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You Know Your A Dancer When...?

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I have These "you know Your a dancer when"

can you add To them???

... You atomatically stary cheographing whenever you hear music.

...Your dance teacher has set up a bedroom for you in the studio

... You sit in staddle stretch while watching TV or reading.

...You can't resist doing grand jetes down an empty hallway of grocery aisle.

...Every handrail you see is transformed into a ballet bar.

...Your hair has a permanent crease from wearing it in abun or pony.

...Your worst slouch is an average person's best flat back.

...You have more dance clothes than regular clothes.

...Your bedroom is arranged to provide the largest open area possible.

...You sleep with your legs turned out.

...You're not allowed to wear makeup to school yet, but you'r a pro putting it on.

...When snapping a photo of friends, instead of saying "Cheese," you say "5,6,7,8!"

...Your joints crack loudly enough to be mistaken for gunfire.

...A pedicure takes two hours.

...You stand in fifth position while waiting in the lunch line.

...You've forgotten what it feels like to wake up in the morning and not have sore muscles.

...You tape and re-watch episodes of "So You Think You Can Dance."

...For you, legwarmers were always in fasion.

...You've come up with at least three other ways to wear tights besides on your legs.

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  1. You bust out random dance moves in public when enver your hearing music


  2. Hey,

    Do me a favor. Would you post this in a forum on DanceAxis.com. I think they are great.

    Best Regards,

  3. You have more dollar bills than a change machine.

    You have 20 pairs of plexiglass shoes

    You write off your taxes your Victoria Secrets bills

  4. ...All the world is a stage.

  5. These are things I do!

    You walk on your toes

    When you re-play SYTYCD, you fast forward the judges, and give your own critique.

    All your dreams consist of your own dance school

    When you go for pedi's and she pulls out the electric callus remover.

    You have more leotards than regular clothes.

    You start wearing tights with your jeans, so you can fit into a 6.

    All your tights are convertible.

    Your BF doesn't like you wearing flip-flops.

    You work at the dance studio you grew up in at 16.

    You answer the phone at the studio.

    All you want for christmas, is the lace and diamond leotard.

    Your facebook is filled with pictures at the studio.

    You fail a paper, because you wrote pointe instaed of point.

    Your dad wonders why your never home.

    Your dad makes you take a drug test, because you come home around 10pm all tired and sweaty.

    Your BF says "he's busy" for every show you invite him to.

    On your computer, the history says that you've been to facebook, discount dance supply, and i-parent. (grade checker)

    You've convinced your mom for you 18th, you want ballet shoes tattooed on your big toe. (so for a performance, it won't be noticeable.)

    You straddle when you sit on the floor.

    Your tote bag has a big bottle of water in it, and old animal crackers. (LOL, gross right?)

    When you go for your monthly massage, the moussouse leaves because she see's how big your calves are, and looks at your feet.

    A neighbor calls the cops when you check the mail barefoot, because she thinks your abuse. (when she saw your feet)

  6. OMG, I do ALL those things!

    .....When you can't STAND it when tv shows do these "great dance" things, and they REALLY look bad to you, but everyone around says "that's AMAZING!"

    ....When you go to your friend's recital, and can't quit thinking about everything that everyone is doing wrong.

    ...dance is life and the rest is just spare time.

    ...you put on your pointe shoes to reach high places.

    ...you use your swingset to practice your fouettes.

    ...you have fights with gymnasts about who works harder.

    ...you sit in a straddle when you are watching TV.

    ...you have blisters on your feet for life.

    ...your friends are covering up their zits while you try to hide your ugly feet.

    ...your pointe shoes are your babies.

    ...your body cracks loud enough to stop social studies class but you don't hear it.

    ...people mistake you for a rubber band.

    ...you look down all you see is blisters and no toes.

    ...pirouette and fouette are the two main words in your vocabulary.

    ...you point your toes... all the time!

    ...you dance down the hallway instead of just walking.

    ...you hear Nutcracker music at the mall and start to get nervous.

    ...you do plies and tendus while waiting in line.

    ...watching TV is not a time to relax, it is a time to stretch.

    ...you do grande jetes in the parking lot and down the hallway.

    ...you can't remember a time when your feet were soft and uncallused.

    ...you are well coordinated in dance class but trip over your own feet just walking.

    ...a new leotard makes your whole day.

    ...every hard floor is a place to dance.

    ...you walk with your feet turned out without even thinking about it.

    ...you use every handrail you see for practing.

    ...you carry a bottle of nail polish around to stop those darn runs in your tights.

    ...your dad bought stock in BandAid.

    ...you actually sit up straight in your chair at school.

    ...you hear classical music and you need to dance.

    ...you actually dream of wearing those heavy, expensive, netting-ridden tutus.

    ...the top shelf in your closet is stuffed with your old dance shoes.

    ...you don't think guys in tights is all that unusual.

    ...you have a permanant crease in your hair from all those buns.

    ...you lean down to pick something up and your leg shoots up to a 180* angle.

    ...you not only dance everyday, but also every night in your dreams.

    ...you use more rosin than soap.

