You know you're a dancer when . . . . . . .

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A DANCER WHEN.....
... 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 dream of wearing shoes that give you blisters and sores.
... you sit in a straddle when you're watching tv or doing Homework.
... your body cracks loudly enough to be mistaken for gunfire.
... you put on your Pointe shoes to reach high places.
... the bell rings at school and you start to clap and then go up and thank your teacher.
... people mistake you for a rubber band.
... full and out are the two main words in your vocabulary.
... you use your swing set to practice your fouettes.
... 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.
... you do your toe heel while waiting in line.
... 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.
... a new dance makes your whole day.
... everywhere is a place to dance.
... you know most barres aren't in jails.
... you have fights with gymnasts about who works harder.
... you practice your dances in your chair at school.
... you not only dance everyday, but also every night in your dreams.
... you are stretching for gym and everyone goes, "WHOA!!"
... your Pointe shoes are your babies.
... your vocabulary includes Band-Aids, sweat, bleeding toes, determination, and guts.
... all your friends are eating dinner while you are in class.
... 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.
... listening to Nutcracker music is a curse.
... you become a master in the field of toe health care.
... you stand in the lunch line in fourth position.
... You fall asleep in the splits because "it's such a comfortable position!"
... you're constantly broke because you're destroying Pointe shoes at a constant rate of three per month.
... you worry more about having water than food
... you wonder why the average person goes to touch their toes and can't get past their knees without groaning.
... you go to grab something off the floor and your leg shoots up to a perfect penchee.
... you forget how to count past 8.
... 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 recycle everything from tights to Pointe shoes to leotards.
... you find that odd things like masking tape and paper towels are more useful than band-aids.
... the studio becomes your second home.
... your parents just bought stock in band aids.
... you opted to take French as a second language so you could better understand ballet terminology.
... your bedroom is clean as a result of never being in it.
... your dance bag is a pigsty as a result of always being in it.
... potentially hazardous sports are off-limits until after Nutcracker season
... you hear football players complaining of "turf toe" and laugh at the simplicity of their toe problems.
... karate is a no-no because you find it hard to kick with flexed feet and uneven hips.
... instead of jogging, you run turned out and on the ball of your foot.
... 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.
... your friends ask you to oversplit "just for fun!"
... in gym class teacher says touch you toes, you lie on your legs.
... you're at school wearing sandals, and it's a boring class, you will kick off your sandals and practice or work on pointing your feet.
... you tune out people by practicing and running through variations in your head.
... when you run you feel like doing a jete.
... you know what every pain means on many levels.
... you have an entire drawer devoted to your dance stuff.
... "So You Think You Can Dance?" is the BEST show.
... everything you do has to do with dance.
... your friends say they went shoe shopping and you ask them if they got a hard or medium shank.
... your parents work two jobs to pay for private lessons.
... "Practice makes perfect" isn't just a saying, but a way of life.
... you suddenly can't count past 8.
... the "Simple Life" to you is dance practice 6 days a week, 8 hours a day.
... you Pointe you toes during pull-ups for gym class.
... when you get your hair cut, you tell them just long enough for a bun.
... you can learn the dances to music videos.
... you thought that scene in Fantasia where all the huge animals were dancing around in Pointe shoes was degrading.
... you laugh at non-dancers when they complain about their feet.
... you're proud of your ugly feet.
... instead of calling rooms rooms you call them "studios".
... when you spell "point" you always mess up and spell it with an added 'e' ... "Pointe."
... every hard floor is like a place for practicing.
... your solo music is your favorite song.
... you spend more time at a dance studio than at home.
... 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 laugh at a non-dancer when they say their feet hurt.
... you're very excited about some rehearsal/class/dance/etc but all of your non-dance friends look at you like 'what the heck is so exciting about that?'
... you can talk about dance all day long to people who don't care.
... when you refer to half time of a football game as "intermission"
