept memory, logical memory, emotional memory, sports memory and so on. In the practice of choreography, we should not only use image memory and concept memory, but also use emotional memory and sports memory. With the continuous growth of age, memory will decline at a very slow speed, which is a natural law and a normal phenomenon. Constantly stimulating the cranial nerves through choreography can slow down the physiological phenomenon of memory loss and achieve good brain-strengthening effect. The practice of square dance is to dance with the soul in the beautiful music melody, inject delicate emotions into the dance posture, show various dynamic and static postures with superb dance skills, shape various wonderful artistic conception combinations, reflect beautiful posture and beautiful modeling, and create artistic conception which is highly combined with sports and art, health and strength, giving people artistic edification and beautiful enjoyment. Therefore, square dance practice has higher requirements for shape, posture and health. Regular participation in line dance practice is a good physical exercise, which can improve the coordination ability of the human body, strengthen the muscle groups of all parts of the body, increase bone density, and has a very positive bodybuilding effect.