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Has anyone taken the grades that can explain to me the difference between what they’re looking for in basic and primary steps? How much harder is the primary reel in grade 3 supposed to be than the basic reel in grade 1? What competitive levels should those correlate to? Is basic hard shoe traditional speed/fast?
Thanks in advance!
I started watching Riverdance to motivate me to pack for nationals... but now it's all watching and no packing. Preparing for NANS the only way I know how ;)
Oh my goodness I've missed 5 am work outs so much (seriously). Nothing better than getting up and dancing before the NC heat kicks in.
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- Frozen set up playing on my desk
- A large glass of Sangria
- A final exam on Tuesday that I have no great desire to study for
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Ezekiel is my life, black cats are perfect.
Truth- I never really wanted a cat but my roommate and I ended up with a black cat and honestly she is the sweetest cat I have ever known. I don't know what I'm going to do without that sweet kitty when I move out, but I'll probably go to a shelter and find another wonderful black kitty who needs a home. Please don't overlook them in shelters!
Okay guys I have a problem… For almost two weeks now my foot has been hurting. It only hurts in the spot I’m pointing to in the photo and it’s on the inner side of the bottom of my foot. It’s on the inside of the foot but not close to the bone. It hurts when I step on it and mostly in softshoes (i hardly feel it in heavies). The pain is kind of like a bruise when you press down on it. I have really low arches, I think that May have something to do with it? Does anyone know what this could be and what could help? I have a feis next week and this is destroying my light round. Please, anyone know anything?
I had similar problem month ago. I was afraid od Plantar fasciitis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis), but after maybe two weeks pain stoped.
From the sounds of how specific the location of the pain is, I doubt it's plantar fasciitis, because the plantar fascia run the entire base of your foot, and if these fascia are inflamed you're probably going to feel pain in a larger area. It sounds a little bit like a stress fracture, but it's a pretty unusual spot for one. Either way, whatever it is probably won't get better until you take a break and let it heal. See a doctor. If you want to wait until after the feis, fine but rest until then! Pain is your friend, it tells you when you need to stop and take a break. Let it rest until the feis, see how it feels after a short break, and then if it's still bothering you get it checked out so you can get a proper diagnosis and treatment plan in order to get you back to pain free dancing!
Are there are dancers out there who are juniors/seniors in college or grad school? I'm a senior working my ass off to get into PT school right now, and I would love to find a community of dancers in a similar position that I can talk to and get tips for balancing dance. Not that I don't love all of you, but everyone I dance with is high school and younger basically, and I'm looking to talk to people in a similar position to me :)
I’ve been struggling with getting through my steps the past couple weeks. And I know what your gonna say, stamina work stamina work stamina work. However, it’s not stamina. I’ve been dancing long enough to know when you need to put In some extra work to get through, but it’s a different kind of…
DRINK WATER AND STRETCH. Literally drink so much water. It will help your muscles flush the acid out that makes them feel tired. Also once you warm up stretch for at least 10 minutes. You may even need to go through yours steps once than stretch again to get a good round out. I promise this will help.
Not sure where you heard that drinking water will help flush out the acid that causes fatigue, but that just isn't correct. There are ways to help speed up the clearance of things like lactic acid, H+ ions, and inorganic phosphates, which are the things that cause fatigue (in exercise lasting around 1-3 minutes), however drinking water is not one of those ways. It's great for keeping hydrated, and yes definitely drink water but it won't do anything for metabolic acidosis.
What can help speed up the clearance is constant light movement. After a really hard practice, or even between rounds of dancing within class, try and keep moving. If you sit down to rest your legs before you have to get up and dance again, it'll take longer for that acid to clear out of your system. It'll still accumulate while you dance though, so I don't know if that will help your fatigue a ton. Just wanted to clear that up!
I’ve been struggling with getting through my steps the past couple weeks. And I know what your gonna say, stamina work stamina work stamina work. However, it’s not stamina. I’ve been dancing long enough to know when you need to put In some extra work to get through, but it’s a different kind of...
Honestly this sounds like straight up muscle fatigue. There's probably an easier way to explain this, but this is what I study so I'm gonna give a brief physiology. (I also think it is so important dancers understand physiology and metabolism.) When we dance, it's short bursts of high intensity exercise, which uses a largely anaerobic system for energy. What this means is your body RELIES on carbohydrates to be broken down to produce energy. We get a bit of aerobic metabolism too depending on how long you dance, but either way, your body is absolutely using broken down carbohydrates (glucose) and the stored form of that- glycogen.
Muscle fatigue occurs for a couple of reasons. In high intensity intermittent exercise like the steps we run in class, we're largely using anaerobic systems for energy, which means the the muscle fatigue we experience is a result of metabolic acidosis. All this is, is an accumulation of these things called metabolites (products of metabolism), and they include inorganic phosphate, H+ ions and lactate. These metabolites interfere with the process that allows our muscles to contract, and lactate stimulates the pain receptors in the muscles. The build up these little molecules is what causes us to fatigue and there's not much we can do about that.
