Princess,
The requirements to be a "real," ballerina are so harsh that they break girls hearts everyday. A young girl is usually off track for ballet on on track (by the system,) for jazz or modern by the third year!

What I meant was that the body has to be perfectly proportioned. You can't have an overly long torso and your inseam must be long. ( My inseam for my height is long compared to others my height, giving me long legs.)

They are vicsous but there is plenty of work for those who do not cut it on the body requirements of these high end companies. I was born with luck in the body department is all.

Still, I walk and move funny from dancing all my life! LOL
dancer

thy are tough requirments all right and something i wouldn't have know. regarding the bodie requirments over and above the hard work that bit i did know about.

Is dancing a sport or art? just a thought and i genuinlie don't know how its classed.

Celtic, Thank you for your
interest in dance. I consider myself
as do my friends, an artist. We are
considered by the medical and science
community to be athletes. We are athletes to
them because we sustain such grave injury to
our bodies over the course of our career.

I feel the music flow through my body
and that is all when I dance. I am not
thinking about what I am doing, or how
I am doing it, I am thinking about the music
and how it feels and trying to show that
with my body from the tops of my fingertips
to the bottom of my feet. I become part
of the music and the story I am telling
to the audience and work very hard to
convey that to them. I want to bring them
in to the music and the story with me
so they can experience it first hand.

Did you know that dancers walk, dance
and move anytime they move, PUSHING
into the floor? I thought I would throw
in a bit of trivia too. We are always
pushing hard into the floor so our
movements look fluid and graceful.
Try pushing into the floor once
while you are walking and that is
how a dancer dances and walks! Every
foot muscle is working ever step we
take!

Thanks again, Celtic!

dancer9

i will try the pushing into the floor bit, i haven't yet but can imagine (i think) that a dancer would need something to act as a counter/ take the straine from the effort otherwise the rest of the bodie wouldn't look as gracefull.
i onlie gessing i try it then watch a bit more closlie next i see someone dances.
thanks dancer for the explinasion the big one and the little tips, its an area i don't know much about, the closest i get is the wiggling done on a dancfloor to typical music lol.
i do know what you mean about hearing/feeling the music however i not the best at translatting it or expressing it via my bodie. I do however get lost when listening to music.

i got a good clear pic of the art/athleat destinction now, makes perfect sences when put like that.

DANCER you sound passionate about dances so i assome you are passionate. Do you feel luckie having had and still having such a passion in your life?

You got it, Celtic! Do you know how many people cannot understand why dancers push into the floor?
NO one gets it!
Good for you! Wow.
dancer