... you actually sit up straight in your chair at school.
... every song that come on on the radio you know a combo to
... you noticed every mistake made on any dance movie or TV show
... you have ever fallen asleep in a split or straddle.
... you perform calmly before crowds yet suffer anxiety during school tests.
... you have ever said "400 sit-ups no prob.
... you cancel dates telling them you have dance.
... a new leotard makes your whole day.
... you're disgusted when you see a picture of a dancer with Pointe shoe ribbons tied up to her knees.
... you don't dance for a week, and even your brother notices.
... you can speak more French than English.
... you own more dance shoes than other shoes.
... 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
... you can't name 2 basket ball stars, but you can name 100 dancer stars
... when someone tells you to "work on that attitude, young lady!" and you think they're talking about your turnout, not your demeanor.
... you start looking at the amount of stage presence nondancers have ordinarily
... you tell people that they have good knees, good extentions, good arches
... 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.
... you have broken at least one household item while practicing your allegro.
... you check the TV Guide for any program even remotely relating to dance.
... you become frustrated and depressed when "Breakfast with the Arts", on A&E, is not about ballet or dance.
... Centerstage was the best movie EVER!
... when people do the splits you're not shocked.
... when you are talking to people about sports try-outs you say auditions instead.
... you automatically start choreographing whenever you hear music
... you skip more school for performances and exams than for being sick.
... 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 name your dog tutu instead of Toto.
... you carry a bottle of nail polish around in your purse to stop those darn runs in your tights.
... you hear NUTCRACKER music in the mall and get butterflies.
... you cant resist doing grand jetes down an empty hallway or grocery isle.
... every hand rail you see in transformed into a ballet barre.
... your hair has a permanent crease from wearing it in a bun.
... your worst slouch is a non-dancers flat back.
... you stay up for three hours the night before a performance sewing ribbons on Pointe shoes.
... 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 wrong.
... a broken toe sends you spiraling into a deep depression.
... you learn how to make light of a mistake on stage.
... leotards and tights become more comfy than clothes.
... you suddenly have the urge to curtsy instead of saying thank you.
... changing costumes in the wings in one minute becomes easy.
... you're able to untie and retie a Pointe shoe in 45 seconds flat.
... you have less toe nails than anybody you know.
... your bedroom is arranged to have the biggest amount of open space as possible.
... you sleep with your legs turned out.
... you miss catching the ball during gym class because you were practicing the sequence from last night's class.
...you believe your gym teacher knows nothing about real sports.
...you can not carry a conversation and not mention something dance related for 10 minutes.
...when seeing someone walking on the street wearing stockings and a bun doesn't phase you.
...the names George Balanchine, Wendy Whelan, Marius Petipa, and Sylvie Guillem mean something to you.
... when you talk about a friend being your first partner people think your being vulgar.
... you laugh at guys when they complain about their hectic football schedule.
... you can't remember when you didn't have calluses on your feet.
... you use more rosin than soap.
... you are a pro at putting on fake eyelashes and have been since you've been about 7.
... a pedicure takes about 2 hours.
... you stand in 1st or 5th position in the lunch line at school.
... you've forgotten what its like to wake up in the morning and NOT have sore muscles.
... for you, legwarmers were always in fashion.
... you use the counter in the bathroom to stretch out while you brush your teeth.
... you dance around the house until your parents scream about how you are going to break something, but you can't stop.
... you find bobby pins in your book bag, closet, purse, dance bag, dresser, floor, etc.
... all your money goes to leotards, Pointe shoes, dance books, videos, accessories, etc
... you know exactly where your psoas is, but have never taken an anatomy class
... you've come up with at least 3 different ways to wear tights other than on your legs.
... when those ballerina Barbie's irritate you because they aren't turned out and can't bend their arms!
... when you are walking you count your steps, but only go up to 8 and start all over again.
... your kitchen floor has marks all over it from tap shoes, and Pointe shoes.
... before everything you do you say 5,6,7,8.

Dance is life, and the rest is just spare time . . . . .

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