Dancers

Hi there! I take classical ballet! It's definitely not easy, especially since I started 3 years ago, but I love every minute of it! I'm working hard and hoping one day to be able to dance en pointe.

caimay149 wrote: »

Hip hop and locking. Very intense class/rehearsal schedule and I'm constantly struggling to get enough rest! Here I am in a class:

That is AWESOME! I can relate! Even though I don't take hip-hop, at ballet, I'm the one with sweat rolling down my face and chest, (aside from the fact that we're in an un-airconditioned studio, I'm the 36 year old in with the teen girls. My instructor that taught the adult class was unable to teach again this year, so the owner of the school (her sister) just stuck me in the Thursday night class, which is the advanced class, it's the girls who have been dancing since they were *literally* 3 and 4 years old. They're all extremely supportive of me, and surprisingly enough, to have only been dancing for 3 years, I can keep up at the barre, it's once we move to the center of the floor that I am MUCH slower, my technique needs a LOT of refinement, and there are things they can do that I can't.

My favorite was a few weeks ago, when Cindy, our instructor told us to pointe our feet- she said, and I quote- "Girls, I want to see you pointe your feet NOW!!! I want to see what they look like NOW! Not what they're gonna look like when you're thirty!"

I looked at her and said, "standing right here!" Everyone burst out laughing!

(Taking a "selfie" of yourself while en sous sus without the barre isn't the easiest, so this picture is ALL kinds of blurry! *LOL*)

Modern jive and blues for me. I try out some new things from time to time - but it has to be partner dancing for me.

I take classical ballet and various styles of bellydance.

I am a professional shagger. It's a form of swing.

I can only imagine. What form(s) do you do? collegiate shag, lindy hop, west coast, etc?

I haven't danced in about10 years. I danced from age 3 to age 24. I miss it and am contemplating taking some classes through Ballet Arizona, just trying to decide what level and which day works best. In my 20+ years I think I have done every form of dance, staples were ballet/pointe, modern, tap and jazz.

I quit because I felt my only option was teaching and I didn't have a good experience with that early on. I wish I had stuck with it though!

My Flamenco classes are the bright light at the end of my day. This past week we've been on an autumn break, and I've had to drop two classes because I'm going back to school – which sucks. I just want to dance!

Hi. I do various styles of bellydance, and sacred dance as well as instruct classes. Absolutely adore this art form.

I dance flamenco as a hobby. I did it when I was young into my teens and then again for the past six years with my daughter. We had a bit of an issue the past couple of years with a teacher from one school who had been asking us and other students to perform for free at restaurants, private gigs, concerts etc but was asking/receiving professional fees from those venues whilst often not dancing herself and not giving us lessons or anything in exchange either. Her reasoning was , as one of the ex-students told me after a blowup between them about a wedding event, is that she is the professional and we are not. Good enough to dance at professional gigs = good enough to pay something though. However I have recently been taking classes with my daughter's awesome school whom she switched over to last year where the expectations about performances are very clear and ethical. I also respond better to their teaching method. Looking forward to another year and the new dances.