How old are you?

[DanceMentor]

I'm curious of the age group in the Dance Forums.
A. 18 or below
B. 19 to 30
C. 31-40
D. 41-50
E. 51-60
F. 61-70
G. Over 70

I would be C (31-40). I'm 34 years old.
I gave ranges just in case you don't want to give your exact range.

[Vince A]

DM,
Do you really think everyone will respond to this???

I'm not serious here . . .

How about H. Over 21?

[hermia13]

I am 16 and I love to dance. But I mean I am the youngest at my studio and that is not fun.

[DanceMentor]

I just wanted to say "hi" and welcome you (http://www.dance-forums.com/guidelines.php) to the forums!

I wish I would have started when I was 16. You'll be the best at your studio in a few years if you stick with it. BTW, in your profile, what is EMO?

[Vince A]

Hi hermia13, and welcome . . .

Ditto on wishing that I was 16 when I started.

Info you . . . in our studio, we have a young lady that started when she was 12. She just turned 15, is an advance dancer in at least 8 dances, and, she is knocking on the door of turning "Pro" - if she didn't have to contend with school and if she could teach dance. She spends every spare minute in the studio, yet she finds time for many other social things in her life, plus time for her family and riding her horse.

How bad do you want it???

[Danish Guy]

I hit a C.

I’m still under the 40 mark. 8)

[Swing Kitten]

I'm in the B range... I hope this helps you with our statistical data! :wink:

[MissAlyssa]

B

I'm 20. 21 in December. I started teaching early, and I'm known at my studio as "the kid with a lot of potential" lol :lol:

[Annvious]

I am 26!!!!!!!!!

[Spitfire]

D.

Old enough to know better, but not enough to care. :mrgreen:

[pygmalion]

This is really personal, but for the sake of statistical accuracy ...
I'm a C.

BTW most of my ballroom dancing cronies are C's or D's, as well.
Around here, there are two really active ballroom dancing demographics --
the college crowd, and the forty-somethings. Salsa folks seem to
come in all ages.

[lindy jihad]

hullo everyone.
now, i didnt really see a 'introduce yourself' thread, so this will have to do.

i would fit into that A class. i will be 18 on monday.
i'm heavy into trad. jazz dance of the 20-early 40s, and have been into it for about 5 years.

i guess you could call me a lindy fundamentalist/separatist.


anyway, i'm adam. known as nocturne on other forums.

[youngsta]

33 here

[SDsalsaguy]

33 here But still a "youngsta" at heart, right? :lol: I love it!

[youngsta]

The name is actually a play on my last name Young, but I do live by that mantra SD!

[verrronika]

Ow, this is one of the most dangerous questions (after weight)..
But oki: Just turned 18.. :shock: Good thing I'm not the youngsta on here ;) This is what tends to happen most of the time. I have begun developing an inferiority complex already :lol:

[pygmalion]

verronika.

You're eighteen, and you're gorgeous. What more can a girl ask for? :D

In all seriousness, though, what sets you apart in this crowd is not how old you are, but whether you love to dance. And you obviously do.

[verrronika]

*blushes severely*
I didn't expect that to come.. :oops: Thanks for the compliments, Pygmalion!! I can't say I necesserily agree, but I won't argue :))
and indeed, I love to dance. I really needed something hightened - and so I started to tango..

[MissAlyssa]

they don't call it tango for nothin...

you just tan-GO-GO-GO!! :lol:

[Phil Owl]

This Owl is 43 years YOUNG!

[linggg]

Group A ! Turned 18 a few weeks ago.

Probably too late to start dancing competitively but will try anyway.

[JenSwayze]

I just turned 19 so im in the B column (pheww) I just made it, hehe

[MissAlyssa]

you are not too late to start to dance competitively!!!!

[Vince A]

Wow . . . no one is close to my age . . . think I'll retire, but I want you to know . . . . I can still kick a** on the dance floor in a WCS!

[pygmalion]

I want you to know . . . . I can still kick a** on the dance floor in a WCS!

And a bunch of other dances, too, I bet. :D

One of the best ballroom/social dances I've ever had was with a gentleman who couldn't be less than eighty. Dancing forever, it seems. Gold Star level, at least. And so, so smooth. He led me into stuff I didn't know existed and made me look good doing it. :D

Gotta smile, just remembering. :D

Being a youngun ain't all it's cracked up to be!

[Vince A]

The tough part is "wondering why I'm standing out in the middle of this huge wooden floor?"

[Swing Kitten]

I'm glad I'll never get like that! Knock on Wood... .... Was that the front door or the back!???

:lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Group A ! Turned 18 a few weeks ago.

Probably too late to start dancing competitively but will try anyway.
Just keep in mind that Carmen started ballroom at 17...


...and now is a 4 time World Professional Latin Champion :!: :!: :!:

[pygmalion]

So where are all the other voices? Hmm This is the internet, folks. chances are you'll never see these people, so 'fess up. How old are YOU? :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

I am 16 and I love to dance. But I mean I am the youngest at my studio and that is not fun.

Welcome to the Forum Family!!!! Again, I would have to agree with others, that I wish I would have really gotten into dance when I was younger. All the best to you for many more years of happy dancing!

i didnt really see a 'introduce yourself' thread...i will be 18 on monday.

Welcome to the Family as well and happy early birthday!!!

[dancersdreamland]

Duh...I completely forgot to mention my age in the last post...I tend to be kinda spacey. I fit into category "B" at the ripe young age of 23.

BTW...if you want to get more answers without members disclosing their identity, you could run a poll with the same age brackets. Just a thought.

[SDsalsaguy]

Hmmm, looks like I never answered...

