Dance is an indispensable part of a person's life, and dance and music with the school curriculum are largely integrated into primary education. Physical movement can help with attention, speed and concentration, and dance movement can strengthen students' math and logic through metrical, rhythmic and dance patterns. Dance can develop body awareness, personal identity and self-control, and children can express their feelings and general expression through it. Its influence on the cognitive development of children is significant, so it should be part of the musical education of primary school students as an important part of the mosaic of acquiring musical culture, self-control, motor development, musicality and tolerance towards differences of any kind. The aim of this research was to examine the short-term memory of students before and after a continuous dance activity. The research was conducted in the summer semester of the academic year 2021/2022, and a total of 40 students of the 3rd and 4th grade of the Augusta Cesarca Primary School in Krapina participated. At the beginning and at the end of the research, students' short-term memory was tested with the Memory game. In the meantime, the students participated in twelve dance workshops over a period of two and a half months. At the end of the research, short-term memory testing was conducted again, in the same way as at the beginning of the research. The test results showed that the students' short-term memory, at the end of the research, was truly better than at the beginning.