How many hours have you danced this week?

[DanceMentor]

How much have I danced this week? (asking myself)
Saturday 1 hour of private
Sunday 3 hours of group class
Tuesday 2 hours of practice, 2 hours of privates and 1 hour of party
Wednesday 1 hour of practice
Friday 1 hour of private, 1 hour of practice

So what is your dance schedule like?

[youngsta]

Sunday - 1 Hour group 4 Hours social dancing
Monday - rest
Tuesday - 1 Hour practice
Wedsday - rest
Thursday -1 Hour practice
Friday -3 Hours social dancing
Saturday - rest

[Sagitta]

Typical week

Sunday -- 2.50 hours of international folk dancing
Monday -- an hour at least of CU ballroom club class
Tuesday -- 2 hours of class, 3+ hours of social dance -- salsa
Wednesday --- 2 hours of Israeli-Latin folk dancing
Thursday -- about 1.5 hours of rueda practice

Then dance parties during the weekends... varying according from weekend to weekend...

[Spitfire]

Not nearly enough; I'll put it that way. :roll:

[Auzzie_Dancer]

Dancing a week. typically 5 hours a week

2.5 Ballroom\ New Vogue hours monday
2 Latin American hours tuesday
1 - 2 both hours wednesday

[crystal clear]

I usually dance about 10-14 hours a week (1hr - 2 hrs a day). Only 1 hour is in the dance school.. but I'm looking for other dance schools to join.

[TheArchon]

Wednesday --- 2 hours of Israeli-Latin folk dancing

OK, i must know what dance is that!

Hora mixed with Slasa steps, i cant even begin to visualize what this dance is...

[alfr dís]

monday- 1 hr of tap/ jazz
tuesday- 1 hr of tap/ jazz
thursday- 1 hr of ballet, 1 hr of tap/ jazz
saturday- 1 hr acrobatics, 1 hr tap/jazz

i wish it was more.... :cry:

[Sagitta]

Welcome to the df forums alfr dís!! Glad to have you with us!

[Sagitta]

Wednesday --- 2 hours of Israeli-Latin folk dancing

OK, i must know what dance is that!

Hora mixed with Slasa steps, i cant even begin to visualize what this dance is...

pm'd you with details of person who can explain it as I cannot do so as yet. :)

[danceguy]

Monday - Rest - ~30 min solo practice
Tuesday - 2.5 hours social dancing + lesson
Wednesday - rest ~ 30 min solo practice
Thursday - Salsa class - 3.5 hours practice (its usually only 2.5)
Friday - Rest - ~ 30 min solo practice
Saturday - Rest - ah my aching feet!
Sunday - My favorite Salsa venue...should be about 3-4 hours of social dancing + lesson

I need new dance shoes, mine are wearing out! :shock:

[Estella]

I danced only Thursday night.... 4 hours... social dancing.. :roll:

[dancersdreamland]

It's a sad, sad world...not even one :cry: :cry:

work...the evil anti-dance monster :evil: has taken control and will continue to do so for the next week as I'll be attending our biggest Conference out of town and away from dance class.

Good news...begin belly dance again (finally) the first week in March! :D

[salsachinita]

This is mine at the moment:

Mon & Tue - Rest
Wed - 2hrs salsa at on of the social sessions then 3hrs Salsa/R&B at a club
Thurs - 2-3hrs salsa at a club
Fri - 4hrs salsa at a club
Sat - 3-4hrs salsa at a club, or rest, depends on mood/special events
Sun - 3-5hrs salsa on the beach (warmer mths only) then descarga/salsa at a club 2-3hrs

This, of course, includes all the sit-dwon-while-all-the-guys-are-taken times :roll: ........some nights are better than others, depends on who's there. In my ideal world, this sit-down time would not be more then 30-40mins per night 8) !

Now I have to work on doing something on Mon & Tue nights.......

[Swing Kitten]

this week? zero! :x

time spent in the theater either working or attending rehearsal: 44 hours -- ugh!

[twodance]

This week I taught 48 one hour lessons 4 group classes and a party. Then my wife and I decided to go out dancing. Thank God for Dr. Scholls foot bath !! :wink:

[Swing Kitten]

ouch!

[DanceMentor]

This week I taught 48 one hour lessons 4 group classes and a party. Then my wife and I decided to go out dancing. Thank God for Dr. Scholls foot bath !!

And I wonder how many heats you dance at the comps....I remember the days. I'm starting to miss it. I may be back up there with you soon.

