How Did You Learn to Dance Jingle??

[ojibwaysweetie]

How did you jinglers learn to dance? There are straight steps and there are fancy footwork and there is the side steps. How did you learn these various steps?

[MyoStylez]

Growing up on the Saskatchewan powwow trails ..then just practiced on my own.:)
I was very determined :Angel2

[ojibway_jingle]

Came natural I'd have to say, cuz. Y'know uncle he is a natural at that jiggin think we inherited that from him! *L*
I watched some tapes/videos on powwow dancing too. Plus watched other dancers and sort of "stole" a couple of moves. *hides* *L*. :Chatter

[lakotajingledancer]

well i learned to side step on my own,but my fancy steps i made up and the regualr old way i just watched other girls dance.

[ojibwaywmn]

Same as everyone else. Watched tapes, pow wows, and imagination. Practiced in the living room. :)

[hidatsawmn26]

well i learned jingle from my mama i practiced with her at home when she was still dancing jingle at that time before she switched and then i also watched others...with shawl when i was dancing shawl long long time ago i came into it when i was a toddler and just went out there and danced i finally learned how to advance my footwork from watching my cousin rachel..i've also watch vhs that my mommas taped from all powwows i danced at so i can watch what i need to improve...becca

[biidabinukwe06]

i've just been doing it since i was a little girl. my sister taught me a little, then i got the rest of it on my own later. and i use to watch other girls when i was little, so that's basically how i learned.:)

[phalopian_toob]

i learned from my grandmother, my mom, my aunts and i think i was naturally born with dancing...thats all have to say aboot that

[ABENEWA KWE]

a freind of mine showed me some steps, then i started just watching others and also powwow videos... my first powwow that i danced jingle, i really sucked but i hung in there, and the girl that taught me some steps ... she ran out on the side step, i stayed in the circle and tortured myself .... :Chatter

[pueblo_honey]

I learned by watching other people and also my cousin teaching me some of her moves.:)

[SCCOFFEY]

I learned from my Auntie Alanna Tootoosis, she was the one that dressed me and brought me out for the first time. The crazy thing is that I don't dance one bit like her! LoL :Chatter

[ojibwaysweetie]

ohhh you've learned from the best of them. Alanna is a great dancer!