John. I dont know how your name came to be heading this posting above. Maybe I made a mistake. Don

I would like to think that being a good dancer, you need to to be mentally and physically able to groove to the tune and beats and rythem of the songs and dancees. However, being a great dancer, you need to have the passion. It is the passion to dream, to live, to breathe the art of that not only touches your soul, but your audience's as well. Poetry is like the art of dancing naked. Embrace poetry, and it could help feed your soul. Good Luck

Anonymous,
I am not sure if the following falls under "spirituality" or somewhere else - but for me it is neither fisical nor mental.

I'd call it a spark. There are people who seem to have very good technique, train a lot, are capable of holding the pressures of competitions or even hostile judges. Yet there is no passion or spark in their dance. Sometime it looks like they are perfect - but do not live what they dance. They do not show the emotional side - just the mechanical precision.

Perhaps part of this is due to technique, to the fact they do not train their facial expression that much - but I'd still place that in a sperate category. The spark, the passion, giving themsleves to the music...