IdentityIn dancing, the length of time you've been dancing is far less important than the amount of time you've actually spent dancing and training. Instead of assessing a dancer's level or expertise by how long they've been dancing, ask questions about their training and exposure. Ask how often they dance, and who they learned from. Ask if they did other dances or sports beforehand.
Most of the time, we ask about someone's experience as a way to benchmark our own learning. It's easy to feel like we're a fast learner after a couple years of intense training, or that we're terrible if someone who has been dancing 3 years less is a stronger dancer. But, we sometimes fail to take into account the more accurate qualifiers of dance skill.
