Has anyone ever achieved gold status on most of the 10 styles in 1 year?

Just one thing, as I suppose anything's possible, but...don't use SCD/DWTS as your basis. The "stars" aren't actually good enough, 99% of the time, to even place in pro-am events against people who've spent years dancing. They look fancy because the pros on the shows are good at compensating and because they're not actually required to dance well technically. They're a good example of people who learn to dance the routine, not necessarily to dance. They just don't have time to build the muscle memory and knowledge of technique that's necessary to actually dance like a pro.
 
Things, imo, you should know:

- Given time, effort, health and quality instruction, there's absolutely no reason you can't become a thumping good dancer.
- That said, assuming you put that time and effort in - you should probably be aware that you'll likely look back on these posts a half decade from now with an amused "wow, I had no idea, did I?" For example, I'll reiterate what FF said - the quality of dancing on Strictly is fine for what it is. But on any sort of absolute scale ... it's really not all that great.
- But it's good that you don't let people telling you things like that from discouraging you to go out and become the best dancer you can be.
 
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For the record I have never seen strictly come dancing. Nor is anything based on that show.
I just know that they practise for long periods and can be proficient enough in one week at ONE style...
 
carlosyabrudy said:
For the record I have never seen strictly come dancing. Nor is anything based on that show.
I just know that they practise for long periods and can be proficient enough in one week at ONE style...
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They're not actually proficient, is the thing. They can fake it for TV. In a real competition most would be completely steamrolled by ordinary pro-am students who take a lesson or two a week, because they just have the time to develop technique.
 
First of all, I hope you genuinely enjoy dancing for its own sake and not just as a means to an end (e.g. this thread title) - I think that is paramount to your progress.

Also, not sure how to say this without sounding like I'm trying to discourage you, but this thread reminded me about one counter-intuitive phenomenon that occurs regularly in my dancing (I have been at this for about a decade). I'm a believer in the "incubation effect", e.g. where you take a break for something for a little bit and then come back to it, and somehow in the interim a lot of things seemed to have magically clicked. I always notice this in Showcase routines - the first performance is a bit on the edge, then we let it go for a while and come back to it a couple months later, and voila - suddenly it seems so much easier and better executed in the second round of practice. The key here though is that you have to take that break.... so in spite of you full-out on-all-the-time approach you have planned, I would recommend trying to build in some incubation periods where things have time to marinate in the background.
 
JudeMorrigan said:
- That said, assuming you put that time and effort in - you should probably be aware that you'll likely look back on these posts a half decade from now with an amused "wow, I had no idea, did I?"
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Oh, the stuff I thought was "good" when I started... I still wish I had taken note of the name of that one pro-am dancer I saw at my first competition; I thought she was amazing, and often wonder if she's still around/maybe I've competed against her in the intervening years...

It took me probably about 2 years to grow discerning ballroom eyes.
 
I am not a doctor, but based on your writing (particularly about going four days without sleep) I get the impression that you may be some degree of manic or bipolar. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if it's not disrupting your life. But I would caution you to stay conscious of your health, and if it does start to have a negative impact, don't be hesitant to talk to a doctor.
 
twnkltoz said:
On DWTS/SCD, practice starts over a month before the first show. Then each week they learn one routine well enough to impress non-dancers. They are in no way proficient nor competitive at an actual dance competition.
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Oh, and they're working with a pro for like 40 hours a week. Will you be doing that, OP?
 
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