- You do barre stretches on everything
- You have the urge to curtsey instead of saying thankyou
- Being corrected isnt considered being an insult
- You spell 'bar', 'barre'
- The better you do a move now, the less likely someone saw
- You start everything with 5,6,7,8
- Its a compliment when your teacher walks by you in class and dosent say anything to you
- People compliment you on how well you do a bun
- You know the best view of the show is from backstage
- You have more dance songs on your ipod than anything else
- You wear a leaotard all day, everyday and feel naked without it.
- You crack different parts of your body and everyone but you hears it
- You swing your leg back in attitude to pop your hip
- You need a paperclip, but you use a bobby pin from your hair instead
- You sit in straddle while doing your homework
- You watch a professional dancer, then feel the need to stretch
- You go into the bottom of your bag looking for money, but pull out hairpins
- You miss a class at school, but you dont miss a dance class
- You'd rather be in dance shoes than anything else
- You have been involved in the endless froggie/butterfly strectch
- You can put on stage makeup better than normal makeup
- When you constantly have your dance teachers voice stuck in your head yelling out a combination not the latest pop song
- You can relate everything to dance
- Having a middle aged person sit on you, touch your bum and poke your stomach is just another night at the studio
- When sitting in the splits is more comofortable thane sitting normally
- You wear shorts & legwarmers instead of pants
- You're suprised when people cant touch their toes
- You pointe your toes during exercises in gym
- You know the frog isnt just an animal, its a stretch
- You do tendus and glisses while waiting in line
- You stand turned out in gym class
- Your vocabulary includes: Band-aids, tape, wedgies, sweat, determination and guts
- When you cut your hair, you wonder if its still long enough to put in a bun
- A new leotard makes your day
- The term floor barre makes you want to cry
- You have one of those moments in the air, like you have lasted a second longer than gravity should allow
- When most of your friends are dance friends
- You're the most flexible person in gymclass
- You're invited somewhere and your response is "i cant, I have dance class"
- You find bobby pins in the weirdest places
- new favourite song = new dance routine
- You get excited when you kick yourself in the head
- You grand jete over puddles
- You pay someone to yell at you and cause you unbelievable pain
- You laugh at a non-dancer when they say their feet hurt
- First impression people have of you is 'you dance'
- Your friends ask you to do the splits - just for fun
- You consider tights a fashion accessory
- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 are all the numbers you need to know
- All your friends are eating dinner while your in dance class
- Your bedroom is arranged to provide the largest open dance floor
- Down means forward and up means back
- Your facebook profile picture is dance related
- You go all the whay down in the splits and then claim you aren't stretched
- You mark dances in class
- You can transform your bedroom into a studio
- You walk toe-ball-heel
- You carry a lighter around only to burn the ends of your pointe shoe ribbons
- You're costumes take up half of your closet
- It hurts so bad, but you still give it your all
- You sacrafice studying for dance class
- You wear jazz shoes out in public because they feel natural to you
- youtube is your second teacher
- You notice Lady Gaga is wearing foot undeez in the Born This Way video
- You love the smell of hairspray
- You practice a routine in your head at all times
- listening to a song and you start imagining choreography
- you go shopping for clothes and you make sure they're all 'dance friendly'
- you know how to dance with your hands
- your feet look like they just came out of a horror film
- You find new bruises on your body every week
- You have a hard time fitting your legs into skinny jeans because your calves are so muscular
- You have a list of songs you want to make choreography to
- Dancing means more than academics
- It's not "tip-toe", it's "demi-pointe"
- You're commonly asked "doesnt that hurt"
- You do plie's in the shower
- You stretch your toes while brushing your teeth
- Your friends comment on how fast you do your bun
- You can ask boys for makeup remover
- The stairs are your worst enemy after a dance of dance
- Youre proud of your brusises
- You wear a dress and suddenly you want to do pirrouettes everyhwere
- your phone is covered in hairspray
- your school friends think you dance too much, but you barely take any classes compared to everyone else at your studio
- you use old costumes for halloween
- you have creepy shoulder bones that stick out
- you feel much better with your hair tied up
- you spell "point" as "pointe"
- " toe-ball-heel"
- you know how to stretch muscles other people didnt know they have
- 'yes' is considered a great compliment
- your teacher knows what mistake youre going to make before you make it
- everyone does a plié and all you hear is ankles and knees cracking
- brusies on your body grow daily
- you get excited for new bobby pins
- you can't help but think of a past routine when the song comes on the radio
- when you have 20 minute discussions about the show 'Dance Moms'
- you know a million ways to crack your hips
- you have permanent calluses on your hands from holding the barre
- you critique everything
jul 22 2011 ∞
feb 7 2012 +