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Old 12-10-2015, 15:22
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absolutely a dirty ringah I would say
In some respects, filthy dirty ringah, but on the other hand the points you would lose for all the face pulling at the music choices and themes and choreography given to you would likely level out the advantage.

"This isn't salsa! You can't make me dance to this!"
Hang on a cotton picking minute. How come I am getting singled out as the ringiest ringha on the thread above all them that were ballet poppets.

Dead right about playing my face though. In that I would be world class!
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:25
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Hang on a cotton picking minute. How come I am getting singled out as the ringiest ringha on the thread above all them that were ballet poppets.

Dead right about playing my face though. In that I would be world class!
aw, sorry but if I am a ringah then so are you
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:27
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Started when I was 6, and I'm still dancing - although I could not do, at my age now, what I used to twenty years ago. These days it's a lot of AT (5 hours last night) and Cuban salsa.

I guess I'd be the grubbiest, dirtiest ringer evah, evah - but I still want to dance with Artem
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:29
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I think I would be a very dirty ringah.

Did ballet from the age of 2, as a child did tap, modern, jazz etc. As a teenager did street (which I was awful at), contemporary and some salsa. Went to a few swing dance classes at university (my swivel is excellent). Only ever had two "formal" ballroom and latin classes. As an adult I currently take 3 ballet classes a week and recently started back at tap. I'm also young and very bendy if that counts.

Never done argentine tango though
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:31
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About 40 hours Ballroom/Latin training (basic steps), about 20 hours each of Salsa and Argentine Tango (although the AT training was completely wasted, I didn't make any progress at all ), a 12 hour Contemporary Jazz course, and as one of my classmates at college was a fully trained Charleston/Swing dancer who enjoyed teaching, about a million one-to-one hours of Charleston.

I'd be a ringah, no doubt, but only in Charleston would it show fully (if I got it week 2 I'd probably cause a DS meltdown by getting 10s). I don't think I'd score below 30, unless I got unlucky and got Argentine Tango week 3 or something (I really did not get on with that dance). Dance order would be crucial in me getting to the final, as there are some dances I'd be really good at (Charleston, Jive, Samba, Quickstep, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, American Smooth, Rumba), some I'd be fairly good at (Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble), and some I'd be a bit naff at (Viennese Waltz, Argentine Tango) - I could end up being Pixie 2.0 if I got one or two of the last 5 late in the series.
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:34
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No childhood experience or classes what so ever. Sad about that because I think that is when it is of most value.

Started salsa in my late 20's. Doing the usual classes in pubs etc. of varying quality. Initially I couldn't even clap out the rhythm or find the one in the music, let alone the two! Have danced social salsa ever since so more than 15 years. Took up Argentine Tango about 7 years ago. I take a weekly class and am now teaching assistant.

Does that make me a ringha, dirty or otherwise?. I don't think so but you decide.
Nope. We'll never sneak in. Too many chairs, too many shoes....
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:37
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Started when I was 6, and I'm still dancing - although I could not do, at my age now, what I used to twenty years ago. These days it's a lot of AT (5 hours last night) and Cuban salsa.

I guess I'd be the grubbiest, dirtiest ringer evah, evah - but I still want to dance with Artem
Now that my friends is a RINGHA!!!!!
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:39
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I think I would be a very dirty ringah.

Did ballet from the age of 2, as a child did tap, modern, jazz etc. As a teenager did street (which I was awful at) and some salsa. Went to a few swing dance classes at university (my swivel is excellent). Only ever had two "formal" ballroom and latin classes. As an adult I currently take 3 ballet classes a week and recently started back at tap. I'm also young and very bendy if that counts.

Never done argentine tango though
And That!!!


About 40 hours Ballroom/Latin training (basic steps), about 20 hours each of Salsa and Argentine Tango (although the AT training was completely wasted, I didn't make any progress at all ), a 12 hour Contemporary Jazz course, and as one of my classmates at college was a fully trained Charleston/Swing dancer who enjoyed teaching, about a million one-to-one hours of Charleston.

I'd be a ringah, no doubt, but only in Charleston would it show fully (if I got it week 2 I'd probably cause a DS meltdown by getting 10s). I don't think I'd score below 30, unless I got unlucky and got Argentine Tango week 3 or something (I really did not get on with that dance). Dance order would be crucial in me getting to the final, as there are some dances I'd be really good at (Charleston, Jive, Samba, Quickstep, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, American Smooth, Rumba), some I'd be fairly good at (Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble), and some I'd be a bit naff at (Viennese Waltz, Argentine Tango) - I could end up being Pixie 2.0 if I got one or two of the last 5 late in the series.
AND THAT!!!!

Shuffle up on that duffers bench I am coming aboard!
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:40
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Nope. We'll never sneak in. Too many chairs, too many shoes....
I have my own hat stand!
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:58
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On paper I'd be a ringer. To watch, I'd be lucky if I were as good as Jamelia. Which is why I have no problem with Jay etc "having a dance background" because dancing that well takes innate talent and hard work.
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Old 12-10-2015, 15:59
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About 40 hours Ballroom/Latin training (basic steps), about 20 hours each of Salsa and Argentine Tango (although the AT training was completely wasted, I didn't make any progress at all ), a 12 hour Contemporary Jazz course, and as one of my classmates at college was a fully trained Charleston/Swing dancer who enjoyed teaching, about a million one-to-one hours of Charleston.

