Years ago, when I was in my mid forties and teaching belly dancing, a 22 year old dance student challenged me in class to a flexibility test she had in some college class. I lost of course. When she's 45 maybe she'll figure out that it's not so easy once your not all that flexible. But today I was thinking that while flexibility is important to a dancer there are so many other factors that are important. Most of us love to keep practicing the ones we are great at because that's our comfort zone. But if you want to grow as a dancer, it might help to pick the five you are the worst at and work on those too.
Here are some I came up with off the top of my head.
- Timing
- Motivation
- Musicality
- Confidence
- Poise
- Strength
- Stamina
- Overall good health
- Passion
- 'the it factor'
- Balance
- Persistence
- Consistency
- Ethics
- Spacial awareness
- Peripheral Vision
- Symmetry
- Teamwork
- Theatricality
- Synchronicity
- Punctuality
- Business savvy
- Originality
- Innovative
- Trust
- Self-acceptance
- Sense of humor
- Posture
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