Would like to start dancing as a hobby. Any advice/pointers?

Question

I'm a 24 year old female and would like to pick up dancing as a hobby. I do yoga regularly and have taken a beginner's Salsa class a while back, but am interested in Indian or Middle Eastern dancing.

Any recommendations on what I should start off with?

Answer 1

You should go with the dance and the MUSIC that you are most comfortable with... Different people start out differently... although Salsa is fun, there are different levels of beginners... Some people pick-up the rhythm quickly but are not good with learning the moves and others are the opposite; they know the moves but their rhythm and timing is not so good... If you like Latin Dancing, Merengue is the easiest to begin and then later you could begin to take Salsa lessons... But from what you have written, I get the feeling that you are more comfortable with Indian or Middle Eastern and for YOU that may be the easier types of dances to learn. Once you know a couple of dances other dances are easier to learn.

Answer 2

It's a tough buisness always practice and always ask for advice from your teacher. Good luck

Answer 3

well if u want to take up dancing as a hobby and not as a carer, i think ur salsa classes have already laid the base of it. Although there r many types of Indian dance forms, i would suggest against classical dances like bharatnatyam, etc., because they r quite tough n taking it up as a hobby won't work out well.

I suggest u go for other simpler dances and learn the basic movements of these. u may take up few classes for it too. learn something by urself too. i prefer u stick with salsa n improve it...

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