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Question: Would i find dance easier if im a gymnast!?
hi!. i do competitive artistic gymnastics so I'm quite flexible and as part of the program i have done some ballet with a teacher but not much!. I was thinking of doing some dance as an elective and i was wondergin becasue i havent had any ral proper dance training!.!.!.would I find it hard/ easy, etc!. any tips on how to be a better dancer!. and there isnt an exact style that we are going to study but it is going to a whole range like!.!.!.!.ballet, modern, hip hop,e tc (not ballroom)!. thanks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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This was my exact situation that i was in!. I found it as a big help being a gymnast before i danced, because it helped me with flexibility and form!. It is a little tough in one way though, because dancers turn the opposite direction as gymnasts do, so you will have to retrain yourself!. The only other problem is that the way dancers and gymnasts position their hands is very different!. But overall it will put you at a little bit of an advantage!. =]Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think some of the qualities of being a gymnast, that will help dance, is balance, a little bit of experience in the field, and good flexibility!.

Ask yourself how easily you found the ballet that you did, and if you're worried go to a dance class in your area, see what its like, how well you do, just for a "trial" to see if it's something you think you will be capable of!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In ballet!.!. you can be a little good!.!. because you have to be flexible there too!.!. but in modern, hip-hop, etc!.!. not much, so you have to be trained unless you have a talent inside of you you didn't know, well as for my experience, ballet is quite a little bit hard if your not in to it, modern and hip-hop is like the same, so you can pull it off I guess,Www@QuestionHome@Com

NO you wouldn't find dance easier if you are in gymnast it will help your spilts but flipping and all of that stuff isn't really dance its just gymnast sure people use it in dances but dance is dance and its going to be hard until you have got all of the bascis down pat but im sure you can do it! GOOD LUCK!Www@QuestionHome@Com

i think that you will find it easier then someone who has never done any kind of form of gymnastics or dance!.!.but you might get a little confused on the names they call the movements!.!.but other than that i think that you will do just fine!.!.!.cause since your a gymnast than you know how to move your body and not look awkward : ) have a nice day!Www@QuestionHome@Com

hi!.!.!.gymnastics does help you to move around more effortlessly but you will always have a gymnasts way of doing it!.!.you know, people will come to know that you are one!. But chill, you can always try to focus on the dance and may be try to do moves naturally than using your gymnastics!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com

gymnastics will probably only help your balance and flexibility!.
you'll have to learn technique for each dance and it will actually probably be a little hard for you since youre pretty used to being a gymnast and not a dancer!.
but you;ll probably have an advantage as far as agility and stuffWww@QuestionHome@Com

depends on the style of dance u choose!. if u choose a dance that needs quite a bit of flexibility (eg ballet) then you would get an advantage!. and hey, ballroom rocks! if u are not the standard ballroom type you could always check out latin! ok anyways all the best!. just have fun during dance!. be motivated and that would really make a good dancer!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Don't be so quick to rule out ballroom!. It is actually a lot of fun!. Salsa is so much fun! And not much is sexier then a passionate tango!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well it depent on what you like you can try dancing and if you liked it you can move on with it ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

you will find it both easy and difficult!. try to see as many dance videos as you can !. you can try free style!.Www@QuestionHome@Com