Well, when the question was first posted I was in the B category...but since then I've been promoted :wink:

[dancersdreamland]

SD - HAPPY BELATED B-DAY!!!!!

[pygmalion]

Ah yes! The big three-oh! I remember it well. :D
Happy B-day, SD!!!! :D I'll bring a vegetarian cake when I come to Cali! :wink: :D

Jenn

[SDsalsaguy]

Not to be technical, but if it was three-oh I'd still be in the B category. Nope, three-one happened while I was down in FL for the USDSC...3rd year in a row that I've been there for my birthday too.

Thanks for the birthday wishes dd! :D

And I'll be looking forward to that cake Jenn...just not sure if I can eat it given my current nutrition regimen :wink:

[pygmalion]

Fine. Soy-barley-algae cake. :lol:

Oh my goodness! Even joking, that sounds bad! How about I take you out to lunch at a place of your choice? Yeah. That's better. And happy thirty-oneth. :lol: :D :D

Hugs and kisses. :D

[SDsalsaguy]

:shock: Yuck! Even to me that "cake" doesn't sound so good.

Well, even after the fact, you're still the only person to ever wish me a happy thirty-oneth! And with hugs and kisses too! All those other people are so un-original...its thirty-first from all of them...which means that your lunch treat will taste just that much better.

Looking forward to it Jenn...just keep me posted regarding your SD plans.

[Swing Kitten]

I'm not sure where I missed it but what's your nutrition regimend? It's sounding sorta vegan. But I know they have cake! Special vegan crack cakes!

[SDsalsaguy]

I'm not sure where I missed it but what's your nutrition regimend? It's sounding sorta vegan. But I know they have cake! Special vegan crack cakes!
No vegan crack cakes for me thank you very much! Blech!

As for my current eating habits, for the past couple of months I've been really working at getting back in shape. So, in addition to regular visits to the gym, I've really been tightening up my eating habits. Lots of protein powders and supplements, fruits and veggies, complex carbs, little fat, lower sodium, etc.,...

[dancer at heart]

I tried the protein powder before....it was a bit hard for me to digest :?

I myself turned 27 this year....and though some people are afraid of aging, I actually think that getting older has more pros that cons....better understanding of people and life and more appreciative of the things that I used to take for granted :wink:

[SDsalsaguy]

I tried the protein powder before....it was a bit hard for me to digest :?
Which one though? There are whey, egg, caseinite, and soy powders...not to mention all of the various blends.

[SwinginBoo]

Twenty-three years of age.

Most people think I'm sixteen. I work in a middle school. The other day one of the students asked me if I was a student here. :tongue:

[Vince A]

Is no one older than me on this forum???

I know Joe is . . . he admitted to being 80+ . . . but no one else? 8)

[SDsalsaguy]

Sorry old-timer...you're it! :wink: :tongue:

[dancer at heart]

Which one though? There are whey, egg, caseinite, and soy powders...not to mention all of the various blends.

Gosh I've tried them all....my GI just does not seem to absorb it well. I used to do the Pritikin regiment (a bit health conscious since I'm involved in cancer research)...but ever since I started dancing, I've drop some weight and have since tried weight lifting to hopefully gain some muscle & upping my protein intake, but it is so far not happening..... :(

[dancergal]

Is no one older than me on this forum???

I know Joe is . . . he admitted to being 80+ . . . but no one else? 8)

Hey Vince, I'll admit to being in the D range. Is that where you are?

[Vince A]

Absolutely not!

[pygmalion]

Age, my dear friends, is nothing but a number! :D

[Vince A]

Until something forces me to change, that's all age is to me!

[dancersdreamland]

Along with only being a number...you're only as old as you act! :tongue: ...and I say act young and frisky!!! :twisted: :wink:

[Swing Kitten]

Along with only being a number...you're only as old as you act!

The country's population of 14 year old boys just quadrupled!! Thanks dd!!

[pygmalion]

Young and frisky! I think I can handle that! :lol: :wink:

[dancersdreamland]

Along with only being a number...you're only as old as you act!

The country's population of 14 year old boys just quadrupled!! Thanks dd!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
(we need a clapping icon to go with this laughter!)

[Vince A]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Looks like a bunch of line dancers or a harem of happy bellydancers???

[SDsalsaguy]

Hey now...could be cloggers too! Can't forget our clogging members :wink:

[Vince A]

Hey now...could be cloggers too! Can't forget our clogging members :wink:
Just a second here . . . they don't have clogs on . . . well, they aren't showing their bellies either, nor is there straw sticking out of their ears.

You're right, they could be anything!!!

[DanceMentor]

Along with only being a number...you're only as old as you act! ...and I say act young and frisky!!!

Great advice, dancersdreamland. Dancing is by nature playful, and I think it helps us all to stay young.

[MissAlyssa]

I think I'm pretty near the bottom of this totem pole.. :?

[Swing Kitten]

That will change... .... with time !

[SDsalsaguy]

That will change... .... with time !
:lol:

[MadamSamba]

I'm in the B group, but I wish I started when I was in the A group! :)

[dancer_of_god]

I didn't read all of them, but I'm 13, so there. I've been dancing since 1st grade, and still active. HA HA HA :roll:

[will35]

Probably everybody here wishes they had started in 1st grade. I remember in about the fifth grade, we did the American Waltz and Foxtrot in PhysEd class. Of course, we were too worried about Breakdancing to care.

[pygmalion]

will35,

I WISH we had dance in PE. We did the old-fashioned stuff. Calisthenics. Yuck!

[will35]

Yes, I remember we did some square dancing, too. And maybe the Virginia Reel or something else. It might have worked if the people in charge had chosen some things that were a little closer to us. Maybe some disco or something. I remember the movie Tango, which I thought was terrible as a movie, but it had the scene with the kids learning Tango in primary school.

