ok so this is all about dancing but what do we think of dancing how does it make you feel
does it show a diferent side to you
How does dancing on the ballroom floor make you feel or even in the club on a saturday night when you've had a few
or when you are in you sittin room supposedly cleaning


I love it i used to be very quiet and i am still quite aware of other peoples views of me but dancing is different i become unaware of everything
ITS FANTASTIC

Something graceful, elegant and beautiful.

Something I would love to be able to do.

But dancing in a club / party?

Yuck.

I don't like all this modern music. Bipping and bopping? Ooh no.
Why don't we have ballrooms everywhere any more?



I was so born in the wrong era.

SCD was the inspiration for me to take lessons. I always love dancing on a Saturday night, but after watching Karen Hardy (thank you Karen!) last year on SCD3 i decided to take lessons.

Learning dances like the Jive, Cha Cha, Rumba, Quickstep, Waltz and Tango to name a few have really opened my eyes to how fun it is. I only wish i had started younger so I could have had dance as a career!

I'm a primary teacher, and am starting a dance club for older pupils, teaching them things that I have learnt, and they can't wait to get started!

yeah i would love proper dance halls back and i know alot of other 17+ that would go so why not

I adore dancing. I don't really like clubbing and feel incredibly self conscious but when it comes to latin, ballroom or salsa it's totally different. I feel like I can be graceful and that I am actually pretty good at something. I pick up sporty things really quickly but nothing has ever grabbed me like dancing has. I only started properly this year at uni and am kicking myself for not having started earlier in my life.
Dancing gives my brain a chance to wind down too because I am studying for a science degree and feel kind of bogged down with work but when I dance that disappears.
Dancing is also a pretty darn good way of losing weight (of which I have too much).

Marvellous..well done daisy.

Thank you!

Daisy that IS brilliant, and great inspiration for me!

You should go and do it!
Its so much fun!
At my class im the youngest (im 22 nearly 23), but the mix of ages is from my age up to about 70!

I'm going to! I said in the dieting thread that once I have lost a stone, hopefully by the end of January, I'm joining a class!

Look forward to it

aw cool

Dance has taken me to places I never thought I'd go to, do things I'd never thought I'd do and allowed me to meet people I'd never thought I'd meet.

For me, dancing is a craft rather than a hobby. I love spending time perfecting it and finding other means of self-expression through learning such intricate and varied movements. It's like learning a language or how to communicate. You start off with a letter and use the letters to create a word. Then you pick up a few more words and before you know it you've strung together a sentence. Suddenly, when you grow in confidence, you feel capable of writing a novel! It's a very personal journey and sometimes a challenging one. But when you realise how far you've come and how much more you want to learn, then it becomes a part of who you are. One of the greatest pleasures I've ever had in life was discovering a secret that others have long known - the magic of two bodies in motion melting into music.

Clubbing is amazing fun when you have as much to drink as I do!

But yeah, I'm shy. But a lot more confident since I started dancing in Feb. I'd wanted to start sinse SCD started but it wasn't until Erin started lessons like 10 minutes walk from where I was living that I seriously considered it. It did take me the whole day to pluck up the courage though lol!!! Well and truely caought the dancing bug now! I dread to think what my new found passion is doing to my bank balance.....

I don't get much chance to dance but when I do I love it.

I don't mind dancing to cheesy disco music as at least it's easy to dance to! If you can just let yourself go and do whatever comes it's a lot of fun. But I prefer "real" dancing of whatever kinds.

I did a lot of linedancing one of my summers home from uni and it was really fun, plus you don't have to have a decent partner to make it good. It was great

I even dance around my house. I'd love to try ballroom and latin properly, am tempted by salsa, and would really love to do ballet again (I did it as a child)
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I dance to live....

I live to dance.

(This was something I had on a T-shirt as a youngster but the words are perfect!)

Also had a 'Born to Dance' one which is appropriate too as I was born into dance.

