Favorite part of competition?

fascination said:
yeah...its all sooooooooooooooooooo relative...tha's why I am trying to get myself out of placement orientation....albeit rather unsuccessfully
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Well... we can say that, but when you dance an uncontested dance and place 2nd, that's rather a slap in the face. (And yes, I've had that happen. :rolleyes: )
 
no waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! cornutt, I gotta say I think that would send me straight to the asylum....I have led a rather charmed year of competing I guess
 
I just like performing, just the dancing itself, not any other aspect of a competition... I like to dance for an audience, I want them (judges) to watch me, een if I am imperfect and making mistakes. This is a good attitude for me: in the beginning I didn't want anyone to look, I was intimidated. Finally getting my dance confidence to a point that I can start performing instead of freezing when I get to the dancefloor. And now I want everyone to look!

I am really competitive as in do as much as possible to get better, but when at actual competion I don't care about th result, only care how I danced.

can't wait to compete again... have to wait few weeks.
 
alemana said:
i love love love love LOVE the focus that precedes the comp. so far i do not much care for anything about the actual day of competition, starting with my extreme intestinal disruptions (that's all i'll say) to my crazy overthinking anxiety to my utter inability to coat myself satisfactorily in the accoutrements of ballroom femininity.
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After reading everyone's positives about competing, I still think that the nervous anxiety, etc. wouldn't make it worth it. So far, I have never competed in anything and have no plans to EVER!
 
i love the thrill of dancing in front of an audience, being judged and winning:) i also love that it gives me a chance to evaluate my progress and provides guidance to future practice.

i'd never imagine myself saying this, but i'm beginning to like watching my comp video. i still cringe, but i can say to myself: here're the two things i dislike the most. if i work on these in the next x months, i'll be a better dancer!
 
Reading this thread makes me convinced that a lot of us, dancers, are narcissists. On the other hand, if we are not so full of ourselves, we will not have courage to go out there and have us judged and cirticized, right?
 
there's a difference between narcissism and a streak of exhibitionism. i don't really enjoy drawing attention to myself/receiving that attention, so while i may be a narcissist in that i think way too much about myself and make everything 'about' me, i don't have the exhibitionism that is *key* for a good performer. i do think one can learn to "turn it on," but certainly some people have it naturally more than others.
 
Swingolder said:
After reading everyone's positives about competing, I still think that the nervous anxiety, etc. wouldn't make it worth it. So far, I have never competed in anything and have no plans to EVER!
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I was very nervous at my first comp, but I got over it. And I think competing helped me become more confident in general, something I lacked all my life. But I am a somewhat competitive person by nature.
 
cornutt said:
Well... we can say that, but when you dance an uncontested dance and place 2nd, that's rather a slap in the face. (And yes, I've had that happen. :rolleyes: )
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I heard of these things, but I haven't seen it happen yet. I've been uncontested when I danced with my husband as an amateur couple last year, and also in a few of my pro-am heats (for some reason very few people danced bolero and viennese waltz at my last comp), but haven't been placed 2nd in any of those.
 
cornutt said:
Well... we can say that, but when you dance an uncontested dance and place 2nd, that's rather a slap in the face. (And yes, I've had that happen. :rolleyes: )
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I heard it could happen if the dancers are off music. True or not, I don't know, because I have not seen that happening to anybody yet.
 
I had a couple of judges place me second of one (in one dance of a four-dance event), but not enough to actually place second in the dance. We had just started doing open smooth, and my partner forgot the routine while we were 15 feet apart. He basically totally zoned, and ended up doing closed changes until he hit me, collected me into dance position, and we did natural turns for a wall and a half until we could get back into the routine. It was not a graceful cover for the lapse. But it was a pretty extreme situation.
 
i once won a dance in which i began the heat by correctly dancing maybe 10 seconds of my routine, then zoned, stood still, and finally fought my partner when he tried to lead the basic step of that dance for the remainder of the music.
 
My favorite part of competition is definitely the dancing. Moving to the music with my partner, performing, and being proud to show off all of our hard work. I love when the crowd responds and supports. I also love being the supportive crowd for others.

I also really like the goal setting from comp to comp, and feeling progress from one comp to the next. Even better is seeing progress on the tape.

I like feeling like I have something to work towards, so that I have a reason (although admittedly manufactured) to work hard and improve.

I enjoy the pretty dresses, but I hate the hair and makeup. I also hate the high heels.

And I agree, winning doesn't suck. ;)
 
I've never competed myself, but I will say my favorite part of the competition is the formal dance/banquet at the end. Very rarely get to dress up, so the dancing combined with playing dress up is a blast to me.
 
I think I love almost everything listed about competition, but even as a spectator, for me the most magical part of a competition is the first few measures of International Waltz and into the first 1,2,3. There is so much electricity in the air. There is such a sense of possibility and a gathering of energy as the music starts. When I watch really good dancers, it feels like everyone in the room for that brief moment is collectively holding their breath. Time stops. And then all of that energy and possibility is collectively released into the first measure of dancing.

That moment alone will keep me coming back. It is one brief moment of perfection in an otherwise imperfect world.
 
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