[dancer_of_god]

square dancing is very cool. Last year, i did it for the first time, and it was a blast!!!! i'll never forget it.

(I have my mom to thank for getting me started on dancing at all. she literally force fed me ballet dancing on a silver platter until the point of no return. then i quit balllet and tapped my heart out, thank goodness!!!) :twisted:

[SDsalsaguy]

I didn't read all of them, but I'm 13, so there.
OK, so our DF Family spectrum is now complete... from here all the way up to Vince! :tongue:

[will35]

You know, I'd give a million dollars if I had it to see some video of those days when my friends and I were learning to waltz when we young. And think of it, I am still trying to learn to waltz, just in Spanish now. Those teachers were really nice to try to teach us some useful social skills.

[Vince A]

I didn't read all of them, but I'm 13, so there.
OK, so our DF Family spectrum is now complete... from here all the way up to Vince! :tongue:
Thanks Jonathan . . . remind to hit you with my cane . . . if I can remember what you're reminding me off . . .

That's 5-6-7-Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . .

[Dancegal]

I'm in the "C" range. Feel as if I still were in the "B" range, but on occasion reality bites.

[Sagitta]

I'm in the B group!! :D

[ballroomboilergirl]

I am 16 and I love to dance. But I mean I am the youngest at my studio and that is not fun.


I feel for all you 18 (and under!) year olds out there, for I too (and Neodevin, who is 13 hours my senior :lol: ) am in the A range...but only for 21 more days :D Trust me: when you are the youngest person on a collegiate ballroom dance team, you count down the days until your next birthday :oops: At least you don't have to stay in the hotel room watching Miss Cleo while all the other team members go out to the bars when you go to competitions :cry:

However, even though I started a few months ago and I am told that 18 is very young to be starting ballroom, if I have one regret, its not starting even earlier. I think it would have done me a lot of good both mentally and physically to have such a positive influence as ballroom in my life at age 16 :D So hang in their girly, just think of it: you could be dancing (and winning!) at Nationals by the time your 21st birthday rolls around! :wink:

[NeoDevin]

I'm the second youngest in dancing around here, by about a month. Poor Courtney, can't go out to the bar with everyone else ;). Makes me glad the drinking age up here is 18.

[Sagitta]

You are the third youngest!! dancer_of_god is 13 I believe!!

[NeoDevin]

No, I meant around here, as in at my school.

[pygmalion]

It's amazing how quickly time flies. Before you know it, you'll be GLAD to get carded. You definitely won't be hoping not to get carded. Ah... the ironies of life. :lol:


My assessment: enjoy whatever you've got.

[danceguy]

Hmm, I used to get carded even just a few months ago. This one bar/restaurant always carded me and I finally asked one of the waitresses what the deal was. She said "you have such a baby face!" which made me turn bright red.

(hint to the ladies, most guys HATE to be called "baby-face", myself included! :evil:)

I said "take a closer look, see the gray hairs? I'm almost 30!"

I decided to grow a beard again since I got tired of being mistaken for being a lot younger than I am. Since when I was 20 and had a beard people thought I was 30, now that I am almost that age it seems to fit somehow. :)

[NeoDevin]

Awww, cute wittle baby face Erick!!!! ;)

[danceguy]

Hey! None of that! :evil:

It's not all bad, I've gotten quite a few dates thanks to that baby-face, so there! :tongue:

(of course, I've also been turned down for quite a few due to it, but hey, that's the women's fault if they don't know a real man when they see one). :P

[lilsexyclogger07]

i'm 14..15 in march.....and have been clogging for 10years!(since i was four) :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

wow... that's a lot of clogging!! you must rock!

btw, care to explain your signature for us non-clogging folk? :D

[lilsexyclogger07]

lol thanks...it took a lot of time to be as good as i am but i love it and my friends at school are Wow'd by it lol.......the keep kicken the heels thing s just like saying keep on dancin' .......the its a clogging thing ya'll wouldnt understand i just liked cuz its like the texas saying..lol :P

[Swing Kitten]

ok, I thought º·.¸(¨*·.¸ ¤ ¸.·*¨)¸.·º meant something clogging specific that "I wouldn't understand"

somethimes you just don't know what you don't know

[lilsexyclogger07]

oh lol no its just a little design around my name that is.. :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

:lol: good to know ... thought it was somesort of choreography shorthand or something :shrug: :lol:

clog on sister!

[lilsexyclogger07]

thanks! and you keep doing whatever you are doing!
(what kinda dance do you do? just curious)

[Sagitta]

SK does swing!!

[lilsexyclogger07]

Oh fun! :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

I think it's fun ... I have a long way to go but I enjoy working at it when I get the chance.

[TheArchon]

B , 29....

Thank God(Forum admin that be) for editing...

[Sagitta]

I think it's fun ... I have a long way to go but I enjoy working at it when I get the chance.

Oh, you are too modest!! :)

[Vince A]

I think it's fun ... I have a long way to go but I enjoy working at it when I get the chance.

Oh, you are too modest!! :)

Yea, don't you just hate sandbaggers??? J/K . . .

[Swing Kitten]

I think it's fun ... I have a long way to go but I enjoy working at it when I get the chance.

Oh, you are too modest!! :)

lol and how would you know? :roll:

[LindyQuest]

I just turned 30, so I guess that puts me at the tail end of the "B" category...

[Sagitta]

I think it's fun ... I have a long way to go but I enjoy working at it when I get the chance.

Oh, you are too modest!! :)

lol and how would you know? :roll:

Oh, wouldn't you want to know!! :wink:

[Swing Kitten]

that sound's like an evasive non-reply reply if I ever heard one!