Great thread c graham. Have loved reading everyone's thoughts.

For me? Dancing was my life.

I started aged four at the local dance school. The fact that I was having lessons from one of the most respected teachers in the country at the time (Connie Millington) was lost on me - I just loved the music and the way it felt when I danced. Like I was being lifted up and taken over.

Connie's son Don took over my training and under him I learned how to be disciplined, the importance of training and having respect for one's teacher. I also learned to let go and give myself to the music. How to let it get in my head and body and move me from the inside.

There is a line in 'A Chorus Line' where one of the auditionees says that he thought that everyone choreographed routines in their heads whenever they heard music. Well that was me! I couldn't hear music without thinking of dance steps. I still do it today!

It's a long story but these days my dancing is restricted to nights out with friends, where I can usually be relied upon to be the first on the floor and the last off. The music still gets inside me and I still get transported to another place. Although with Rheumatoid Arthritis I pay the price for a long time afterwards! Hubby despairs of me, that I will put up with so much pain, but I tell him that to feel the way I do it's worth the pain and that when the day comes that I don't want to dance, he can get out the elephant gun and shoot me.

It is so great that SCD has inspired so many people to get out there and take it up. Through competitve dance, I travelled a lot, met so many lovely and inspiring people and had the time of my life. I also got to dance with some great partners, all different in ability and style but all wonderful experiences.

Dancing - there's nothing like it!

To me now dancing is very important... It took me out of a dark part of my past and is helping me get over my depression and get back in shape...


My friend is getting me lessons with the lovely Mr Cole and its just amazing... I love the passion you have to put in... After my partner died in 2004 my music went a bit haywire and was hard to carry on with... But now I have dance to let my passion out... I've even managed to get back into music...

All my Italian friends who know how to dance anyways just get us all together and randomly dance no matter where it is... We could be walking in the middle of the city center and will just randomly start dancing...

Beautifully put, and especially the last sentence.

Dancin' Doc.

I've always loved to dance, I studied ballet for years as a child and adored every minute. I'm not great in a club though, I never know what way to move. Since I started watching Strictly I've been longing to learn ballroom/latin and last night I finally had my first class! I loved every minute of it. It's only a 6-week class in salsa, jive and cha-cha but I've already decided as soon as it finishes I'm looking into more permanent class options.

Dancing is my "me" time…..It is a time when I am not thinking about "what I am going to cook the children for tea tonight" or about a "briefing paper that I have to prepare for my boss". I enjoy the feeling of just "letting go" and allowing the rhythmic pulse to transport me into another world. After my lessons I feel energised, creative and refreshed.

Dancing isn't my life but it is important to me.

...I think that's one of the best things about dancing... that you can get so lost in it as to forget anything else

I've actually lost two stone since i started dancing so its an excellent way to lose weight and get fit .

And also ,yes, it does make you feel elegant , graceful and feminine ( and this is coming from one of the original bra burners )

Sometimes its nice for a woman to feel feminine , just for herself

Dancing is everything to me !!

I eat sleep and breathe dance!! I go to dance classes 5 nights a week and on a saaturday i do drama and singing aswell. I study ballet, modern, tap, national, musical comedy, lyrical, comtemporary, street jazz and more .

I just love to dance and i dont know how someone could live without it!! I've been dancing since i was 3 ( im 14 now) and im never going to stop!!

When im 18 i want to move to london and do a musical theatre course and when im older i definately want to go into the performing arts business! i think my life would be over without dance!!

x iluvdancin x

Dancing... This is the one thing I was most scared of, yet turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. After Strictly last year, I felt sick of just sitting there watching the TV and not really knowing what was going on. I took it up in June and its fantastic! It has given me so much more enjoyment, I've become more confident as a person, and I've met great new wonderful people whilst doing it. Its the only thing where I can feel I can express myself fully!
Anyone who doesn't dance, I do strongly suggest you try it!
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