    ...you worry about arthritis in high school- and it doesn't even run in the family.

    ...you know more French terms than the kids on the French team.

    ...you really CAN do the can-can.

    ...your wardrobe is filled with T-shirts from dance competitions and performances.

    .. your calf muscles are bigger than the varsity football team's calf muscles.

    ...you are stretching for gym and everyone goes, "WHOA!!"

    -you sit in a straddle when on the floor....comfortably

    -you know most barres aren't in jails

    -you do plies and tendus while waiting in line

    -you know the frog isnt an animal, but a stretch

    -you're disgusted when you see a picture of a dancer with pointe shoe ribbons tied up to her knees

    -when you are walking you count your steps, but only go up to 8 and start all over again

    -Before everything you do you say 5,6,7,8

    -you can't sit still when you hear music

    -You noticed every mistake made on any dance movie or TV show

    -you go over your dances from the studio in your head when your bored in school

  7. You come off the stage and sweat and grunt and breathe really hard then come back out and look perfect again like nothing has happened.

    You love dance, but it hurts you, but you know it loves you back

    I know i'm a dancer, do you? I love dance!

  8. You spend more time at the studio than you do at home.

    You randomly find false eyelashes hidden in your pockets.

    You play drinking games while watching "So You Think You Can Dance" with your dance friends

    You critique the dancers on "So You Think You Can Dance" like you should be one of the judges.

    You buy presale passwords on Ebay for the "So You Think You Can Dance" tour so you can be front row and get pissed when you're not.

    You refer to "So You Think You Can Dance" as SYTYCD

    You think you've become best friends with SYTYCD dancers

    You have your picture with one of the judges from SYTYCD (umm specifically Dan Karaty)

    You've attended more dance conventions than you can count on both hands

    You refer to the young obnoxious competition dancers as "prostitots"

    You have won either gold, platinum, elite gold, or super-duper elite gold at multiple competitions

    You stay up all night making shirts for recital and/or Nutcracker.

    You love your dance director (Gretchen Meyers) like a mom.

    You have dancer reunions and watch old recital videos together and cry and/or laugh.

    You bust out triple pirouettes in the club to show everyone whats up.

    Your toenails start falling off

    you know what a PNF is

    You know dance is a sport, and is more physically demanding than any sport that the male species plays.

    Your arch nemesis is the other local dance studio(s).

    > you have never understood why people just cannot touch their toes

    > you have never understood why people enjoy running the mile

    > your joints crack frequently in the middle of dance class and no one cares

    > your body cracks loud enough to stop social studies class but you don't hear it

    > you have a basic understanding of the french language just from ballet class

    > you understand why the audience claps when a dancer has just done 15 fouettes and finishes in a nice clean triple

    > you laugh when non-dancers say their feet hurt

    >you own 25 pairs of shoes and 20 of them are for dance

    >you pay someone to yell at you 7 days a week and cause you an unbelievable amount of pain

    > your goal in life is to be able to hold your extension up so high that your foot is in your ear

    > and if not that you want at least a perfect triple on your left leg (right leg for all you lefties)

    > having old (or young) men (or women) poke around your pelvic area isn't weird for you

    > you cringe every time Waltz of the Flowers comes on the radio around Christmas time

    > you know all of the Nutcracker music by heart

    > you know all of the Nutcracker dances by heart

    > you are used to being told you are fat by teachers whose own stomachs have seen better days

    > you are used to being half naked around a bunch of girls on a daily basis

    > you are no longer insulted by the term "bunhead"

    > the term "floor barre" makes you want to cry

    > you are at your studio at least five times a week

    > you call your studio your "second home" and you aren't kidding

    > you cry every time you have been to see a professional ballet

    > you know at least two girls who have/ have had an eating disorder

    > dance is life and the rest is just spare time

    > you put on your pointe shoes to reach high places

    > you use your swingset to practice your fouettes

    > you have fights with gymnasts about who works harder

    > you sit in a straddle when you are watching TV

    > you have blisters on your feet for life

    > your pointe shoes are your babies

    > you look down all you see is blisters and no toes

    > pirouette and fouette are the two main words in your vocabulary

    > you point your toes... all the time!!

    > you dance down the hallway instead of just walking

    > you do tondus while waiting in line

    > you do grande jetes in the parking lot and down the hallway

    >you can't remember a time when your feet were soft and uncallused

    > you are well coordinated in dance class but trip over your own feet just walking

    > a new leotard makes your whole day

    > every hard floor is a place to dance

    > you walk with your feet turned out without even thinking about it

    > you use every handrail you see for practing

    > you carry a bottle of nail polish around to stop those darn runs in your tights

    > you actually sit up straight in your chair at school

    > you hear classical music and you feel like you should be dancing

    > you actually dream of wearing those heavy, expensive, netting-ridden tutus

    > the top shelf in your closet is stuffed with your old dance shoes

    >you don't think guys in tights is all that unusual

    > you lean down to pick something up and your leg shoots up to a 180 angle

    > you use more rosin than soap

    > you worry about arthritis in high school- and it doesn't even run in the family

    > yes, you really CAN do the can-can

    > your wardrobe is filled with T-shirts from dance competitions and performances

    > you know the frog isn't an animal, but a stretch

    > you have an entire drawer devoted to your dance stuff

    > you have washborad abs from the 8 trillion crunches you're forced to do

    > you always spell "point" like "pointe"

    > you can rattle off the name of every pointe shoe brand in the dance store

    > when you go to get your hair cut you tell them to cut it long enough to be able to put it in a bun

    > you are stretching for gym and everyone goes, "WHOA!!"

