Meet Ava Buckhalt and she is 14 years old. She lives in Maryland and she dances at Turning Pointe Dance Academy. More recently she has realized that pursuing your passion can also come at a price.

As dancers, we get to have our own unique problems and experiences that no matter how hard we try, we can't seem to explain them to our non-dancer friends. But as much as we want to see our non-dancer friends try out a dance class, dance isn’t for everyone. So here are 6 things all dancers can relate to or have experienced at some point in their dance career.

Meet Rae'dence Grant and she is 12 years old. She lives in Oklahoma and she dances at Dreamcatcher's Dance Company. She's had times where she was frustrated and still has times where she thinks she doesn't know if she will ever have the best feet or be as flexible as all these dancers.

If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out The Best Parts Of Going Back To Dance: Part 1. For part 2, we got even more answers from our dance community! They really do have the inside scoop on the best parts of going back to dance.

It’s that time of year again, back-to-dance! Get ready to soak up knowledge and learn new choreography. And while we all know dance class is great, what other parts of dance can you look forward to? Here is part 1 of our dance community’s answers.

Meet Olivia Drumm and she is 17 years old. She lives in Illinois and she dances at Virtues in Motion. She has trained classically and mainstream because she enjoys both and wants to be well-rounded.

With summer coming to an end and school starting up soon, now more than ever do we need some motivation. Good thing we found some amazing quotes to help motivate and inspire you!

Meet Leilani Kalil and she is 11 years old. She lives in Florida and dances at Pembroke Ballet. She likes to do many things all at once, and she realizes that sometimes they may cause her stress and other times they may cause her to do great things.