Dancers stick together and not only develop lifelong friendships, but a sixth sense. When I walk into a room I immediately can tell if someone used to dance or still does based on their mannerisms and the way they walk. How is that possible? Well, there are little things that stand out: from standing in fifth position, to pushing the limits to accomplish a goal, to always wearing your hair in a bun. Upon reflection, I created a list of 10 signs you dance and enjoy the craft.

1. A bad hair day is quickly fixed by putting your hair up in a bun with a massive amount of hairspray.
2. A frappe is not a Starbucks drink, but rather a step at the barre where the foot extends from the ankle to brush the floor and return to the ankle.
3. You find yourself mentally, and perhaps physically, practicing your routines in school. Better yet, it seems that practicing tap combinations under your desk are the cure to your boredom in class.
4. Anytime something needs to be picked up from the ground, you find yourself doing some sort of arabesque or penché. If you are like me, whether your hands are full or not you will turn off the lights with your leg and not think twice about it.
5. You are never not sore for dance the night before and you will spend the entire next day complaining to your dance friends about being sore, and yet still wanting to stretch.
6. You stand in fourth or fifth position anytime there is a picture being taken in order to have better posture, because nothing screams good looking like pulling up in your hips and suddenly looking like you grew an inch.
7. You prefer to watch shows, musicals or performances from backstage behind the wings rather than in the audience, because it reminds you of the crazy moments waiting for your time on the stage. If you want to know a secret, dancers run around like head-less chickens backstage, throwing costume parts all around and eating nothing but sugar in an attempt to make it backstage in the wings in less than two minutes for another dance.
8. Most of your pictures consist of your friends in dance positions, dance costumes or in the dance studio.
9. You pretend to speak French even though the only real words you have mastered are the ballet terminology your dance teacher insisted you needed to know.
10. You could not imagine what life would be like if you could not dance and express your passion to the world.