[twodance]

Usually between 200 and 300 heats. I think dancers have an on off switch on their butt. Every time they sit down they turn themselves off. MORAL: Never sit down when there is music playing : :banana:

[LindyQuest]

Four hours of social dancing yesterday, not nearly enough. Plus the number of dancers was really uneven; I'm guessing about 15 leads and 40 follows, so I didn't get many dances in. Of course since I really wanted to dance I got braver than I normally am and asked a few of the instructors to dance. :shock:
No chance to dance this coming week; hopefully it'll be better in a few weeks!

[SDsalsaguy]

Sunday: 1:30 - practice
Monday: 1:15 - practice (just post-accident :shock:)
Tuesday - Thursday: Recuperate a bit :(
Firday: 2:30 - social salsa
Saturday: 0:30 - practice & 4:00 - social salsa

[suek]

Okay and this is coming back from a near-fatal car wreck on the 9th (fell asleep at the wheel doing 70 on cruise control; nobody died thank god):

Monday 1 hour Carolina Shag class
Tuesday 1/2 of Turns and Arms class (don't care for the substitute teacher)
Wednesday 3 classes: 1 hour Lindy/Charleston, 1 hour Bal-Swing, 1 hour Blues. Went home instead of social dancing as my whiplashed neck was hurting
Thursday 2 classes: 1/2 hour HipHop (late for class), 1 hour Chicago Steppin'; 1+ hour social dancing
Friday Sacramento Lindy Ball...nearly three hours (this is after my chiropractor advised one hour max each Friday/Saturday)
Saturday 4 classes in a five-class Andrew Sutton workshop: Lead/follow connection, East Coast Swing, Charleston, Lindy Hop (left after first ten minutes of aerials class as my neck was warning me not to go further)
Sunday tomorrow social dancing 2.5 hours planned

[SDsalsaguy]

Okay and this is coming back from a near-fatal car wreck on the 9th (fell asleep at the wheel doing 70 on cruise control; nobody died thank god):
Wow, what's going on? You too? I'm so glad to hear that you are OK though!

Actually, I just found out that my half sister was hit by a car down in Australia this past week as well (clearly not a good week for my family and automobiles! :?)... she was running across the street to catch a bus and out of habit, andonly having been down under for a month now, looked for trafic in the direction she would have here in the U.S. ...fortunately she is fine save a broken metatarsal bone in one foot. Certainly painful but far, far better than it could have been thank G-d!

[suek]

Okay and this is coming back from a near-fatal car wreck on the 9th (fell asleep at the wheel doing 70 on cruise control; nobody died thank god):
Wow, what's going on? You too? I'm so glad to hear that you are OK though! You too! What happened to you? I see in the Insomniacs post that you're dancing more than your dr. advises...what do they know; they're civilians! I'm hoping you're okay.

[SDsalsaguy]

Okay and this is coming back from a near-fatal car wreck on the 9th (fell asleep at the wheel doing 70 on cruise control; nobody died thank god):
Wow, what's going on? You too? I'm so glad to hear that you are OK though! You too! What happened to you? I see in the Insomniacs post that you're dancing more than your dr. advises...what do they know; they're civilians! I'm hoping you're okay.
Yeah, I'm OK... totalled my car in a three car pile up on a freeway merge back on Monday. I'm still sore, but that's about it. Silly Dr. didn't even believe in chiropractic adjustments... that's when I knew not to put too much faith in what she said. There've been any number of times I would barely have been able to walk if it weren't for my chiropractor!

[dancin_feet]

Usually:

Monday - 2 hours private lesson and routine practice
Tuesday - rest
Wednesday - 1 hour Ballroom / Latin group
Thursday - 1 hour South American group
Friday - 1.5 - 2 hours social party
Saturday - 1.5 hours routine practice
Sunday - rest

This is just the official times, not including all the little practising of weight balance while walking around a shopping centre, or spinning while I'm going to the fridge, little step practice here, there and everywhere!

My practice doesn't stop!! :D

[borikensalsero]

Saturday, Monday, Tuesday - rest - that is, if there isn't something hot happening. There usually is... :D
Wednesday - 1:30 Class, and 4 hour social dance
Thursday - 4 hour social dance
Friday - 4 hour social dance
Sunday - 4 hours when I can, if I can.

God, if I put a 100 hours of dance a week, my lady would leave my butt.

