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There are few professions with as much mystique and misconceptions as that of professional dancing. A lot of non-dancers simply do not understand this lifestyle and all that it entails. The life of a dancer is an interesting topic.

Everybody knows that practice is the key to success in most areas. Those who want to be truly great at something must have a base level of aptitude, but must also work tirelessly and repetitively in order to fine-tune those abilities into something that can amaze audiences. If you are dancing professionally, then you will spend a good chunk of your life practicing those skills.

Practicing is only half of the necessary components of a dancing career. The other is natural ability, or aptitude. You cannot make something from nothing. Much like the concept of stone soup, the best food is only as good as its ingredients, and those ingredients have to be top-notch. If you do not have the right ingredients, if you are not naturally flexible or graceful, then dancing might not be the best profession.

In addition to the concept of practicing and natural ability, being flexible is also vital. Some people are more flexible than others, but many can train their bodies to bend in ways that normal people find difficult. This takes years of training, but it also takes a certain amount of natural aptitude as well. Dancers do not have to bend themselves into pretzels as early as day one, but eventually they can build up enough flexibility to amaze others.

Anyone who goes to the cinema will recognize that there has been a recent swell of dance movies flooding the box office. Some are good, and some are bad, but they all seem to pain the profession of dancing in an overly simplistic light. Dancers just burst into a complex set of moves without practicing beforehand. Sometimes those moves are synchronized. There is no way this can happen in real life. Dancing is too difficult for that.

Music videos often only show one type of dance. They are usually risque. Worse, they are edited in such a way that the choreography is often confusing at best and incomprehensible at worst. Anyone watching music videos will see the same basic moves over and again. This is not all that dancing has to offer.

Dancing can be a lot of fun, because it allows people to move their bodies in a variety of challenging and interesting ways. It is great exercise. Just look at the body of a typical person in the dancing profession, and you will see muscles that you did not even know humans had. It is a great way to sculpt your muscles while doing what you love.

Applause is similarly important. A lot of performers choose to perform because they want to get a reaction from the audience. It is a simple fact, but one that you should not ignore. People will be astounded at your movies, and that is a good feeling to have.

For many reasons, the life of a dancer is sleepless and difficult. It is an existence spent trying to achieve that which is unachievable, trying to push her body in ways that it is not meant to be pushed. However, it is also a profoundly rewarding and fulfilling experience.