However, I mentioned that we're also using an aerobic system while we dance, and the cause of fatigue in this system is glycogen depletion. This we can do something about. If you make sure your body is stocked with carbohydrates before exercise that it can turn into blood glucose and muscle glycogen, then your body has more fuel for you to use when you dance. It won't stop you from fatiguing, but it might help stave it off a little longer?
I realized I didn't really help you much, but if it is in fact muscle fatigue, at least now you know it's INCREDIBLY normal, and it will improve as you train more, but also eating more pasta can't hurt. (Seriously, dancers, pasta is your friend.)
There are ways to increase the time spent in aerobic metabolism and decrease anaerobic metabolism (therefore decreasing the number of metabolites that accumulate), however I haven't read all of the literature on that so I couldn't speak to it accurately.
I hope that helps a little. Sorry for the physiology lesson, I got carried away, but it's important information. Message me if something isn't clear or you would like more information!!
Hey so about stamina- If you're in any way capable of swimming, that is one of the best ways to cross train because it's so low impact on your joints but it works your whole body and will help that cardiovascular endurance (feeling tired in the lungs.) As for muscle fatigue, that's caused by glycogen depletion, which means you've run out of stored carbohydrates to turn into energy. Pasta is great for building up some glycogen stores! It does just take time as well. Hope that helps a bit!
Thank you!!! I actually used to be on swim team and my family belongs to the YMCA so I should definitely take advantage of that. Would gluten free carbs give the same energy?
Yeah- gluten free just removes gluten, which is a protein compound found in wheat. What gives you the energy from carbohydrates is what it breaks down into- glucose. As long as they are carbohydrates, by definition they will be broken down glucose and that's what your body needs to produce energy or store it as glycogen to later use as energy!
Friendly reminder to Irish dancers that it is 100% ok to just need a break. It doesn’t mean you love it any less than the girl who dances on injuries that she shouldn’t and risks permanent damage. It just means you know your body better than anyone else, and you know your mind better than anyone…
but what’s annoying is when it’s every. single. class. they have an excuse or a problem or an injury. if you’re that injured, don’t come to class ! don’t complain that you’re not getting results when everyone else in the class is working 10x harder. I’m not saying taking breaks occasionally is bad, but when it’s constant not doing all 3 or missing class, that may just be a person being lazy.
I agree it might be that they're just being lazy, but just to play devil's advocates here, how does that affect you? Someone not working as hard and not getting their results is their problem, and theirs to deal with. If they're projecting this onto everyone else in their class then I can see why you might be frustrated, but just try and remember that it's their business and it generally doesn't affect anyone else unless people take the time to be involved in someone else's business.. If they're being lazy, let them deal with it. Don't take time out of your day to worry about it.
Friendly reminder to Irish dancers that it is 100% ok to just need a break. It doesn't mean you love it any less than the girl who dances on injuries that she shouldn't and risks permanent damage. It just means you know your body better than anyone else, and you know your mind better than anyone else, and you need a break. It's not weak. It actually takes tremendous strength and will power and insight to be able to say you know what, I'm hurting, or I'm tired, or I just can't do this right now, and to stop. There's nothing wrong with that. I get concerned in the ID community where there supported mindset is to dance through injury and pain and and never take a break because the next major is only a few months away. And that's great for those people, but I want to make sure we don't value other mind sets any less. You had a hell week in school so you decided to give your body a break and stay home from dance? Go you, your body appreciates you. You had work on your feet all day and you feel too exhausted to do all 3 steps one more time so you sit the last round out? Good for you, knowing when to listen to your body. Everybody is different, and nobody has the right look down on someone else if they choose to make different decisions to themselves. Even more, nobody has the right to judge someone's reasons for stopping, taking a break, or sitting out a round. It's nobody's damn business but the person making the decision. Just remember that not everyone might be comfortable sharing with the whole class why they are choosing not to dance, because they are afraid of the judgment they will receive in return, when the mindset is so often to ignore your body and push through. Kindly respect that, and dance class will feel like a much safer place for everyone.
Be careful of those knive sets.
i've seen this going around tumblr and facebook, and a LOT of people are taking it seriously, so i'm just going to put this out here: it's not fucking real. the daily currant is a satire site. even if you didn't see the clip from this site, please fact check before you spread around information like this.
Ugh I'm wrecked from the feis and I'm falling asleep but slopestyle finals are on and the rest of the team skating and I really wanna watch because it's the olympics... STRUGGLING.
I did my first ever prelim today and no judge gave me last in any of my rounds so yay! Mission accomplished! So glad I just have that under my belt. Prelims is still kinda scary and my stamina sucks but I'm getting there!!