[NeoDevin]

Isn't it obvious? He's stalking you!

[Swing Kitten]

it's too long of a drive fom Ithica ;)

and Sagitta has far better things to do :D

[lilsexyclogger07]

i really need to get on this more often i have like no posts lol :cry:

[dancin_feet]

Just slipped into the "C" category not long ago. This is one gal who is not worried about people knowing how old she is.

I'm 31 and proud of it!!! :D

[NeoDevin]

it's too long of a drive fom Ithica ;)

Bah, it'd better not be too long of a drive, because you're coming to visit me when I make it there! ;) :kissme:

[Sagitta]

it's too long of a drive fom Ithica ;)

Bah, it'd better not be too long of a drive, because you're coming to visit me when I make it there! ;) :kissme:

I was wondering what was going on and now it has been made clear. :idea: SK is part of Neo's Ithaca plans! :wink: :)

[Swing Kitten]

just a shameless flirt doing his job :roll: ... shamelessly!

He and scorpionguy are in cahoots and conspiring against me.

[NeoDevin]

just a shameless flirt doing his job :roll: ... shamelessly!

And doing it well I might add :!: :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

which of course is something to be very proud of...

I hear it looks really good on a resume.

[NeoDevin]

It does... just ask my old boss, it kept the female customers coming back.

[Swing Kitten]

good to know that you're so selective :roll:

[NeoDevin]

I'm not selective with who I flirt with, I am selective who I get close with.

[PaulaAbdulFan]

I'm 16. :-)

[Sagitta]

I'm not selective with who I flirt with, I am selective who I get close with.

I'm tempted to comment. Hmmm...I think I will. I flirt if that is part of the character of the dance. If the music tells me to flirt I flirt!! So I cannot be slective with whom I flirt with, but depending on how my partner responds to me the flirting does vary. Similarly I'm not selective with whom I get physically close to when dancing, but again I'm aware of my partner's comfort level and adjust to suit her. :)

[NeoDevin]

I wasn't meaning physically close... or just flirting while dancing...

[TemptressToo]

is today. Today, Feb. 18, I turned 26. I don't look it though...in fact, while dancing with 17 year olds...I often get asked, "so what high school do you go to?" I laugh before telling them that I finished my BACHELOR's degree four years ago. ;0

[NeoDevin]

Well Happy Birthday!

[SDsalsaguy]

is today. Today, Feb. 18, I turned 26. I don't look it though...in fact, while dancing with 17 year olds...I often get asked, "so what high school do you go to?" I laugh before telling them that I finished my BACHELOR's degree four years ago. ;0

Happy Birthday TT!!! :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

[Estella]

I´m 29... and don´r tell me I´m too old for writing in the forums! :lol:

[NeoDevin]

Noone will tell you you're too old at 29, we have people a LOT older here.

I'm not going to mention any names though ;) :lol:

[Estella]

A lot? :roll:
By the way, how old are you?

[NeoDevin]

I turned 19 on Feb 5th.

A lot, I'm not sure how old our oldest poster is, but he's pretty old!

[Estella]

I turned 19 on Feb 5th.

:shock: :shock: :shock:
So I don´t wonder that you don´t dance salsa... :lol:
Really GOOD things you learn with the age! :wink:

[NeoDevin]

I'm working on fitting Salsa into my schedule. I already have lindy, international standard and latin, and WCS. This in addition to being a full time student in math/physics. And I'm starting tap dancing on Monday. I have flute and piccolo lesson weekly. Add trying to find time for snowboarding on top of that.

Hopefully I'll be able to change my flute lesson off thursday night and go salsa dancing thursdays from now on.

[Estella]

Neo.... :shock: :shock: :shock: I was joking! :lol: :lol: :lol:
By the way, I´m impressed... you do a lot of things...

[danceguy]

I´m 29... and don´r tell me I´m too old for writing in the forums!

Hey, I'm 29 too, and we're not too old for the forums! Don't listen to that young whippersnapper named Neo. :D

[NeoDevin]

I´m 29... and don´r tell me I´m too old for writing in the forums!

Hey, I'm 29 too, and we're not too old for the forums! Don't listen to that young whippersnapper named Neo. :D

I told her she wasn't too old....

You just watch, I'll probably still be around by the time I'm 29 :lol:

[Estella]

Hey, I'm 29 too, and we're not too old for the forums!
:bouncy: Yeeeeeeah! And what is your sign?

[Sagitta]

I'm not sg but mine is saggitarius!!

[NeoDevin]

Aquarius is a much better sign ;)

[Sagitta]

So says one who has no idea what a saggitarian can be!! :wink: :)

[mambo_munkey]

I am 20 years old. 21 July 10th. So that puts me in the B colum 8)

[tacad]

To quote Jack Benny, this is the first year I'm 39!

[danceguy]

Man, has this thread been hiding a long time! :shock: I've turned 30 since this one has come to the surface! Estella probably has as well. :wink:

[Pacion]

Man, has this thread been hiding a long time! :shock: I've turned 30 since this one has come to the surface! Estella probably has as well. :wink:

Sigh! And here I am, a mere 21


:wink: :lol:

[DancePoet]

Man, has this thread been hiding a long time! :shock: I've turned 30 since this one has come to the surface! Estella probably has as well. :wink:

Sigh! And here I am, a mere 21


:wink: :lol:

Yeah, right, and I'm 88. ;) :lol:

[Sagitta]

Man, has this thread been hiding a long time! :shock: I've turned 30 since this one has come to the surface! Estella probably has as well. :wink:

Sigh! And here I am, a mere 21


:wink: :lol:

Yeah, right, and I'm 88. ;) :lol:

To be really cliched...forever young at heart...DP.... :P

[dancin_feet]

I notice that I have previously replied in this thread, but I'm a little less upbeat about my age these days.

