'It's funny how someone else's success plays pain..'

Street FC - Duo/ 38th (of 73)/ Choreographed and performed by ourselves, Saara & Satu

Alright, some days you may think you'll never get to the top. Some days you think you belong there but some excuses prevent you from reaching the top. Then comes a day, and suddenly you just find yourself looking down. What happened?

Street FC - Formation/ 5th place/ Choreography by Sanaz Hassani


I've danced my whole life thinking that it is the thing I can do. I have never been in top couples in ballroom dancing. My excuses were the partners I was dancing with, the judges, bad day or something else. In the end, the only one that I should've been judging was me, myself and definitely I. If not the dancing part some days, then my choises about a partner, competition or dance style.



Street FC - Showcase/ 3rd place/ Mannequin by Cooma Dancers


I went to see Finnish Championship in Latin dances in Tampere 10th of April. Once again my sister honey won, Junior II. How proud I felt, but I knew as well as she that they could've done so much better. The feeling is not the same than doing absolutely the best one can.


Latin FC 2010 - Junior II Champions Laura & Erik

I experienced this feeling two weeks ago by participating Finnish Championships in Street dances. In some categories I didn't do as well as I thought I was able to. Best result was in Showcase categorie - 3rd (of 26 groups) - with Cooma dancers (picture below). I was in one of the top groups but still felt like I could've danced better, clearer.. everything. Someone in the audience felt proud of me too, but I didn't feel it.


BRONZEEE!

Maybe this is exactly the thing that keeps you continue. You want to do so much better the next time, no matter what the result is.

WinterDanceLand

Helsinki. A city that most likely doesn't sleep in Finland. Hip hop rhythms and the coolest crowd. Right? Dunno about that. But I definitely was excited the morning of 24th of January 2010.

The morning of my very first hip hop competition. We had prepared a showcase with 6 other girls, and took a part of Nordic Moves 2010 -competition in Helsinki. I had the best time and really enjoyed on stage, as you can see in the pic. Wow, whatta day!

And evening! There was a showcase night, the best of the industry in the world showed how Nordic SHOULD move.. Can't even describe their moves!

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Kuopio. A city up north from Jyväskylä. I've been only once in the centrum before, so kinda cool to be here again.. I arrived here with my sister and parents in the evening, staying at one family we've known our whole lives. Makes me remember summers of my childhood..

The reason why we're here is, that my sister will have a dance competition in the morning. After hip hop and battle field I decided to come and see some glitter and glamour, ballroom and latin for a change. That's exactly what I've been dancing 12 years before changing the style over a year ago. Miss to see all the people on that scene..

Now a short beauty sleep before showing again what us sisters really got!