Comments on: How to Become a Dancer

on 8/27/2006 I started dancing at a very late age - 14. However, all of my life I have admired dance and now I am going to make sure that my dream comes true. There are all sorts of dancers out there, and not just the ones that have been in it since 3, studied at a big-time dance studio, etc. f you work as hard as you can and harder, you can achieve your dream. In fact, my best friend started a few months earlier than me and she will be starting pointe in two weeks!

Just remember to dance hard and keep looking for ways to improve. Always do your best and you can become anything!

on 8/15/2006 Just because people, friends, or parents say they don't share your desire to become a professional dancer, don't let it get too heavy or rain on your dreams. Without unrealistic dreams, no one would get anywhere they are now today. Dreams are a wish your heart makes, and only you can have the desire and ability to fulfill that desire/dream your heart has made. Pursue the hard and easy because in the end all is worth it with an amazing award. Remember we're not all sliding into our grave at the end well preserved. I'd much rather slide in broken boned and well lived.
Remember, everything and anything is possible, a dream is within your reach.

on 8/8/2006 The most important thing about dancing is to remember to smile and enjoy it. A good tip to perfect your dance moves is to dance in front of a full-length mirror so you can see what you would look like dancing in front of an audience. Always look up and center on the back of the hall or anything else but the audience.

on 8/8/2006 Even if you've been training for years at the best studio in town, since you were three (eight really is too old to become a professional ballet dancer with a good company), you still have a very slight chance that you'll make it. More reasonable careers in dance, if you don't get into a company, or if you did, after you are too old, are dance teachers or choreographers. Dance is an extremely competitive sport, and professional ballet dancers need to have the correct body type, joints, flexibility, strength, grace, balance and so much more. They have to work for hours everyday training, stretching, rehearsing... And you can just imagine the bunions they get. The point is, they're like actors, so many aspire but only a few excel and achieve.

on 6/30/2006 Just because you want to be a dancer and be famous doesn't mean you should get big-headed! Make sure you have friends surrounding you who will help you if you don't succeed in dancing.

on 6/30/2006 Always have a good stance, stand in a good, wide, parallel second. That way you always look ready to go and your dance moves will look a lot better. I'm currently a Westend dancer in Fame, and if you are auditioning make sure you have a good solid focus when you dance. Don't let your eyes wander, it looks very bad! And smile when you need to, don't look too scared and enjoy it.

on 6/30/2006 Even if you've been training for years at the best studio in town, since you were three (eight really is too old to become a professional ballet dancer with a good company), you still have a very slight chance that you'll make it.

More reasonable careers in dance, if you don't get into a company, or if you did, after you are too old, are dance teachers or choreographers. Dance is an extremely competitive sport, and professional ballet dancers need to have the correct body type, joints, flexibility, strength, grace, balance and so much more. They have to work for hours everyday training, stretching, rehearsing. And you can just imagine the bunions they get. The point is, they're like actors, so many aspire, but only a few excel and achieve.

on 11/22/2005 Don't fall prey to an eating disorder. Remain sensible about your choices and be cognizant of the fact that if you develop one, it can ruin your career. The one I developed essentially annihilated my chances at the only career I ever desired.

on 11/22/2005 Before dancing you should warm up all the muscles from your head to your feet. Work every muscle and at the end of a dance, do the same, but don't stretch. Just relax and cool down.

on 11/22/2005 If you want to be a dancer, you must have the willpower to say to your self, "I want to do it." Don't let people put you off being a dancer, or try to talk you out of it. If you have the gift of dance, all I can say is - go for it (if that's what you really want).