Hello everyone,
I have a few questions to ask? I have always loved dancing ever since i was a little . I'm now 42 yrs. old and finally have time for me.
I was wondering am i too old to start learning ballroom dancing and the other wonderful dances out there?

42 is not too old. I started when I was 48 (4 years ago). I am now dancing at the Bronze level. I've lost 12 pounds and I'm in better shape than I was in my 40's. Looking forward to my first comp in Feb. Go for it, you won't regret it.

Hi, I started at 40 years old, before that I had the proverbial 2 left feet, I am now 69 and have enjpyed that many years of learning to dance and putting my skills into action at social dances wherever I can attend them

I have no interest in taking part in competition dance, my only interest is in being able to dance with most people when I go to a dance.

After 23 years of training, I learnt many steps and sequences, but find when my wife and myself go to dances, everyone wants to follow us, expecially in sequence dancing.

It appears the secret is not a lot of fancy steps, just very good basics willl make you stand out in a crowded ballroom.

I agree with alan. I may have learned how to dance when I was very young, but I have had plenty of stops and starts, depending on what was going in my life at any given time.
Mainly, I think any age is fine. I have taught friends my age (mid 50s) and I have seen much older in the beginners classes at the studio my wife and I learn at.
The point about not worrying too much about how good you are is true. If you take one lesson and learn proper position and frame, and a few very basic steps, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of most people at most parties, weddings and other social gatherings in which dancing is unfolding. My main thought is that every man should at least be able to know how to dance with his wife, but it is true that it is nice to be able to dance with others who know how to follow and have a few lessons themselves.
If you are only 42, you've easily got 40 or more years on the dance floor.

I started at 50. It's never too late. At competitions, there is an over-80 catgfory!

I started last winter at age 50. Am I great? No. Am I good? Not really. But I am tolerable and I'm getting better. And most importantly, I LOVE it.

My brain doesn't soak up the steps like a sponge like a 20 year old, but I find new steps come more easily the more I dance.

When I started, anything beyond a basic box would throw me but now I'm concentrating on the Argentine Tango and bronze level ballroom and Latin. Proof it can be done!

I started 7 years ago at 55, which is a pretty common starting age. For social dancing you will fit in with the people who do social ballroom dancing ( age wise ). If you want to compete, you can compete against others is a similiar experience or age group. Most people seem to find the time and money to take up ballroom dancing after they reach 40 -50. So at 42 you are fine age wise to start.

IF you would refer to Marie Osmond - who recently got third in Dancing with Stars series - you see that you are clearly not too old to start dancing. Follow your dreams, as well as your heart, maybe it will find you a young gentleman...however, I feel that at the older age, you don't quite have the cordanation that younger dancer would have...but keep on dancing and let me know how it turns out!

42 is a great age to start -- I wish I could have started then! I took it up a year ago at age 51, am now down to the weight I was in college, and I'm in the best shape of my life. I have the dancing to thank! Have a wonderful time with it!!