    > you're dancing when most people would be eating dinner or going to bed

    > you laugh at non-dancers when they complain about their feet

    > it's really hard for you to count past 8

    > all of your joints crack when you walk up the stairs

    > you can easily crack every bone in your body

    > you see an open space and you automatically think, "Look! A stage!"

    > while standing (giving a presentation, talking to a friend, etc.) you find yourself standing in either first or fifth

    > a friend asks you if you like a song and you immedeately go, "o i know a dance routine to that"

    > you can't help but walk on the balls of your feet all the time

    > your parents pay for you to spend countless hours around middle aged men wearing nothing but spandex

    > you go on vacation to relax and your body hurts from not dancing

    > you get excited when you kick yourself in the head

    > your ipod has a seperate playlist just for your ballet classics and favorite routines

    > you toss away your crutches and turn up to modern class in an air cast two days after badly spraining your ankle

    >you've had a full-grown man or woman sit on you screaming, "TURN OUT! If you lost weight you could do this!"

    > you have next to no problems being naked because you prance around in next to nothing in public all the time

    ... you spot while spinning in the computer chair.

    ... you plie and tendu when waiting in line.

    ... you know the butterfly not as an insect, but as a stretch.

    ... you sit in a straddle when you're watching tv or doing Homework.

    ... your body cracks loudly enough to be mistaken for gunfire.

    ... when you buy a pair of pants you make sure they're "danceable" before buying them.

    ... you dance down the hallway instead of just walking.

    ... when you're at the mall and you hear your dance song and you start dancing.

    ... watching TV is not a time to relax, it is a time to stretch.

    ... you do your dance routines in the parking lot and down the hallway.

    ... you are well coordinated in dance class but trip over your own feet just walking.

    ... you practice your dances in your chair at school.

    ... you are stretching for gym and everyone goes, "WHOA!!"

    ... you have the ability to balance your body on five toes, yet cannot bend over to pick the clothes up off the floor of your room.

    ... dancing with blisters becomes the norm.

    ... you wonder why the average person goes to touch their toes and can't get past their knees without groaning.

    ... you're able to sew anything in a quick fix.

    ... you can rattle off the name of every Pointe shoe brand in the dance store.

    ... you think the best cure for a sprained ankle is to dance on it.

    ... you opted to take French as a second language so you could better understand ballet terminology.

    ... you're not sure if the mirror has become your friend or your enemy.

    ... your best friends are your dance class and teacher.

    ... you have glitter imbedded in your skin.

    ... you have an entire drawer devoted to your dance stuff.

    ... "So You Think You Can Dance?" is the BEST show.

    ... you suddenly can't count past 8.

    ... when you get your hair cut, you tell them just long enough for a bun.

    ... you can learn the dances to music videos.

    ... before everything you do you say 5,6,7,8.

    ... all the things you get for Christmas relate to dance.

    ... you don't think it is weird when a boy wears tights.

    ... you own more dance shoes than other shoes.

    ... the word "center" means more to you than just the middle of something.

    ... your furniture in your bedroom is arranged to provide you with the largest open area possible.

    ... Centerstage was the best movie EVER!

    ... your dance teacher has set up a bed room for you in the studio

    ... your calf muscles are bigger than those on the guys on the varsity football team.

    ... you cant resist doing grand jetes down an empty hallway or grocery isle.

    ... being corrected isn't considered an insult.

    ... you rant and rave about the joys of stretching yourself out in every direction and your mother wonders where she went wro

  9. when in the grocery store you can't help but taping your feet all the way down the aile

    your parents are just used to you always dancing around the house to the music playing on the radio for no particular reason

    when walking your feet always seem to be turned out

  10. ...instead of just reaching for something with your arms, you also go on demi pointe.    

    ...your toes are always taped.    

    ...you don't wear open toed shoes.    

    ...you have more stage make-up than regular make-up.

  11. You always smile.

    You do pirouettes wherever room is possible.

    You tap on the carpet.

    You make up dances, while not at dance.

    You can sing your dance songs( if they have words, or sing the tunes.)

    When you stand up for O Canada your feet go directly to ballet first.

    You never slouch.

    You have ugly toenails.

    You have blisters that never go away because of pointe shoes.

    Your room is a dance studio and has all dance things.

    You are always dancing( at home, or at dance) you dance 24/7

    This is all I can think of right now,

  12. ...you start counting 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3... to a rock song

    ...you can touch your nose with you toe

    ...you call the sun a spot light

  13. when u glum dancing always makes u better

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