[volleybgrl]

A usual week:

Monday: 1.5 hrs. group lesson, occasionally 1 hr. social
Tuesday: 2 hrs. group lesson
Wednesday: rest (or, depending on schedule, 1 hr. rueda, 1 hr. salsa, and 2 hrs. social)
Thursday: 1.5 hrs. group lesson
Friday: rest
Saturday: 1 hr. group lesson, 3 hrs. social
Sunday: rest

[tasche]

Unfortunately this week I've been as sick as a dog so zero dance time. Re car accidents had a near miss on firday during the rain. Hope you feel better soon SDsalsa guy. Socal traffic can be rough freeways esp

[SDsalsaguy]

Thanks tasche... Overdoing it at the salsa club Saturday night, 2 hours of ballroom practice on Sunday, and 12 hours on campus yesterday (too much sitting! :() called for a muscle relaxant when I got how last night, but I've been fairly medication free. Still a bit tight and stiff, but generally doing fine thank G-d.

...and glad to hear that your near miss was, indeed, a miss.

[TemptressToo]

In my opinion...not enough...

Typically...it goes like this...

Monday--sometimes none, but occasionally 1 hour private lessons
Tuesday--sometimes none, sometimes 1 hour group lessons (swing)
Wednesday--none (but I sure dance up a storm in my kitchen)
Thursday--2 hours group dance party (ballroom/latin/swing)
Friday--4 hours social dancing (swing and intermediate swing lessons)
Saturday--4+ hours social dancing (latin/salsa)
Sunday--none

[KevinL]

To echo several other posters, "not enough".

I generally don't consider time spent teaching as "dancing", as I usually only end up dancing for maybe 10-15 minutes per hour. However, in a usual week:

Monday: 2-3 hours of class, lately an extra 1-2 hours with a partner
Tuesday: 4-5 hours of class, lately an extra hour with a partner
Wednesday: review tapes 30min - 1 hr
Thursday: 3 hours of class
Alternating Fridays: 1.5 hour of class, 2.5 hours of dance (while DJ ing)
Ocassional Saturdays: 2-4 hours
Sundays: generally nothing, sometimes review tapes/practice

Kevin

[ShyDancer]

Very little Im afraid :( :(

1 hr of class, 1 hr private lesson, 2 hrs at social .....

But then again, it is only 7am wednesday here :D :D still got 5 dancing days left in this week!

[Pacion]

3 hours classes, two hours social. :oops: Not enough :(

The week isn't over yet! :banana:

[Doug]

This is a somewhat depressing thread. Since July 3rd, when I broke my ankle, 0 hours. My plan for at least the next several weeks is also 0 hours. I think I'll just sit and drink.

[Pacion]

Sorry to hear about your ankle Doug. How did you break it? How long will it be before you can start dancing again?

[Doug]

Thanks for the expression of concern.

Falling off a ladder. My wife and dance partner has decided that in the future, if it requires more than a step stool, I won't go there.

As to when I can resume, I had surgery to pin it all back together 2 weeks ago. The doctor said that the surgery went will and all will (eventually) be OK. I get more x-rays next tuesday at which time I am hope that my doctor will make some prognosis as to when I can be up on my feet again.

Meanwhile, here I am.

[Pacion]

Best wishes. Incidentally, your mentioning your wife reminded me about what you wrote in the X Factor thread about you and your not yet wife were trying to find a dance that you could do together. I guess you did, seeing as you referred to her as your dance partner. :wink: Which dance did you decide on in the end?

[TemptressToo]

This week...none. I'm taking a break from dancing. In the past month, I've been one time.

But...I DO get to go see a competition this weekend in New Orleans. Going to the Boubon Street Ball

http://www.worldpromotionsinc.com/bsb.htm

I'll get to dress up (my favorite), dance, and see the Vargas (I've seen them before).

It should be a great weekend.

[pygmalion]

Have fun, TT. :D

[Sagitta]

I'm curious as to what dance you picked Doug.

Moi --- almost 7 hours of practice / classes / assisting
--- about 7/8 hours of social dancing --- zydeco/AT/latin

[pygmalion]

This is a somewhat depressing thread. Since July 3rd, when I broke my ankle, 0 hours. My plan for at least the next several weeks is also 0 hours. I think I'll just sit and drink.

:( Oh! I'm really sorry to hear that, Doug.

[etchuck]

The summer hours for me:
2 hours Monday
3 hours Tuesday
4 hours Wednesday
3 hours Thursday

Then it depends on weekends, but that's at least another 5-6 hours.

18 hours a week... no wonder I'm not getting any work done.

[pygmalion]

Work??? People do that when they could be dancing? :shock: :roll: :lol:

[Lita_rulez]

Well, if I can figure out the math on this one...

Monday, say 4h30.
Since then, around 0h00...

I'm almost ashamed to say that as of this moment, I have only dance under 5 hours...

