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One thing I would also ask is if I could speak to a couple of students of theirs. granted, they'll probably give me the happiest, but still..

A few questions I would ask - How often do you compete? Is that more or less what you'd like to be doing? How often do you bring in outside coaches? Do you have any philosophy on that? How often do you switch up choreography of routines? Tell me about a time when a student left.

When I first started competing I asked my pro if I had to tan. His response was, "Do you want to look 10 pounds lighter?" The answer to that question is always yes :) And therefore I tan.

i don't go crazy with brows, but i'm a blonde. i second anything by makeup forever. it's the only thing i don't sweat off. and the short answer is yes, fake eyelashes.

keep in mind that many teachers will suggest to not wear a necklace at first because if your posture isn't awesome yet or your neck doesn't look long, a necklace can make it look worse, cutting off any length and also drawing attention to it. I didn't wear a necklace for my first year of...

I usually have a specific thing that I've been focusing on before the comp that I think about... "I'd like this round to be about pretty feet, etc." My overall goal is usually to walk off the floor saying "I danced the best I could today." The rest is gravy. However, I will always say my...

It also depends on how badly you want to "win" vs if you just really enjoy it. I know plenty of people who do 1 or 2 lessons a week, don't do a ton of extra coaching, go to a few smaller or local comps a year and probably do it all for 5 or 6 k. Now, they'll never win any of the big comps, and...

I do my own hair and makeup, but I'm almost certain I haven't saved any money. Because seriously, I have more makeup for dancing in more shades and more products than I ever thought was possible!

Novellsk8, but even those assumptions are all relative and you can go as crazy or as frugal as you want. dress - $500 or $5000 private lessons - $70 - $150plus a lesson comps - depends on where you go and what you do and if you're in a studio or with an independent pro, how many heats, etc...

The contractor analogy is a perfect one. When I get work done on my house, I get a quote for labor, materials, etc. Many contractors will list materials as cost plus 15% - which is of course their markup for getting them, dealing with it, managing deliveries, etc. They don't refer to the...

Here's my first post... I haven't been dancing long, but from the beginning it drives me CRAZY that we can't do online forms for comps and pay online. We can't register for lessons with teachers online, that people are actually scoring on paper at comps, that there isn't a display at every comp...