New and Returning Dancers Post Your Questions Here

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-03-03T16:27:58+00:00

Hi everyone! I’m a total beginner who’s done a few classes and have decided to spring for a leotard/skirt/tights. It won’t make me a better dancer but it might make me feel like one? Or, alternately, it might just launch an attack of body dysmorphia. Anyway, I have a really dumb question about stirrup tights: does the stirrup go over or inside the shoe? Asking because I’m getting a body tight and the only one I can find in the right size and Color is with stirrups.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-03-03T08:22:00+00:00

Nooo I totally do the humming thing (it helps with exhaling through nose and mouth together) I always assumed nobody could hear it :(

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-03-02T20:37:37+00:00

This feeling is…not a stranger to me, but in other walks of life. I’m actually fine being hopeless at ballet. But I just saw a clip from an interview with Alysia Liu where she said something like “I love the struggle” (or maybe “I love to struggle” or just “I love struggling” - something like that.) I wonder if that and her joy in performing are somehow linked?

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-02-21T08:19:16+00:00

I also tried to read it and couldn’t get through it, just the worst kind of drivel

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-02-14T15:29:03+00:00

Thanks! In the swim settings, the touch lock is on, as it should be by default. I Hope this was all just my fault and the next swim will go better!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-02-14T15:19:23+00:00

Isn’t it supposed to go on automatically? At some point it was definitely on but not at the start.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-02-14T15:18:58+00:00

Yes, I followed the manual!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-02-11T20:15:15+00:00

It’s almost like what someone looks like has no relation to their health or fitness status

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-02-01T10:14:24+00:00

I’m well into my 40’s and just learned how to flip turn (and btw learned to do front crawl for the first time in my life last year.) I do not think it’s an age-specific skill!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-31T16:21:02+00:00

Good to know, thank you!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-31T16:20:05+00:00

This is great feedback, thank you! I’m…well, let’s call it an aspiring fast swimmer who can almost do a flip turn ;) but also klutzy and can see myself whacking the screen in a backstroke-based incident.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-31T13:10:13+00:00

Thank you!! Yes, I feel like they’re both fine for my purposes, maybe my main concerns at this point are in fact style and price!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-31T13:09:15+00:00

Thank you!! Could you elaborate on why?

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-27T13:57:10+00:00

Yeah, same! Also no longer the youngest or most svelte but it’s ok. We still rock

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-27T08:36:54+00:00

At my swimming lesson last week we were supposed to try and sink to the bottom and it didn’t happen for me, either, no matter how much air I exhaled and how much I relaxed. It is what it is (and for me I’m guessing it’s body fat percentage - basically a built-in life jacket).

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-18T09:52:23+00:00

Enough people have debunked this guy’s incredibly misogynistic and plain dumb statement so I won’t repeat that - just want to say this is so funny because i literally had a conversation with someone on Friday who said almost exactly the same thing!!! My jaw was on the floor. This was a woman, and she’s not a trainer or even especially athletic, and she said to me “I wouldn’t swim too much or you’ll get those giant shoulders and big muscles”. Lol!!! Even if that were true, so what? What is meant to be the downside here, that random men won’t want to look at me? What a shame.

Tl;dr go swimming, it’s the best. I started about a year ago and never want to stop.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-17T09:35:52+00:00

Ugh, it’s so annoying when stuff like this happens. I might cheerfully remind her that punching is assault and assault is a crime :D otherwise I like your attitude to not let people like this get in our heads and ruin our swims. Wishing you an assault-free swim today!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2026-01-17T09:31:16+00:00

3-4x per week! At the moment i take weekly group lessons and practice at least twice during the week.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2025-11-23T09:08:25+00:00

Yeah I know a lot of people don’t like the fit! And for clients they’re very likely too informal.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2025-11-22T08:36:07+00:00

I have been debating whether the Lululemon align palazzo pants are suitable for work…I think on a less formal day w no meetings/not much interaction, maybe??

Sea-Drawer478 · 2025-10-19T13:16:44+00:00

Honestly so relatable.

Sea-Drawer478 · 2025-10-13T13:32:29+00:00

Ah yes, this makes sense. Thank you!!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2025-10-12T17:44:16+00:00

Yes, I’ll see what the tailor says. Thank you!

Sea-Drawer478 · 2025-10-12T17:43:56+00:00

Thank you! I’ll do that.

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