Then again, for my defense, I should add that it is now 4h47 AM local time, and I am still at work...


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Guess it was not destined to be a dancing week for me !

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Oh well, back to work !!

(Lita, in dire need of a hug to compensate)

[etchuck]

Sheesh... sounds like you need a hug AND a bed. :friend:

Darn... no sleepy emoticon.

[MacMoto]

Depends on how you count a week.

Since Monday... 0 hours. No dancing Mon-Thurs for me :(.

Last weekend...
3 hours on Friday
2 hours groups classes + at least 4 hours dancing on Saturday
2 hours on Sunday.

[Kate]

Monday - 3 Hours, Practising
Tuesday - Rest
Wednesday - 3/4 Hour, Silver Jazz
3/4 Hour, Grade 6 Modern
3/4 Hour, Gold Jazz
1/2 Hour, Stretch and Strengthen
Thursday - 3/4 Hour, Grade 3 Tap
3/4 Hour, Grade 4 Tap
3/4 Hour, Grade 5 Modern
Friday - Practising for as long as possible.
Saturday - 3/4 Hour, Grade 3 Ballet
3/4 Hour, Grade 4 Ballet
Sunday - Practising for as long as possible.

:D

[Lita_rulez]

Sheesh... sounds like you need a hug AND a bed. :friend:

Darn... no sleepy emoticon.

Yup... really need both...

Stick a forck in me, I'm done !!

27 hours straight (I actually forgot to go have lunch, and did not take the time to go for diner either) that's becomming a litle to much for me, I think I'm going to call it a day...

Come to think of it, if you add wednesday (14 hours, give or take) I have exceeded the amount of work I am suposed to do in a week...

Yup, that's definitly going to add up to taking monday after next off !

By all, I'm going to have a litle chat with my bed.
Actually, I'm more going to grab a byte firste.
No, need my be... no wait, eat firs... no, no, sleep.
Yeah, sleep is the way to go... nah, gotta eat fir...

Damn, I don't know weather I'll eat or sleep, but I'm going !!!

Lita : sleep deprived.


P.S.
still need to find someone for the hug, though... Somehow, I don't really think my boss is going to give in to that plea :lol:

[pygmalion]

Good night, Lita.

[AnnieMarie]

Zero hours for me this week...and probably next week too. That's what I get for hurting my ankle at the end of last week. :(

Since having to spend lots of time on the couch at home last weekend...I realized there really isn't much on TV. No wonder I love to dance so much.

Ann

[pygmalion]

Bummer. How's the healing process coming along?

[DanceAm]

Since last Saturday, 9 hours of practice and add two hours in lessons.

[standardgirl]

this week......
Saturday - 1hr group, 3 hrs social dancing
Sunday - 2 hrs group, 2 hrs social dancing
Monday - 1 hr Pilates
Tuesday - 45min private, 45min hr group
Wednesday - 1.5 hours group
Thursday - 45 min private, 45 min group, 1.5 hrs social dancing
Friday - 30min group, 1 hr social dancing

[Doug]

Thank you all for your expressions of sympathy! And AnnieMarie, get well! Hurt ankle bad. TV bad. Dance good.

So Betzi (definately my X-Factor) & I dance Lindy and Balboa. Since we are middle aged, it is not entirely age appropriate 8) given that most of our dance friends are younger than my daughter. Oh well. We do love the music (jazz) and the dances though.

Doug

[pygmalion]

Age appropriate? Ha!! Forget age appropriate. If you can do it and want to do it, enjoy yourself. 8)

[SuzieQ]

Monday--was supposed to have a one hour lesson, but got cancelled :cry:
Tuesday--one hour class, one hour "party" after swing class
Wednesday--one hour ballet, one hour lesson w/husband, one hour class
Thursday--none :cry:
Friday--one hour private lesson, two hour party
Saturday--two hour ballet class

[Katarzyna]

Monday - Practice 3 hours w/partner
Tuesday - Practice 2 hours alone
Wednesday - lesson cancelled 2 hours practice w/partner
Thursday - no practice
Friday - Practice 3 hours, social 4 hours
Saturday - possibly 2 hours alone... (I hate practicing alone :cry: )
Sunday - boot camp 4 hours, practice 2 hours....

