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Advice from dancers please! (or anyone)

Mon, 31 July 2006, 02:49 pm
Sariele9 posts in thread
Hi there, *brace yourself for a bit of backstory here* I am an ex dance student who wanted to try and go professional up until I was about 16. Then I had a bit of an emotional crisis and decided that I was never going to make it, and gave up on the idea of auditioning for WAAPA. I would have probably got in too; at the end of year 12 I won a Subject Exhibition for Dance from the Curriculum Council, and I know that all my teachers were disappointed that I didn't want to dance as more than a hobby. Not that I was particularly brilliant, but I at least may have had a future as a choreographer or something. So instead I went and did a useless film degree. Then I quit dancing all together at the age of 21, as I couldn't keep up with all the little 18 year olds in my classes any more. Since then I've just been doing a fun and not very challenging tap class once a week. But now, I'm starting to become plagued with regrets. I've been waking up in the middle of the night close to tears because I've been dreaming about dancing and how much I love it. It's becoming a bit unbearable. (Sorry to be so dramatic!) So my question to you guys is: Is it possible for someone who is 25 years old who has lost pretty much all of what little dance technique they used to have to go back to classes and become even better than they were before (to the point where they may even be able to audition for professional shows)? My inspiration is Catherine Zeta-Jones who hadn't danced since she was 19 before she did Chicago. True her performance was mostly singing-based, but she could move too! Sorry for being so long-winded, but I really really need to know what you guys think. Thanks. :)

completely agree!

Mon, 31 July 2006, 06:26 pm
first of all let me tell you a little story (short i promise!) i have a friend in england who was an extremely well-off real estate agent, he was given a raise a new office and was pretty much set up for the "perfect life", he didn't admit it to anyone but he was unhappy and regreted having left dancing at the age of 18 but felt that things were too secure and he didn't want to take the risk and go back... until he recieved the news that he had cancer. immediantly he started treatment and luckily his story is a happy one see the treatment worked and he vowed that he would be happy so he returned to dancing. he now owns a small dance school and couldn't be happier. don't let it take something awful to fuel your change... it might not always be a happy happy joy joy experience but in the long run you'll be a better person for making yourself happy. but he that dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose. Anne Bronte "The Narrow Way"

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