I do Phillipine Dance and Hula Dance. I started Hula a long time ago and then gave it up and now I'm back. I still practice both forms or dance. It's two different dances so it keep me busy when I'm not working or in school.

I have hopes of picking up a Ball room dance class with my husband when things settle down around here...

Hi Kathy,

I'm not in AZ yet but I love keeping track of the fabulous things Midriff is doing!

I study Lyrical dance pretty extensively. I started out in Jazz and Ballet (as most little girls do) and it lead to Lyrical before I began bellydancing. I love fusing the two together, giving my performances more of a theatrical quality to them...

Started in the womb! My parents are AMAZING ballroom and western dancers, my great grandfather was a champion Ho-Down dancer who was legendary in the hills of Ohio. I probaly knew how to waltz before I walked, formally I started ballet and tap at age 3 did that for a few years, then studied Modern Dance in HS and College for awhile. Started teaching Western Swing at age 17 but have not done it much for 20 years!!
Now I dance occasionally with my parents otherwise just belly dance.

My parents/guardians didn't let me formally study dance....something that still chaps my hide to this day. I dabbled in modern dance in college, but felt put on the spot by the teacher and felt like the other girls in the class were sharks, just waiting to point out my faults and lack of training (they all seemed to have been studying forever).

My dancing was informal....I started going to clubs when I was 12 and danced to all the music I loved. Discovering bellydance was an amazing thing for me. I was hooked after a few months and learned what I could. I still study it today.

I still want to learn other dance forms. I just WANT to. I'd love to learn Hip-hop. I'm totally afraid to go and learn because it's outside my comfort zone. And I'm afraid I'll discover that I have no rhythm!!!

I had always wanted to dance but my parents never let me when I was growing up either. I did do some modern dance when I was in high school. That's the only other dance style I have ever personally done until 2000 when I started bellydancing.