Must be because I'm coming up to another birthday ....... :evil:

[DancePoet]

Man, has this thread been hiding a long time! :shock: I've turned 30 since this one has come to the surface! Estella probably has as well. :wink:

Sigh! And here I am, a mere 21


:wink: :lol:

Yeah, right, and I'm 88. ;) :lol:

To be really cliched...forever young at heart...DP.... :P

Just in case anyone took us seriously, for the record, I'm much younger then 88, and Pacion isn't 21 either! :P

[DancePoet]

I notice that I have previously replied in this thread, but I'm a little less upbeat about my age these days.

Must be because I'm coming up to another birthday ....... :evil:

I with you on this one, sometimes new birthdays have a nasty habit of reminding us of mortality. :roll:

[peachexploration]

I thought I answered this one. :? Oh well, I'm the C group.

[jenn]

C. 31-40

34 in april.

[danceguy]

Really? My guess would've been 29! :raisebro:

[jenn]

hmmm...was that for me? :lol:

thanks, but i certainly feel 30 ish. its ok, cuz i get carded all the time. 8)
hopefully till im at least 40. :wink:

[danceguy]

Yes it was...darn...my flirting skills seems to be out of practice...Sabor...a little help please! :lol:

I still get carded a lot...and I'm sporting a full beard and a few strands of grey...I think most of those security people tip a few back before they start work. :roll:

[jenn]

oops! it was just that i wasnt sure if you were talking to me cuz i didnt read all other posts above...you may have been...nevamind. :oops:

as for your flirting skills, no need to ask for help.
your compliment was taken as flirtation. :wink:

[danceguy]

as for your flirting skills, no need to ask for help.
your compliment was taken as flirtation. :wink:

:kissme:

[Sagitta]

Twilight_Elena is around 17...here's the age thread for anyone interested... :)

[danceatheacademy]

A.
13 here

[Twilight_Elena]

Yeah, well, Sagitta got there first. :P I'm an A, 17 years old since last week.

Twilight Elena

[GalacticDancer44M]

Group D (44) Is this considered middle aged? :shock:

[Sagitta]

Yeah, well, Sagitta got there first. :P I'm an A, 17 years old since last week.

Twilight Elena

Belated birthday greetings. :cheers:

[Swingolder]

Group D (44) Is this considered middle aged? :shock:

I hope not since I am WAY WAY past that! Well, maybe I should delete one of those "WAY"s since I am not too old to dance.

[blue]

I am 36, and an equally old friend claims we are middle aged. :shock: I disagree with her.

[Patapouf]

I'm in B range!

[eviane]

i'm 16 years old..

i sometimes really wish i could spend more of my freetime dancing..

i started when i was a baby practically, the first thing i did was ballet. i did that till i was 9 or so, then i changed to jazz dancing. after 2 or 3 years, i stopped and only continued dancing at parties.. a year or 2 later i started jazz dancing again in a different studio, and stayed there until a month ago or so, when our teacher (aged about 20..) announced that she got a different job and couldn't continue giving us lessons anymore.. i almost cried when she told us that...

i've had so many phases in my life sofar when i just wanted to be a professional dancer, go to dancing school and all that. but what happens after you're 35? you can't carry on, you gotta stop, or become a teacher yourself.. but that's not what i wanted.. so i'm still at school and am only continuing to dance at parties again.
but now i'm having a crazy phase again, this time it's just south-american dancing, though.. i'd sooo much like to be able to dance salsa properly, and samba aswell (as i'm half brazilian) and all that kind of stuff. but i just don't have the time or the money to start learning that kind of stuff properly.. pretty frustrating.

[Sagitta]

Do what you can eviane and you'll get there, though a little more slowly than you would have liked.

[eviane]

yeah, i certainly will do what i can..
thanks...

[ReneeJoan]

At 44, I'm a solid "D". But actually, I'm as old as Jack Benny, too. In fact, I've been as old as Jack Benny for so long, my own children don't know how old I am.

"but what happens after you're 35? you can't carry on, you gotta stop, or become a teacher yourself"

My teacher just turned 72 on Monday. He is still actively performing as a tango dancer, and has even started working with/training a new partner. He teaches privates 5 hours a day, at least 3 classes a week, and performs 2-4 times per month or more, depending on the season of the year. He even got offered a 6 month contract to be in the new Cirque de Soleil show in Las Vegas, but he had to turn it down because his partner couldn't do the gig. Severty-two, with no sign of stopping. He still works out with weights, still does tai chi and ballet, and still studies to improve his art. No, my sweet, you don't have to stop at 35, and I'm so eternally grateful he chooses to teach. No one else could have been so patient to teach ME.

And he has lots of stories about famous ballet dancers who began training in their 30's and went on to become principal dancers in professional companies in their forties and fifties. He's always telling me to stop putting these arbitrary limits on myself.

Renee

[pygmalion]

At 44, I'm a solid "D". But actually, I'm as old as Jack Benny, too. In fact, I've been as old as Jack Benny for so long, my own children don't know how old I am.

Jack Benny stayed 29 forever as a part of his act, right? 8) Sounds good to me. :lol:

Actually, I'm giving C a run for its money. But I'm really immature for my age. Does that count? :roll: :lol: :lol:


My teacher just turned 72 on Monday. He is still actively performing as a tango dancer, and has even started working with/training a new partner. He teaches privates 5 hours a day, at least 3 classes a week, and performs 2-4 times per month or more, depending on the season of the year. He even got offered a 6 month contract to be in the new Cirque de Soleil show in Las Vegas, but he had to turn it down because his partner couldn't do the gig. Severty-two, with no sign of stopping. He still works out with weights, still does tai chi and ballet, and still studies to improve his art. No, my sweet, you don't have to stop at 35, and I'm so eternally grateful he chooses to teach. No one else could have been so patient to teach ME.


