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To all you out there who don't think dancers are hardcore let me educate your ass

First we got the ballerinas. they stand on their toes and do freaky jumps and spins in midair before landing one again-ON THEIR TOES. Have you ever seen a ballerina train? You try doing half the crap they do you're gonna DIE and thats just their warm ups

Then we got tap dancers and let me tell you I tried to do tap and just about broke my fricken leg trying to do that musical tap shit. You think thats easy??? NO! Those little taps basically destroy your ankles and don't even get me started on yo legs.

Next is ballroom. Where you have to dance on the tips of your toes, in heels, backwards, and in a dress, trying to follow a lead which if that lead sucks will ruin your performance. I love ballroom but it so fricken painful I could die. Your ankles are shit and so are your legs at the ned of it.

Here we have that freaky contortionist crap. have you ever tried to bend your body in those ways? The human body aint meant for that shit but they do it anyway and I can't tell you the amount of stories I’ve heard where they break their bones for a routine.

Contemporary dancing is when you take your body and throw it around. They bend in ways you shouldn't and do the freakiest shit all while to music. Ive seen people just do a fricken splits and pull their legs up so it looks like their bent in half

Don't even get me started on pole dancing. The people who do that is insanely strong and insanely flexible. They have to pull theirselves up and flip themselves around all while holding onto a pole and trying not to slip but then your grip can't be too tight or els you can't do anything its crazy!

break dancing is when you throw yourself into the floor and spin and bend and do some seriously freaky crap. Their legs are where their head is supposed to be and their arm is bent backwards all while balancing on one hand! And then they're flipping themselves into the air

Belly dancing takes some serious muscle and flexibility and then you have to deal with stupid people making sexist and crude comments. When they bend I'm pretty sure their intestines are in their rib cage instead of their stomach and then their abs are rock fricken hard

Swing dancing is where you let your partner swing you around while your in heels and while you hope to the gods that you don't take a nasty turn and snap your ankle. You're being twisted and turned and dipped so fast no one can see whats going on and one bad turn and you could snap an ankle

Finally we have hip hop which is what I do and let me tell you hip hop hurts. It takes every muscle in your body to hold a position and you have to elegant but sharp without being to sharp and without being to graceful. And you have to deal with people telling you it isn't actually a type of dance

Over all dancing is hard. It hurts and it takes everything in you not to give up. Your muscles scream at you and you have to practice for hours and hours and hours. And at the end of it all there is no trophy. There is no award. Unless you make it into the big leagues there is no trophy or medal. And even then dancing doesn't really have a big league because people tell us its not a sport and we don't deserve it. So yes dancing is hardcore as shit and no one can tell me otherwise because I've been here. I've danced my heart and soul. Ive put in blood, sweat, tears, and even broken my own bones and danced on them simply because it is something I'm passionate about. So don't come in here and try to tell me that dancing isn't a real sport, don't come in here telling me it isn't hard and that its easy. Don't just Don't.

I’m sorry if I missed a type of dance and feel free to add on to my little rant