Is dancing taking over your life?
Have you heard whispers that you're becoming addicted?
Check for these warning signs. It's time you faced the truth.
1. You dance in stores aisles to test your clothes, shoes and even pajamas for danceability.
2. You define "primary colors" according to Steven Mitchell's zoot suits.
3. You check the post time at the top of Dance-News to calculate if a class has already filled.
4. Your fifth-generation bootleg copy of 'Hellzapoppin' is so grainy that you can't tell Norma Miller from Frankie Manning.
5. You schedule business and vacations around dance events instead of the other way around.
6. You hand-carried your dance shoes on board when you flew to Buenos Aires to study with Diego & Gabriela.
7. "Frequent Flyer" to you means doing aerials with Ryan and Monica.
8. Women: When you get dressed in the morning, you think ahead and ask yourself, "Can I go upside-down in this?"
9. Three friends gave you the same Paul & Sharon lindy hop video for Christmas.
10. You saw "Swing Kids" five times and you don't even like it.
11. You're actually disappointed that Buddy Schwimmer teaches only thirteen types of swing.
12. Richard and Angela's 8:45am dance class has replaced coffee as that early morning eye-opener.
13. When someone says "vintage," you don't think about wine.
14. You practice steps from Joan's shim-sham and tap classes under your desk while working.
15. Your dance shoes have kicked out your street shoes in the battle over closet space.
16. Your only use for a time machine would be to go back and see Anna Sandesjo win the World Lindy Hop Championship.
17. You added Steven Mitchell's "Be-yo-dee-O-dee!" and "deeka-deeka" to your Microsoft Word dictionary.
18. You wore out your video of the film "Dance With Me" rewinding it to see the Vasquez Brothers dancing salsa again.
19. You give your requests to the DJ not by the song title but by beats per minute.
20. You spent 32 hours flying to Paris and back to attend a 6-hour workshop with Michelle Nadal.
21. You've never seen "Party of Five" because you're always dancing with Rob & Diane on Wednesday nights.
22. You're not embarrassed to tell Mom you shagged with Michael and Persephone.
23. You impulsively signed up for BOTH Stanford dance weeks even before you finished reading...
Are you a dance addict?
Don't call Danceaholics Anonymous. BINGE at the Stanford Dance Weeks.