Your teacher sounds like one fabulous role model. The story you told last year about his wisdom when the music/dance moved you emotionally, says a lot about what kind of person and teacher he is. You are truly blessed to have him, as I suspect he is to have you. 8)

[tacad]

Jack Benny stayed 29 forever as a part of his act, right? Sounds good to me.
Didn't he stay 39?

[pygmalion]

Oh. Okay. I only vaguely remember him from comedy shows when I was very small. 8) Oddly enough, 39 is less appealing ... But I guess after a while, anything involving a holding pattern works well enough. :wink: :lol:

[ReneeJoan]

I started using the Jack Benny gag when I was about 36 or 37. As I said, now, even my children think of me as perennially 39. Funny thing. That gag sounds better and better every year.

[Vince A]

I started using the Jack Benny gag when I was about 36 or 37. As I said, now, even my children think of me as perennially 39. Funny thing. That gag sounds better and better every year.

I always say "29" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " for the second time!"

[Purr]

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[pygmalion]

:lol: :lol: Understood.

It's really funny how American society treats youth and age. And ironic, too. Does anybody besides me find it funny that the ninteen-sixties generation that said,"never trust anybody over thirty," is now in their mid-to-late fifties? Hmm.

[Vince A]

Sum pee-poles kids . . . I never did say that :wink:

[Swingolder]

My dh always said his daughter was celebrating the 1st (or 2nd or 3rd, etc) anniversary of her 30th birthday. He won't let her get any older. I have celebrated PLENTY of anniversaries of my 30th!

[pygmalion]

That's too funny. That reminds me one day, last year, when I gave a career day presentation at an elementary school. During the Q&A period, one of the kids asked my age. When I told her, she said, "Wow. You're old. My Mom is only twenty-nine." :lol: :lol: So I played along and said, "Yeah. I guess I am old." Never shatter the innocence of a child, if you can help it. LOL.

[Vince A]

That's too funny. That reminds me one day, last year, when I gave a career day presentation at an elementary school. During the Q&A period, one of the kids asked my age. When I told her, she said, "Wow. You're old. My Mom is only twenty-nine." :lol: :lol: So I played along and said, "Yeah. I guess I am old." Never shatter the innocence of a child, if you can help it. LOL.
I would have smacked the d**n kid! J/K . . .

[pygmalion]

LOL. I thought it was funny. It's all in the tone of voice. She really was just saying what she thought, and she really did believe Mom was twenty-nine. Besides, smacking her would have defeated the purpose of being there -- showing the kids how cool engineers are. 8)

Kids say the darndest things. You've just gotta laugh. Actually, I think the utter shock on the teacher's face was the funniest thing of all. :lol: :lol: The kids had obviously been prepped on how to behave with company in the classroom, and that one little girl was out of control. Too funny! :lol:

[Vince A]

Well, maybe you have thrown a mind boggling, analytically-phrased, engineer-type question back at her to let her know that "age is nothing but experience, and experience can give you answers to questions that are this difficult!"

Give me an experienced woman anytime! :twisted:

[randomMysh]

i'm 23 and still a student (undergraduate, at that!)
started dancing at 16, so i know how much fun that is...actually, it is a lot of fun because, being the kid, you can get away with being a brat, too. 8)

[Patapouf]

On my friend's daughter's 7th birthday, she told me she's 7, and then turned to her mom and asked "how old are you mommy??". My friend's in her 30s, but just to amuse her daughter, she said "mommy's only 17", her daughter instantly went "17??, mommy you are OLD!". It was one of my best laughs! :D

[ReneeJoan]

Humor is a much better response than anger. If you can laugh at yourself, I figure you're still okay and connected with the right dimension of reality.

One of my best and favorite actress friends is a fabulous lady who started doing stand-up comedy in her early sixties. She's now 81 (or more). One of her best jokes:

"I'm Betty Perry, and I'm old. I'm older than dirt. I'm so old, I was a cocktail waitress at the last supper."

When my kids get after me for being tired, or not cool, I just use that joke. It's still funny, no matter how many times I tell it.

Renee

[pygmalion]

I like that joke, too. I'll have to polish up my delivery, and use that one. :lol: :lol:

[Keith & Rita]

We are members of the Over The Hill Gang--58 & almost 56. Wow, that make us 114!http://ourworld.cs.com/KsmithCCI/docdance.gifhttp://ourworld.cs.com/KsmithCCI/docdance.gif

[SDsalsaguy]

Welcome to the Dance Forums Keith & Rita! :D :D

[Keith & Rita]

http://ourworld.cs.com/KsmithCCI/Thanxu.gifJonathan!

[labelledanseuse]

I am 15. Surprisingly, I'm not the youngest one at my studio! I'm glad I started this young, though, b/c by the time I'm old enough to go out to clubs and do stuff like salsa, swing, etc I'll be awesome. :wink:

[dTas]

i'm a C

i haven't read through this thread... is there a summary somewhere?

[Sagitta]

I am 15. Surprisingly, I'm not the youngest one at my studio! I'm glad I started this young, though, b/c by the time I'm old enough to go out to clubs and do stuff like salsa, swing, etc I'll be awesome. :wink: And there are a couple younger than you on df too! :wink: :)

[luh]

16, soon 17
luh

[chachachacat]

I'm afraid to say how old I am...
Older than Vince, even!

