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Question: What is stiff!? HOW CAN someone be "stiff"!?
i LOVE to dance!! its my heart!! i found myself dancing in the store while im looking for cookies and even in church LOL!. but its my heart's desire to be on a drill team! i havent been on a drill team since 6th grade! so im trying out for one so i danced in front of my sister to see if i still had it!. she said i was stiff! i went in my room and cried my EYES out! what is "stiff" and how can i not be stiff!? is there a way!? HELP!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I don't know if your sister has much experience with dance or not!.!.!. this effects the validity of her answer dramatically!.

Being "stiff" with regards to dancing is not flowing the movements properly!. It often means you look a bit robotic while dancing, and doesn't look like your really getting into it!. HOWEVER, there are many reasons why this can be!. Were you nervous performing in front of her!? You also may have been concentrating very hard on getting the technique and steps!. This often blocks out emotion in new dancers!.

What you should do is:
1!. Before you dance, warm up and stretch!. Jog on the spot, shake your arms and legs etc to warm up, and then stretch out!. This will make you looser!.
2!. Don't concentrate so much on getting it perfect!. With practise, it will come!. But making a mistake is nothing to be ashamed of!.
3!. Instead, feel the music!. Sit an listen to it!. How does it make you feel!? Show this in your dancing!.
4!. Relax and have fun dancing!. Don't worry what people think!.

But don't worry!. Often, new dancers are stiff!. As you get used to it, used to perfmoring and dancing, you will loosen up!. Just relax!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Being stiff means that you are tensing up a lot, just relax and have fun, I hate to see people dancing or something while looking uncomfortable or out of place, even if they are really good!. I am sure your sister didn't mean it to be insulting, she was just giving you constructive criticism, you will get that a lot when on the team!.
Hope you make the team!
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gee whiz get a grip already

you boo hoo'd over that!?

oh gosh if my problems were so small

listen get loose, loosen up

don't be self concious and have fun with it (DUH(

loosen your hips, relax the booty and have fun Www@QuestionHome@Com

To stop being stiff just loosen up and have fun with it!!! If dance is what you really love then take every bad comment you get, and work on it endlessly until you get it right!! DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

it doesn't matter!.hold on and try your best!.fare well!Www@QuestionHome@Com