one of my coarch said that if I want to be really good dancer, I have to be ready to quaified to be good dancer. Mentaly, Fisicaly, and Spiritually. I understand mentaly and fisically, but what is spritually? Have your coarch advised to you like that? and if not, what do you think? dancing without ego? or what? I don't understand......please give me any advise anything just you thought.....

We're talking very personal things here, but here's my view of this.
Mentally and spiritually i rhink are related, but different. I would think of mentally as being able to cope with the visualization of new concepts, change the way you think about moving etc - purely brain work.
Spiritually touches more of your views on life - in a more emotional way. Comes from the soul if you like (anybody know what 'soul' is?).It means, for example, that you would need your dancing to keep you fulfilled, that everything you do in the rest of your life would be 'anchored' to your need to dance - what you eat, even the job you have (in extreme cases). It certainly means that you truly love dancing and couldn't love without it, because at the highest levels in any sport great demands are put on you mentally and physically - it's just bloody hard work. You need that inner insatiable desire to keep you going.
THeese are just my views. I'll be interested to hear some others

Dedication,time and a lot of money.

practice, practice and more practice!!!

Anonymous. To be a great dancer. ( that is in the competition ) First you have to be rich. Second you need to be attractive .Third comes talent.

Looking in. I would not consider Gainer Fairweather to be particulary attrative. If you have the Talent you don't need to be rich. Not all teachers are money grabbers.

We can all have our moments of glory . I once had a Spiritual moment when I felt very close to our creator. We had just sat down to eat at a dinner dance when they played a beautifull foxtrot, the lovely wooden floor was empty. I had to get up and dance. We seem to float accross that floor as though we were on a majic carpet,every muscle and fiber and my soal was saturated with the music. It was effertless. It was euphoric. Some might say it was a release of morphin but to me it was a spirital moment.

Dave
This is the sort of experience that i think all dedicated dancers can have, in one form or another. To express deep inner feelings through music and dancing. Maybe this is the 'spiritual' element that anonymous's coach was referring to. It certainly goes beyond the physical and mental aspects.
In a big comp once, they played a slow waltz which was a tune i truly loved, and played a great deal for many years. We did well that day!

Yes the music can play a great part in the way we dance in competition. Sometimes we can be so tense that we don't know what piece of music was played.

John. How would you like to travel from Japan to Hong Kong to meet up with your UK coach who has flown out to take prearanged lessons, and for your final practice sessions for the British in Blackpool in May. This is like seven hours per day. Then to the UK for Blackpool. You will be back again in October for the International. Back again in December for the Worlds. Then there is the UK. coming up now in Bournmouth. You haven't eaten yet. What about a place to sleep. If you think the above is a bit exagerated. Think again. I know a couple currently 15th in the world who did and are doing just that. I would make a wager you would not even be able to afford the lessons unless you have a sponsor. You have not seen Gaynor in the past few years, not since the make over. I have one of there last demonstrations I took of Euro Sport. I was showing it to a lady who remarked how stunning she looked. I believe she is still teaches in Hong Kong. But putting that aside the list of attractive people making final, this is the man, and lady and as a pair. There are far more attractive people than there are unattractive. >