True story:
At 19, I got hired at The Famous Place because of my enthusiasm and dance ability. We trained long and hard, 4 hours a night, 5 nights a week, 3 months, 10 dances. We were tested by a judge, the young Mr. Sam Sodano, (I have pix) who later performed with his partner, the first real pro's I saw in action. Wow. This was before Championship Ballroom Dancing on PBS. And it was while watching just that, crying, in my early 30's, that my boyfriend said, "Why don't you go back to it? You're not too old!" So I did. Thinking that I was "old" then...hah!
But I have had a wonderful career, enjoyed teaching for a long, long time.
I sure wish there were someplace like this to discuss things then. I had to stumble along with trial and error.
So, all you "young-uns," Dance your @$$ off and ENJOY!!! :D

[SHUTUP&DANCE06]

Hello to all my dancers i wanted to respond to the question about age well iam 17 yrs old so i fall in the A category and ive been dancing since i was young well i still am young lol but you get my drift umz dancing is my heart i luv it along with softball and everything else (just read the profile) when i attend college i want to major in spanish and minor in musical theatre because i sing as well as i dance well hit me back im on yahoo as loverofdance3

[Sagitta]

Hello to all my dancers i wanted to respond to the question about age well iam 17 yrs old so i fall in the A category and ive been dancing since i was young well i still am young lol but you get my drift umz dancing is my heart i luv it along with softball and everything else (just read the profile) when i attend college i want to major in spanish and minor in musical theatre because i sing as well as i dance well hit me back im on yahoo as loverofdance3 Great. :D Welcome to df.

[ArmySwingMan]

I'll stay in Class B for another year and a half. After that I guess I'll have to say that I used to be a Class B guy. 8) I've been dancing since I was a freshman in college and continued all the way through my first three years. I was the President for our 300-person-strong club for a year and the secretary the year before that.

I'm 29 if the answer above was way too cryptic. :wink:

[la celia]

B. 19 to 30

I'm 19 years old! 8)

[elegance]

B. 19 to 30

Not for much longer though!

[quartertothree]

Answer A. 17 (i JUST turned 17). I danced when i was younger, then stopped, and now i've been doing swing for about a year, so i'm always the youngest at swing events, but not at other dance stuff. -Maryam

[chandra]

I'm working on fitting Salsa into my schedule. I already have lindy, international standard and latin, and WCS. This in addition to being a full time student in math/physics. And I'm starting tap dancing on Monday. I have flute and piccolo lesson weekly. Add trying to find time for snowboarding on top of that.

Hopefully I'll be able to change my flute lesson off thursday night and go salsa dancing thursdays from now on.

Wow, you just stated all my hobbies in one!! Im 16, I love west coast swing, ill probably major in math or physics, snowboarding is my second passion along with street performing. I play the bamboo flute.

fun- Im currently looking into finding someplace that has a good dance scene, very near snowboarding, and has a good college for sciencey things... Know of anywhere?

[pygmalion]

Nice signature line, chandra. 8)

[Sagitta]

Nice signature line, chandra. 8) Ditto dat! And it is succeeding! :twisted: Bunny is losing world domination quest! :wink: :)

[chandra]

Id like to give credit to my friend for that one (well at least the goals part, plur is an east coast raver term)

Were all circus artists, so we like to make it plur goals pelu, pelu being (people everywhere love unicycles.) But i didnt think that was quite appropriate for a dance forum. ;)

Yup, we're a peaceful loving cuddly bunch. (that last part cuddly- its important)

[Sagitta]

Id like to give credit to my friend for that one (well at least the goals part, plur is an east coast raver term)

Were all circus artists, so we like to make it plur goals pelu, pelu being (people everywhere love unicycles.) But i didnt think that was quite appropriate for a dance forum. ;)

Yup, we're a peaceful loving cuddly bunch. (that last part cuddly- its important)
me like cuddly too! :D

[chandra]

To quote the same freind, (we do acro balancing, so- human pyramids)
"When, inevitably, one of the structures fail, We all fall over on top of each other, and up, effectively, like a giggling pile of six year old girls."-
that was from a newspaper interview.
Thus the term "CUDDLE PUDDLE"

[BritishBlackDancer]

I guess fall between the A. 18 or below . :lol: . All I know is that dancing is my passion .

[Swingolder]

Id like to give credit to my friend for that one (well at least the goals part, plur is an east coast raver term)

Were all circus artists, so we like to make it plur goals pelu, pelu being (people everywhere love unicycles.) But i didnt think that was quite appropriate for a dance forum. ;)

Yup, we're a peaceful loving cuddly bunch. (that last part cuddly- its important)

Circus artists? That sounds interestings!

[moabjan]

I'm old! I'm a grandma. :oops:

I'm 46 this June. I have had all three of my daughters involved in dance since 1990. I instruct, mainly soloist now days, been a cheer advisor, hap-hazard volunteer TEAM_MOM and chief cook and bottle washer. Oldest kid did ballet, and now at 25 she is into Trible Belly Dancing. Middle kid strictly jazz, now into music. Youngest is an instructor of jazz, modern, and lyrical at local studio as well as VP of her high school dance/drill team. Very accomplished kid - I don't know who she got it from - it wasn't me... :(

Eat live and breath dance. What life?

[pr]

I turned 24 last Saturday! 8)

[Medira]

Happy belated birthday pr! I'm 24 as well, though I turned 24 back in April. :)

[Vince A]

Dang, I have a pair Bass Weejuns penny loafers older than that!

[pr]

Happy belated birthday pr! I'm 24 as well, though I turned 24 back in April. :)
Thanks! :D Cool that we are of the same age! 8) 8)

[pr]

Dang, I have a pair Bass Weejuns penny loafers older than that!
:shock: Are you still using them?

