Has one of your friends ever made a remark about something that you don't fully understand but laugh at anyways? Maybe you do find it funny however you don't fully understand it? This tends to be the case a lot of the time when dancers talk.
Between having french words to describe the moves we do and being able to say them in a sequence at great speeds doesn't help those around us to understand what it is we are talking about. There are many things I miss about dancing, and yes I can always stretch at home or go use a studio by myself, but nothing can compare to those moments or things that are said within a dance class.
"One more time!" or "again!"
- This never actually means you are going to do it one more time, try like 10!
"Points your pigs!"
- When we are little our parents call our toes pigs, so what better way to tell little kids to point their toes?
"Close your fingers to be a pack of hot dogs."
- Interesting analogy but it works!
"Smiley knees!"
- If you get in front of a mirror and stand calmly and the flex/pull up your knees, don't they smile back at you too?
"5, sex, 7, 8"
- Yes, people actually do say this!
"Sex position number one."
- This is rather interesting when you get teachers that use the term "sex position" to refer to dance moves/steps.
"Its not Halloween so stretch your fingers!"
- You don't want to look like you have claws for hands!
"No hamburger hands!"
- You don't want to look like every time you are raising your arm up you look like you are taking a bite out of a burger!
"Put Vaseline on your teeth so your smile lasts the whole performance."
- Would not recommend trying this, just trust me when I say it works!
"Put on your princess crown and stand tall!"
- Yes, in ballet we call everyone princesses, but what little girl wouldn't want to be called one?!
"Eyes off the floor!"
- For some reason the floor presents a sense of comfort to dancers so we seem to always look down to make sure its still there for us.
"Pizza feet. How big is your slice?"
- Every kid loves pizza, so we use to pizza feet to explain first position, only this can trail way off topic because then kids fight over kinds of pizza and we accomplish nothing.
"Don't stick your tongue out."
- We all have little habits we do that we are unaware of, mine was sticking my tongue out when I was trying to focus on something.
"I should be able to have tea on your back."
- Rather outrageous thought but it got the point of a flat back across.
"Don't burn your butts in the toaster."
- Surprisingly enough in the dance world this is one phrase that you could say to almost any dancer and they would know exactly what you are talking about.
However, its not only our teachers who say random things, we as dancers have quite the number of sayings our selves. Click on the link below to watch a very comical video of some of the humorous things dancers say!
What's something you may say that others think is outrageous or silly? Maybe something you have heard someone else say that has made you stop and think?
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