win a dance competition

my team is going to a comp. in 2 weeks w/ a lyrical and a hiphop piece…tips?

I’ve been dancing salsa for almost three years now. Last week, I came in second in our state open advanced jack & jill competition. I was really psyched about my success, and the experience made me want to find a partner to compete with so that next year, I can be in the amateur division … and win it!

Well, I’ve learned how to dance and learned a lot about myself along the way. In order to win a dance competition, I realized I would need to make a commitment: a dance class each week, a private dance lesson every other week, a social dance each week, and a competition practice session each week.

I live in New York City, where I am surrounded by clubs and activites, so I’ve learned that I have the freedom to choose the ones I like best. I have the freedom to say no. When I look at win a dance competition compared to my other goals and aspirations, it doesn’t fit in. So I’m marking it off.

(Wow, it feels as good to let go of a dream as it does to accomplish one!)

I don’t know if this is really an accurate goal, because I have come in first before at dance competitions. I would like to win the Rising Star Women’s Standard and the Rising Star Women’s Latin division.

My partner, T, and I got 2nd place in the Rising Star Women’s Latin this weekend. I didn’t fare as well in Standard (4th place) because I got a horrible leg cramp during the waltz and could barely make it through the rest of the dances.

in some ways, i’ve already done this as the team i coach and dance on took 1st place in the nationals this august, and i’ve come in 1st in my level before.

i’d like to win “rising star” or b-level in a competition in standard and latin. that’s a more specific goal, but not one people would think to word like that for 43 things, so i’ll stick with the original one!

I’m taking a salsa performance class starting Aug. 16. I haven’t been able to do much dancing lately, so I feel rather uncertain if I still want to do the class. I’ll probably like it once I’m dancing regularly again. Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy it, or like this weekend, the sucky club did not make for a good night out.