At age thirteen, my mom knew I wasn’t straight She didn’t understand, but she had so much to say She sat me on the couch, looked me straight in my face And said you’ll burn in hell or probably die of AIDS It’s funny now, but at thirteen it was pain To be almost sure of who you are and have it ripped away And I’m sorry if it’s too real for some of you to fathom But hate for who you love is not exactly what you’d imagine And I guess it was disastrous Because everything that happened afterwards was just madness Locked away for two years to keep me on the inside Because she’d rather see a part of me die than me thrive And it’s tougher when it’s something you can’t deny And ignorance teaches us it’s something you decide You’re driven by your choices, an optical illusion Here’s to understanding it’s not always confusion [Hook] And I can’t change Even if I tried, even if I wanted to And I can’t change Even if I tried, even if I wanted to My love, my love, my love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm I’ve walked the halls of my school And I’ve seen kids hide behind walls and footballs and things like pride I’ve seen innocent children suffer beneath bruises Suffer beneath every single hand that chooses ignorance Fuck your religion Fuck constitutions Fuck superstitions There are no lakes of fire; they’re here on earth And the only thing to do is put love first And so I stand for the boy who died by his hand To the sound of his father screaming “Woman loves man” "This is Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" And I stand for the girl with the cuts up her sleeve And the heart in her hand and a chip on her shoulder And I stand for it all until ignorance is over This is for you, for knowing who you are For never letting your magic outside of your heart Be you, be brave, and understand that things do change I accept you for you when I don’t understand And I love you for you because this is who I am I accepted you for you when I didn’t understand Now love me for me ‘cause this is who I am [Hook] Here’s a message to the people who just don’t get it: Love is love There is no difference Not a medication to fix it There is no prescription No rehab to visit It is not an addiction It’s love and it’s selfless It’s yours and everybody else’s So don’t badger and abuse the solemnly defenseless See us as yourself There’s no equality in difference Until we all get it, we’ll be drowning in the same blood Despite orientation, we all feel the same love We’ll be drowning in the same blood Despite orientation, we all feel the same love [Hook] We are boxed in and labeled Before we’re ever able to speak who we believe we are Or who we dream we’ll become Like drum beats forever changing their rhythm I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday And tonight I’ll only borrow pieces of who I am today To carry with me to tomorrow No, I’m not gay No, I’m not straight And I sure as hell am not bisexual Damn it I am whoever I am when I am it Loving whoever you are when the stars shine And whoever you’ll be when the sun rises So here’s to being able Here’s to love Here’s to loving just because Here’s to acceptance Here’s to never fearing the fear of rejection Here’s to love and never neglecting who you feel you are Here’s to bullies because beatings cannot last forever Heres’ to the moment you realize things do get better Here’s to the parents who will get it when its too late Here’s to second chances Here’s to new fate Here’s to every single moment you’ve ever had to hide you Here’s to the single star shining bright inside you, asking you to guide you Here’s to who you’ll be when you figure it all out Here’s to momentary doubt Here’s to feeling, because we all feel it the same Here’s to the moment that things will change Because we all feel love, we all feel it the same Here’s to love, here’s to change.
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This is THE FUCK WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
FUCKING POWERFUL
This is amazing.
Im sorry for this but these people THESE FUCKING PEOPLE ARE HEARTLESS BASTARDS.
Who makes fun of a kid who attempted suicide because he was bullied for liking his favorite show. WHO FUCKING DOES THAT.
Id usually remove the names of people or their privacy/ protection or something but with these guys i dont give a fuck! They’re all a bunch of heartless immature fucking pricks.
Im sick of these kinds of people in this world i really fucking am.
GUYS THIS IS SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP, I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOUR FANDOM IS OR WHO YOU FUCKING HATE, THE SHIT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING IS WRONG AS FUCK. I CAN’T STAND PEOPLE LIKE THIS WHO DISREGARD A HUMAN LIFE BECAUSE IT LIKES SOMETHING THEY DON’T, CAN WE GET ANY WORSE AT THIS POINT GUYS?! WHAT ARE WE?! FUCKING MONSTERS!?
Okay when I talk about hating ‘bronies’ I’m talking about the misogynistic middle-aged creeps who sexualise a childrens’ show and make ask blogs about molestation. Not children who happen to be fans of My Little Pony. There is a distinct fucking difference.
Anyone who would ever wish death upon a child, or mock someone who has attempted SUICIDE, is literal human filth.
This is unbelievably sad. And MLP has better values than the twats who made fun of this poor kid.
So this actually happened at a school near me. The parents said he was the type of child who never walked, but danced everywhere. When asked if the parents wanted to send a message to bullies, they only said that they wanted to help them learn to be better people, not to punish them, because punishing them wouldn't have been in line with the morals the MLP teaches, and Mike wouldn't have liked that. This kid believed in the magic of friendship. He's such a little star, and yet society is so wrapped up in our idea of what boys and girls should act like or enjoy, that he got bullied for liking a show that spoke to him on a moral level. He got bullied to the point where he lost not only belief, but a will to live. This. Has. Got. To. Stop.
