Do you have to be born talented to dance?

Question:im 15,
i REALLY REALLY SUCK.
im a flexible person but when i dance i look so weird!
but i wanted to hip hop dance my whole life!

how do you know if so?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: im 15,
i REALLY REALLY SUCK.
im a flexible person but when i dance i look so weird!
but i wanted to hip hop dance my whole life!

how do you know if so?

Nobody on Earth is born "talented". It's all genetic things like ear anatomy, build, and muscle capacity.
Also, I could care less that you're super-skinny. That doesn't matter in dance. Nobody cares except for stereotypical, unfair ignoramuses. So don't make assumptions.
The one thing to get down is: FOLLOW THE TECHNIQUE.
If you follow the technique and choreography perfectly, I don't care if you look like a deformed penguin. You are doing it perfectly if you follow the technique, not if you "look good".
One example of this: the C-jump. You look like you're having a spasm, but that only proves you're doing it right.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU LOOK.
Just once more for emphasis.
Also, if you want to do hip-hop, take classes, enlist the help of a friend, press your nose against the glass windows of a dance studio, but don't just sit there WANTING.
GET OUT AND DO IT!!! :)
-India

practice makes perfect

dancing is definitely not for everyone. thats not to say you can't be decent at it. but if you don't have rhythm you're screwed...

you dont have to be talented some people are born with talent and other people have to achieve talent later on in life. so even though you are skinny and flexilble you have to want it and have total devotion to it, but if you try hard enough i am sure you will achieve your talent. you still have you whole life ahead of you to figue it out, maybe dancing was not ment for you and you were ment to do something even more greater than you think

Well, it definitely helps to have been born with a natural ability for dancing. However, if it's something you really want to do, I think it'd be a good idea to take classes with different styles of dance. Maybe hip-hop just isn't for you, whereas you might excel in another area.

Or, maybe it's just a matter of confidence. You might be judging yourself more harshly than others would (or maybe you have high expecations for yourself). Not everyone is naturally gifted at dancing and some have to work harder than others to get to a certain level. With a lot of dedication and practice, it should get easier for you.

I wouldn't completely rule out dancing unless no amount of practicing seems to help you improve.

heyy
just believe in yourself
i use to be so bad now im performing ova seas nex yr and im 13!!
i do latin dancin!

dancing is an art and some art looks weird, right? =]