I just wanted to know why you guys started dancing and why you chose ballroom opposed to modern, jazz, tap or ballet and if you had any other dance training other than ballroom.

I chose ballroom because my studio, Arthur Murray, is closer to my house than any other kind of studio. The people there are really nice, amazing dancers.
The first kind of dance I ever did was ballet, I started when I was 3 and stopped at like age 7. A few years later I started Hip Hop and stopped that at like 13. I hadnt been on any kind of dance floor for a while so I thought it was time to get back into dance, I thought ballroom would be a nice choise, so I asked for lessons for my birthday.

Luv, Kisses and Cookies,
~*Bri*~

I had one of the same reasons, SalsaSweetie55. Since I had no previous training in any type of dance, I thought that ballroom was a good place to start. Originally, I wanted to go pro (as a performer; not an instructor). However, being an instructor really opened my eyes to the world of dance. I then decided to keep it as a hobby.

I'm purchasing a 3-bedroom condo and will transform one of the bedrooms into a studio. I've always wanted to learn tap. All I need is an instructor!

My friends thought it would be cool to have me in their groupclass. The season had already begun and they were a couple lessons ahead of me. I thought: "Nah..."

It took them two weeks to get me onto the floor. I had never danced before in my entire life! Well, okay, I did some really silly "funky chicken" stuff on birthdays when I was drunk (:D), but that was about it. Then I thought, after those two weeks of CONSTANT NAGGING: "Well... Why not, I could always give it a try, it would only be for one season anyway..."

I'm in my third season now

When I was 7 years old I stardet with jazz dance and so I loved dancing a lot. One day I wanted to do something new with dancing and I started with ballroom and I like it much more than jazz. And I had so much luck, because I found the one I love in my dancing school

I went to university intending to graduate with the three abilities required of a gentleman: to play bridge, to fence, and to dance a waltz. I did bridge in the first year, and would have done fencing in the second year had I not been in a car crash which injured my neck. So I went for ballroom instead; in the third year, I decided to scrap the idea of fencing, went into a technique stream for modern and Latin, working towards the IDTA bronze medal, and took up "alternative Latin" (IDTA club dance). Graduated in June, and still in the same city, so I'm keeping it up, although dancing in a couple of social streams now.