I'd be a ringah, no doubt, but only in Charleston would it show fully (if I got it week 2 I'd probably cause a DS meltdown by getting 10s). I don't think I'd score below 30, unless I got unlucky and got Argentine Tango week 3 or something (I really did not get on with that dance). Dance order would be crucial in me getting to the final, as there are some dances I'd be really good at (Charleston, Jive, Samba, Quickstep, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, American Smooth, Rumba), some I'd be fairly good at (Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble), and some I'd be a bit naff at (Viennese Waltz, Argentine Tango) - I could end up being Pixie 2.0 if I got one or two of the last 5 late in the series.

The only thing that I could manage without lots of lessons, would be a barefoot ''contemporary/ lyrical'' rumba with no actual rumba steps. I would spend half of it on the floor and the other half doing turns
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Old 12-10-2015, 16:02
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The only thing that I could manage without lots of lessons, would be a barefoot ''contemporary/ lyrical'' rumba with no actual rumba steps. I would spend half of it on the floor and the other half doing turns
I do that most Saturday nights on the way back from the pub
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Old 12-10-2015, 16:09
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I probably would be. Tap and ballet as a toddler, and I carried on weekly tap classes till I was 16ish. I was only one set of exams away from becoming a qualified tap teacher, which is crazy to me! Did the odd bit of jazz and modern, but not to the extent of tap. Also did "street dancing" from about 5 till 16. I seriously injured my knee at 15 though, and had some time out. Went back to it but my knee wasn't really strong enough. I danced in four dance/drama productions put on my the company than ran my dance classes, and we also did dance shows at school which I took part in. Haven't done any dancing for a decade now and have never done ballroom or latin.

I can spot well - that was something I never had an issue with - and I obviously got experience of learning routines, but other than that, I don't really see how my experience in the above would help me in ballroom or latin. I'd be a beginner like most others when it comes to learning what a fleckerl is (i wanted to called it a fleckle which shows you how much I know, but Google came to my rescue!) or which dance requires heel leads or toe lead etc.
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Old 12-10-2015, 16:14
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I have my own hat stand!
Ooh! I'm jealous. Hello Fred

I have 8 pairs of AT shoes and more OTT earrings than any woman could ever need ...
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Old 12-10-2015, 16:16
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The only thing that I could manage without lots of lessons, would be a barefoot ''contemporary/ lyrical'' rumba with no actual rumba steps. I would spend half of it on the floor and the other half doing turns
I wanna see this!
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Old 12-10-2015, 16:25
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I probably started this type of thread last year as well. But in view of all the criticism directed towards Jay and Helen and Peter etc.

How many of us in this forum would be considered to be 'ringahs' if we were to become famous and compete in Strictly?

I would probably be considered to have 'dance experience' by some on the forum but not by others as my experience is not in ballroom or latin. I have also not trained as a dancer, but I have attended lessons for much of my childhood + 10 years as an adult.

I'd probably start out ok in the first few weeks and then fail to progress.
I did ballet, tap and contemporary dance until I was 15 and then contemporary dance on a very adhoc basis into my early 20s. I have danced on stage (while a child) and used to dance with three of the guys who went on to found Phoenix Dance (when I was doing my contemporary dancing lessons with Nadine Senior, who went on to found the Northern School of Contemporary Dance) and I have also danced with Paul Liburd, who was European Dancer of the Year in the early 90s.

Plus I had a couple of ballroom classes during my years as a journalist when writing a feature about a tea dance which had been meeting for 40 odd years So I'd probably be considered a ringah!

However, that was all 20 odd years ago and since then I've torn ligaments in my left ankle twice, I've put on loads of weight, I just spent 9 months in hospital including 5 in an induced coma and was left paralaysed from the neck down for a while because of spinal damage due to CPM and Critical Illness Polyneuropathy so the fact I need a wheelchair to go more than 50 metres would probably be a slight disadvantage and I need to use crutches to walk anywhere might also be a hindrance

Past experience needs to be weighted very much against the present situation imho.
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Old 12-10-2015, 16:31
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The only thing that I could manage without lots of lessons, would be a barefoot ''contemporary/ lyrical'' rumba with no actual rumba steps. I would spend half of it on the floor and the other half doing turns
I'd probably turn out Strictly's first Contempo-Argentine Tango, keeping Craig, Darcey, and Bruno happy while Len gives me a 5.
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Old 12-10-2015, 17:54
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Ooh! I'm jealous. Hello Fred

I have 8 pairs of AT shoes and more OTT earrings than any woman could ever need ...
Oh you just gave me a SITC flashback. If you watched it, it was the one when Carrie realises how much money she spent on shoes over the years and can't afford a deposit to buy her flat.
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Old 12-10-2015, 17:56
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I did ballet, tap and contemporary dance until I was 15 and then contemporary dance on a very adhoc basis into my early 20s. I have danced on stage (while a child) and used to dance with three of the guys who went on to found Phoenix Dance (when I was doing my contemporary dancing lessons with Nadine Senior, who went on to found the Northern School of Contemporary Dance) and I have also danced with Paul Liburd, who was European Dancer of the Year in the early 90s.