[Gumby]

Monday - 1 1/5 hour practice 3 groups
Tuesday - 1 hr pr lesson, 1 hr practice
Wednesday 1 hr practice
Thursday - 45 min pr lesson, 45 min practice, 2 groups
Friday - no dancing - spend time with my dance orphans
Saturday - 1 1/2 hour practice, 1 hr pr lesson, 3 - 4 hours social
Sunday - Yoga (but - sob - no dancing studio closed -sob)

[IndyDancer]

Sat - 1 hr practice w/partner
Sun - 45 min private lesson
Mon - 45 cha cha group class, 1.5 hr salsa syllabus class
Thurs - 45 min WCS group class, 1.5 hr studio party

[Kitty]

Saturday - 4 hours social dancing,
Sunday - 1 hour private lesson with partner (latin),
2 hours long team practice (small group class, 1 hour latin, 1 hour standard)
Monday - skipped 2 (latin) group classes that I have already paid for :shock:
Tuesday - no dancing
Wednesday - skipped 2 (latin) group classes :shock:
Thursday - no dancing
Friday - will probably go to a social,
Saturday - no dancing, I think
...

All june and half july my weeks looked like this:
MOnday - 2 hours (latin) group class, 1 hour practicing (standard) with a friend
Tuesday - practice (latin) by myself about and hour
Wednesday - 2 hours (latin) group class, 1 hour practicing (standard) with a friend
Thirsday - practice (latin) by myself about and hour
Friday - practice by myself
Saturday - 4 hour boot camp (latin and standard)
Sunday - private lesson (standard)

I got to the point when it is too much. So this week I'm resting

[Purr]

Monday: arrived early for 10 minute stretch warm-up; 45 minute private lesson, worked on mambo exhibition routine and reviewed several dances for multi-studio mini-compeition in 2 weeks

Tuesday: arrived early for 10 minute stretch warm-up; 45 minute private lesson, reviewed several dances, had fun especially with west coast swing & two-step

Wednesday: 45 minute Latin styling class

Thursday: 45 minute private lesson, demonstrated progress on mambo routine to another student (she liked the swivels); reviewed dances, worked on waltz & rumba technique

Friday: 1.5 hour practice party

Saturday: 15 minutes sampling music for mambo routine & 30 minutes practice at home in the morning; renting Dirty Dancing Havanna Nights to watch with a friend from the studio this evening

Sunday: planning on doing 30 minute workout routine & 30 minutes of practice at home

[Adwiz]

Being without a partner at the moment, my dance schedule has really slowed down, and I'm pretty bummed out about it.

When I have a partner I'm able to do more privates and practice. Right now I'm typically doing:

Sunday: 1.5hour group class

Monday: 45-minute workout in the morning (I climb Vancouver's Grouse Grind, which is a great dancer's workout -- 3,000 feet straight up involving about 10,000 "steps"), 1 hour group class, half hour practice

Tuesday: 2 hour hard dance-oriented workout in the morning with my personal trainer, 1 hour dance practice, 1 hour private lesson, half hour practice, 1 hour group lesson, 2 hours social dancing (the whole day is pretty much all dancing related)

Wednesday: 1 hour hard workout in the morning, 1 hour group lesson, 2-3 hours social dancing

Thursday: rest

Friday: Grouse Grind in the morning, 1.5 hour group class, 3 hours social dancing

Saturday: 2 hour hard bike ride in the morning, 1 hour practice

[pygmalion]

Hang in, Adwiz. :?

Have you checked Dance Partner.com? I believe they do US and international partner matches. I bet if you post your profile, you won't even have to pay. Posting your profile is free. You only pay the membership if you want to contact someone.

[Adwiz]

I have a profile on dancepartner.com, and another on ballroomdancers.com partner search site. A couple of responses so far, but they didn't lead to anything workable yet. I've got posters up in the studios and the word out. My instructors say to keep up the group classes so I'm seen. Something is bound to come along eventually.

[etchuck]

So now this past weekend:

Saturday: organized dance going from 7:30 to 1am. Didn't dance the entire time, but let's say I did a good bit of it during the actual dance.

Sunday: 3 hours of foundations Argentine Tango lesson... followed by dancing salsa for 3 more hours.

[salsachinita]

this was what I wrote back in Feb:

This is mine at the moment:

Mon & Tue - Rest
Wed - 2hrs salsa at on of the social sessions then 3hrs Salsa/R&B at a club
Thurs - 2-3hrs salsa at a club
Fri - 4hrs salsa at a club
Sat - 3-4hrs salsa at a club, or rest, depends on mood/special events
Sun - 3-5hrs salsa on the beach (warmer mths only) then descarga/salsa at a club 2-3hrs

This past week I had only danced for 1.5 hrs on Wed, 2 hrs on Sat, & 3 hrs on Sun.

I'm so not used to NOT dancing :cry: ....!