How did you decide to compete for the first time?
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standardgirl
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I have competed in various activities before I started dancing, and I enjoy the competitive aspect of almost everything.
I told me teacher that I would like to compete pro/am after taking 2 months of private lessons.
For collegiate competition, it's just natural to compete since almost everyone on the collegiate competes at least once a semester.
I told me teacher that I would like to compete pro/am after taking 2 months of private lessons.
For collegiate competition, it's just natural to compete since almost everyone on the collegiate competes at least once a semester.
Laura
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The first time I started to learn to dance, the studio manager suggested it to me. And when I said, yes, he switched me to a better teacher than I originally had. It worked out really well for me.
Then I took a 3 1/2 year break. When I came back to dancing, it was specifically so I could compete, so I sought out a teacher who I could do Pro/Am with right from the start. I took about 9 months of lessons before we did our first competition.
Then I took a 3 1/2 year break. When I came back to dancing, it was specifically so I could compete, so I sought out a teacher who I could do Pro/Am with right from the start. I took about 9 months of lessons before we did our first competition.
kansas49er
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We were going anyway, so we thought "why not?"
mamboqueen
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I had no intention of competing, but was somewhat steered in that direction by my teacher at the time. I did the Yankee Classic in 2001, which was 2 months after 9/11; it was not well attended. Then, I kind of dropped out of the picture for a few years and didn't do my 2nd one until last May.
Dancebug
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I had been taking private lessons with a teacher who often suggested that I should compete, when my-then-boyfriend suggested that we should take lessons together. (We met each other on the dance floor.) I started to take lessons with my boyfriend, thinking it would be just an extension of our dating and I did not expect that the quality of my dancing would improve as much as it had been with my private teacher. A year or two later, a lot of people told us we should be competing. The pressure was just too much, so we gave in and started to compete.
In our case, the competition changed a lot of dynamics of our dancing. We started to dance together to have fun. Nowadays it sometimes feels like work because we are working toward a goal. I feel stressed out when we don't have time for practice. In the past I never thought that time was running out. If I did not dance a week or two, I always knew that the time would come again. Now mising one of our planned practice sessions put me on the edge. I think the competition brought out our competitive side from both of us. Of course dancing is fun, but our competitive side keeps us wanting more and better everyday.
In our case, the competition changed a lot of dynamics of our dancing. We started to dance together to have fun. Nowadays it sometimes feels like work because we are working toward a goal. I feel stressed out when we don't have time for practice. In the past I never thought that time was running out. If I did not dance a week or two, I always knew that the time would come again. Now mising one of our planned practice sessions put me on the edge. I think the competition brought out our competitive side from both of us. Of course dancing is fun, but our competitive side keeps us wanting more and better everyday.
Porfirio Landeros
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I was a big fish in a little pond, where I had been social dancing since 13 years old (started in a Cotillion) and thought I was the bomb. Then, when I was in college, I went to a pro showcase in LA, and saw some exhibitions that were above and beyond what I normally would see (it was at Sloan & Sloan). This made me want to check out a competition, so I went to the Embassy Ball, and my jaw dropped as I was completely humbled by the level of dancing. I didn't know pro-am from pro from am from novice from gold... it ALL looked awesome to me 
I got a college group together and we started competing... here I am 6 years later, dancing with my college sweetheart
I got a college group together and we started competing... here I am 6 years later, dancing with my college sweetheart
I think it was Felix, my teacher, who first suggested that I enter a competition. He never said why, or attempted to justify it, he just said, he wanted to enter me in a competition. I wanted to do it because, well, I guess I just have a naturally competitive streak, and I wanted to test myself in this arena, as a way of measuring my progress.