[Tenshi_no_Pocky]

Just got in the B range.

[mjlover89]

I am 14 and i have danced 6 years about

[pygmalion]

I am 14 and i have danced 6 years about

What kind of dance, mjlover? 8) :)

[Sagitta]

lionessonpointe asked a question about age and so I'm also pointing out this thread. There also is a how old are you thread for swing dancers, with link provided below. :cheers:

http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=7571&start=90

[lynn]

oh...my.....age! what a sensitive topic :lol: !!

[fascination]

oh...my.....age! what a sensitive topic :lol: !!40 and I'm still hot and no I AM NOT HAVING A MID LIFE CRISIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH :lol: :lol: :lol:

[fascination]

Dang, I have a pair Bass Weejuns penny loafers older than that! :uplaugh: :lol: :lol: :lol: AM WITH YOU BUDDY

[fascination]

Dang, I have a pair Bass Weejuns penny loafers older than that!
:shock: Are you still using them?hey ...I have a former exchange student in halmstad...had a wonderful party on sweden day...schnapps etc...go Sweden

[lynn]

oh...my.....age! what a sensitive topic :lol: !!40 and I'm still hot and no I AM NOT HAVING A MID LIFE CRISIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH :lol: :lol: :lol:

i think my latent quarter life crisis is turning into early mid life crisis :shock: !!

[fascination]

oh...my.....age! what a sensitive topic :lol: !!40 and I'm still hot and no I AM NOT HAVING A MID LIFE CRISIS THANK YOU VERY MUCH :lol: :lol: :lol:

i think my latent quarter life crisis is turning into early mid life crisis :shock: !!what is a mid life crisis anyway...I mean if living your life to the fullest ant not worrying as much about what other people think is a midlife crisis then sign me up 8) ...if wanting to still be sensual and alive and have fun is a mid life crisis then sign me up 8)

[lynn]

what is a mid life crisis anyway...I mean if living your life to the fullest ant not worrying as much about what other people think is a midlife crisis then sign me up 8) ...if wanting to still be sensual and alive and have fun is a mid life crisis then sign me up 8)

usually it's the other way around - the person hasn't lived life to the fullest and is therefore looking for ways to validate his/her existence....

[fascination]

what is a mid life crisis anyway...I mean if living your life to the fullest ant not worrying as much about what other people think is a midlife crisis then sign me up 8) ...if wanting to still be sensual and alive and have fun is a mid life crisis then sign me up 8)

usually it's the other way around - the person hasn't lived life to the fullest and is therefore looking for ways to validate his/her existence....and why would that be a crisis? why wouldn't that be progress...I mean it really depends on what someone picks to do for validation doesn't it?

[lynn]

whether or not it's progress varies by individual - many ppl come to realization that they've been wasting their life and decide to treasure every moment they have from then on but there are of course those who choose questionable activities to try to capture their youth and there are the select few who literally drops everything they have (their family, their job..etc) to search for new meaning of life - not saying what's right or wrong but just simply that when we reach a certain point in life, we look back and try to search for something that has defined the days we lived.

[fascination]

whether or not it's progress varies by individual - many ppl come to realization that they've been wasting their life and decide to treasure every moment they have from then on but there are of course those who choose questionable activities to try to capture their youth and there are the select few who literally drops everything they have (their family, their job..etc) to search for new meaning of life - not saying what's right or wrong but just simply that when we reach a certain point in life, we look back and try to search for something that has defined the days we lived.agree

[brujo]

i'm a C

i haven't read through this thread... is there a summary somewhere?

Ya, goes like this CBCBCBBCBCBCBCBBCBCBABABABBCBABCBACBABCBABCBABDDBB DBDBCBDBCBDAAAAABCBDBABCDCDA - 2034

[pygmalion]

Did anybody besides me not realize that there are two of these threads with identical titles? Here's the other one.

http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?topic=11379

Then there's always the When's y o u r birthday thread. Hmm. I wonder how many of these threads there are, all together.

[Laura]

I don't know if I've answered any of these threads yet, but my new answer today is "old enough to know better than to answer this question."

Heh.

[Rosa]

I think I answered this thread already. And my answer ran along the lines of, "You must be bonkers if you think I'm telling you that!" :lol:

Rosa :)

PS: What I think I really said was, "There are some things a woman should never reveal, and her age is one of them!" :lol:

[brujo]

PS: What I think I really said was, "There are some things a woman should never reveal, and her age is one of them!" :lol:

Let me guess, age, weight and this (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11051&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc) ? :twisted:

[Rosa]

PS: What I think I really said was, "There are some things a woman should never reveal, and her age is one of them!" :lol:

Let me guess, age, weight and this (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11051&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc) ? :twisted:

Yes, I see I said in that thread "A woman needs to have some mystery about her." 8)

I see no reason to change my point of view... :twisted: :lol:

Rosa :)

[Killer_Thriller]

I'm 17 years old right now. :)

[Sagitta]

And how many days/months/weeks/ hours....?

[Killer_Thriller]

Ermmmm... I'm horrible at math, but I was 17 and a half November 10th... My birthday is may 10th.

[tanya_the_dancer]

I am 32 now, but my next birthday is in just 2 months. sigh.

[lynn]

I am 32 now, but my next birthday is in just 2 months. sigh.

any plans for the big day ;) ??

[la morena]

21 and loving it!!

[gusmahler]

34

[caityrosey]

Im in the B range

[Indiana_Jay]

My age is no secret. It's on my profile. I'm in the "D" range.

[fascination]

just turned 40

[Indiana_Jay]

just turned 40

Aw heck, I missed the chance to offer timely birthday greetings! Anyway, welcome to my decade!