Plus I had a couple of ballroom classes during my years as a journalist when writing a feature about a tea dance which had been meeting for 40 odd years So I'd probably be considered a ringah!

However, that was all 20 odd years ago and since then I've torn ligaments in my left ankle twice, I've put on loads of weight, I just spent 9 months in hospital including 5 in an induced coma and was left paralaysed from the neck down for a while because of spinal damage due to CPM and Critical Illness Polyneuropathy so the fact I need a wheelchair to go more than 50 metres would probably be a slight disadvantage and I need to use crutches to walk anywhere might also be a hindrance

Past experience needs to be weighted very much against the present situation imho.
Oh bless you how horrid. All that to contend with and not being able to dance it away. Some great memories though I bet.
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Old 12-10-2015, 17:58
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I did Irish dancing as a child, did some theatre, have a couple of years' ballroom experience, social dance regularly and take private lessons weekly. I think on current form the forum would explode if I were to take part, and I probably have about a tenth of the experience of the most proficient dancers on here at best! You'd only be able to tell in ballroom though, my Latin is abysmal!
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Old 12-10-2015, 18:09
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I'd be in the duffer category. Had a few tap classes when young and went to a handful of ballroom classes which were for absolute beginners a few years ago.
A couple of Zumba classes doesn't really count does it?.... Or that I've wiggled about my living room to the Flavia/Kelly workout DVD?

On the other hand though I distinctly remember being 2nd in a 'Saturday morning club' dance competition when I was about 5 or 6. I won a Spirograph set for it while the BOY who won it got a camera! I was livid. - They wouldn't hold this against me though and call me a DIRTY RINGAH would they?

I'd be the one voted out sharpish for thinking I was much better than I actually was just because I watched the show so think I know all there is to know about dancing!
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Old 12-10-2015, 18:12
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I did ballet, tap and contemporary dance until I was 15 and then contemporary dance on a very adhoc basis into my early 20s. I have danced on stage (while a child) and used to dance with three of the guys who went on to found Phoenix Dance (when I was doing my contemporary dancing lessons with Nadine Senior, who went on to found the Northern School of Contemporary Dance) and I have also danced with Paul Liburd, who was European Dancer of the Year in the early 90s.

Plus I had a couple of ballroom classes during my years as a journalist when writing a feature about a tea dance which had been meeting for 40 odd years So I'd probably be considered a ringah!

However, that was all 20 odd years ago and since then I've torn ligaments in my left ankle twice, I've put on loads of weight, I just spent 9 months in hospital including 5 in an induced coma and was left paralaysed from the neck down for a while because of spinal damage due to CPM and Critical Illness Polyneuropathy so the fact I need a wheelchair to go more than 50 metres would probably be a slight disadvantage and I need to use crutches to walk anywhere might also be a hindrance

Past experience needs to be weighted very much against the present situation imho.
Oh my goodness you've had quite a time of it. I don't know about anything else but I think you definitely deserve a spot in a 'People's Strictly' if they ever have it again
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Old 12-10-2015, 18:17
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I'd probably turn out Strictly's first Contempo-Argentine Tango, keeping Craig, Darcey, and Bruno happy while Len gives me a 5.
We call it Nuevo Tango, it does exist - and I think you'd rather like it

Here ya go!
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Old 12-10-2015, 18:17
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I think I'm reasonably reasonable at waltz and quickstep.....at least I'm told I am by teachers .....though not in those precise words.

I don't go near Latin though!!
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Old 12-10-2015, 18:19
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I did ballet, tap and contemporary dance until I was 15 and then contemporary dance on a very adhoc basis into my early 20s. I have danced on stage (while a child) and used to dance with three of the guys who went on to found Phoenix Dance (when I was doing my contemporary dancing lessons with Nadine Senior, who went on to found the Northern School of Contemporary Dance) and I have also danced with Paul Liburd, who was European Dancer of the Year in the early 90s.

Plus I had a couple of ballroom classes during my years as a journalist when writing a feature about a tea dance which had been meeting for 40 odd years So I'd probably be considered a ringah!

However, that was all 20 odd years ago and since then I've torn ligaments in my left ankle twice, I've put on loads of weight, I just spent 9 months in hospital including 5 in an induced coma and was left paralaysed from the neck down for a while because of spinal damage due to CPM and Critical Illness Polyneuropathy so the fact I need a wheelchair to go more than 50 metres would probably be a slight disadvantage and I need to use crutches to walk anywhere might also be a hindrance

Past experience needs to be weighted very much against the present situation imho.
Dammit. You've really been through it. However, you will know your dance so I glad you are here and I've liked reading your views on things.
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