what dancer(s) inspired you to dance?

[symphonyb]

who made you take dance seriously in the dance industry? for me it has always been Mikhail Baryshnikov I don't just mean ballet,any dance form..who was your idol or inspiration?

 

[Ava Rose]

Hi symphonyb

for me, there are two couple's who have inspired me. they are Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff and Michael Wentink & Beata Onefater. they are latin dancers, which is what i do

 

[D-Lisch]

Um.... Usher... Ciara... anybody who's got skills really...

 

[Ainuhina]

No one.....I got a year ridding- or ballet-lessons as a birthday present at the age of 6....wanted to ride but was too small so they didn't let me and I ended up in Balletschool.....

 

[Sleepy Jean]

I've been going to see broadway shows in Cleveland, regularly, since I was 5-years-old because my pretty-well-off grandparents subscribe to that kinda stuff. I guess, beause of that, I've just had a natural liking to dancing.

 

[Multi-Elis]

For me it was ballet books- I tried to copy them without ever having seen ballet, or knowing what it was. Music actually got me dancing, inventing my own dance. At 13 I saw a nutcracker performanceand that sent me dancing for hours at home trying to copy all I had seen. Encouragement from a friend, my father dragging me at age 19 to my first ballet lesson; and then finally reading a french traslation of Balanchine's history of Ballets, a book that sent me insane for a few weeks, and when I recovered, I knew I had to take dance more seriously. Over all -it is music that got and gets me dancing.

 

[texmex]

Nobody really. At age 11 I was made to take dance, even though I was sure I would hate it. After a week I ended up loving it and never wanting to stop. It wasn't until I was at least 13 though that I started taking is seriously and trying my best.

 

[Crono]

Frankie Manning is my inspiration. I had the fortune to be able to take a class from him last year. At 90 years old, he's still going strong, and he has a personality that just lights up the room. It's amazing to see him dance.

 

[Living Soul Dance]

Alvin Aliey's dance called "Revelations"
& Debbie Allen in the movie "Fame!"

I first saw the dance "Revelations" by Alvin Aliey when I was 7 years old.
My mom took my to the Kenedy Center here in Washington, D.C.
That was the first time I had ever seen anything that resembled Liturgical Dance. At that point, I new I wanted to be a dancer.

Then, I was inspired by the movie & the T.V. show "FAME!" (Song....I wanna live forever....) when I was 12 years old.
Because of that show, I decided to audition for Duke Ellinton School of the Arts. That's where Debbie Allen taught dance back in the 70's. The school looked just like the movie when I went there and the dance department was twice as hard! Anyway, that was my inspiration. Thanks for asking

By the way,
The dance "Revelations" is 40 years old.
Every liturgical dancer in the world should see it!

 

[CelineDion]

Paula Abdul ..she is so amazing and gifted

 

[godalltheway]

no1 really i have always loved dancing. evry1 tells me that i was born w/talent for it.

 

[rudo]

good on ya godallthe way

l like Ciara and l really liked when Jessica Alba wa a dancer in Honey since that movie l take hiphop lesson and lm proud of myself

 

[godsgirl4ever]

The main praise dancer @ Quail Valley Church

 

[Izzy23]

I think I'm older then most of you on this thread so I don't know if you would be too familiar with her but I was inspired by Nadia Comenici. Actually she was a gymnast and I took ballet but she was the one who inspired me to become interested in dance.

 

[Dancing_Freak]

My Inspiration to take dance seriously was my Tap Teacher A.J. LoPresti, he was always telling us that if we were doing something that we thought looked stupid, but put alot of effort into it it looks great, and that if you don't try it ends up looking stupid. This was becasue in my recreational tap group this year nobody was trying,

 

[CarrieROBINS]

I Started to watch the dancers in GOTTA kick it up. and they rocked!