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Less than thirty years before that enchanting Saturday night when Ravi Shastri’s voice rang through television sets all over India, when even the spunky and exuberant Indian youth showed more interest in an old-school CRT television at a local chai ki dukaan than the dance-floor at a pub, a pump-operator in Ranchi awaited the birth of his third child.'Dhoniiiii finishes off in style. A magnificent strike into the crowd. India lift the World Cup after 28 years. The party's started in the dressing room. And it’s an Indian captain, who’s been absolutely magnificent, in the night of the final.’Amy cricketer fan worth his salt just read this in Ravi Shastri's most dramatic voice, as Mahendra Singh Dhoni enchanted the Wankhede on the night of 2nd April 2011.Hailing from Jharkhand, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s rise through the ranks into international cricket is a tale of rebellion, extraordinary merit, perseverance, and, most of all, belief. After being scouted on the whims of his school P.E. teacher as a wicketkeeper, Dhoni created whispers in the cricketing circles of Ranchi - a teenaged boy with no measurable upper-body strength clearing boundaries against some of the best fast bowlers of the district. However, the system failed him as he found it difficult to make the cut against candidates of the more affluent A-tier states. Consequently, in a desperate move, he joined the Railways Ranji team and started to work as a ticket collector at the Kharagpur railway station to make ends meet.Nevertheless, in a few months, the stars started to align themselves for the precocious wunderkind from Ranchi. Inspired by the KSCA, the BCCI started a country-wide Training Research Development Wing to scout talent from the more financially backward states. Dhoni immediately caught the eyes of the scouts and was sent on an A tour to Kenya, where his talent burst forth for the world to see as he showcased his batting pyrotechnics against world-class bowlers in alien conditions. He immediately shot to national reckoning and was selected for the tour of Bangladesh in November 2004.By then a broad 22-year-old with long locks, Dhoni’s India career got off to an inauspicious start, as he scored a duck in his first ODI and a string of low scores followed. However, the selectors and the then-captain Sourav Ganguly decided to persist with him and gave him an extended run. Dhoni repaid their faith with an exhibition of his charisma and audacious stroke-play in his fifth ODI against Pakistan, who certainly didn’t see the butchery coming, as he butchered his way to 148 at Vishakhapatnam. Later in 2005, he went one step further bludgeoning his way to a brutal 183* in Jaipur to make a mockery of a 300-run chase against a Sri Lankan attack that looked aghast at his bizarre-but-effective stroke-play and the unparalleled physical power that he imparted on the ball.There have always been questions about Dhoni's technique, and how ugly it looks. And the assessment of Dhoni's technique points out one of the major follies in our game - the temptation to judge by aesthetics rather than functionality. Technique is a product of how you get something done and not a step by step physical procedure as to how to do it. The method to achieve the fundamental virtues of the game rely on your abilities and aptitude to execute them in a particular way. Dhoni looks unorthodox at the crease, but he gets back and across. Instead of punching with his fore-arms, he bludgeons it with his wrists, with a low back-lift, ensuring that he plays it late. Most importantly, he has a still head while perceiving the line of the ball and at the point of contact. He also has an open stance allowing him to pull easily by getting to the back-foot early.And just like that, all the virtues of batting are achieved by him, albeit with a slightly out-of-the-box method.As teams all over the world tried to work a way around his fireworks, Dhoni established himself as a reliable batsman in Tests too, with a technique that worked against pace, seam, swing and spin. In his 5th Test, he coincidentally scored another 148 against Pakistan in an uncharacteristically stoic effort to save the match, thereby portraying his versatility as a batsman. After a string of wicketkeeper-batsmen being tried in the side, Dhoni had finally become a mainstay in the side - a powerful pinch-hitter towards the end of the innings capable of more than just cameos, and a more-than-reliable wicketkeeper in the side.In a state where leather ball cricket was a luxury, Dhoni grew up playing tennis ball cricket tournaments. With heavy Kashmir willow bats, light and hollow tennis balls, and long boundaries, he developed a bottomhand-dominated technique to impart maximum power on the light tennis ball which undergoes energy-damping upon impact. However, Dhoni stood out when he, along with a friend, developed an elevated body-weight shot with an exaggerated follow-through that cleared boundaries with ease. On that count, cricketing folklore will remember MS Dhoni as the man who had the audacity to play the 'helicopter shot' against the leather ball.With a mature head on his shoulders and an astute and shrewd cricketing mind, Dhoni was recommended by senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid for captaincy after Rahul Dravid stepped down as skipper.On his first assignment in the inaugural T20 WC in 2007, Dhoni and his young troops romped to the title in a shock victory for the inexperienced Indian side, bringing about the T20 revolution in India. Dhoni's calm and composed leadership was widely lauded in the cricketing fraternity after India brought the trophy home, earning him the label of ‘Captain Cool’. He was soon handed the ODI leadership as a natural move after his T20 WC triumph, and after the retirement of Anil Kumble in late 2008, the Test leadership was thrust upon him too.'India may have gained a great captain, but they’ve lost a fearsome hitter’, remarked Harsha Bhogle after Dhoni was handed the reigns of the side. It was true. MS Dhoni, the powerful biffer of leather who could clear the area code with the willow, had now become a gritty accumulator, who seemed to be playing a lot more responsibly. At first, it did look like India had lost an important asset in Dhoni’s explosive batting. However, over the years, Dhoni delivered performances with his new reserved approach and developed the ability to move in and out of his rampage zone. He had inherited the good qualities of his accomplished seniors in the team - carving his game as per the requirement of the team.Dhoni had a golden run as captain, with an unbeaten run in Test series since his captaincy debut, leading them to their first stint as the top-ranked Test team in the world. His winning streak included the home series against Australia in 2008, a 1-0 triumph in New Zealand in 2009, and a 2-0 victory against Sri Lanka at home, culminating in a comprehensive win at the Brabourne stadium, Mumbai, where he received the coveted Test Championship mace. India continued to dominate in home Tests after this and drew a series in South Africa, coming very close to their maiden series win in South Africa in the decider in Cape Town, where some stoic resistance by the hosts narrowly saved them from the a defeat at the hands of a rampaging Indian side in top form.Dhoni continued to garner praise for his success across formats; especially for his clinical success in limited-overs cricket, reaching the pinnacle of his captaincy career during India's path to glory in the 2011 World Cup. Dhoni’s India knocked out Australia, the holders of the World Cup since 1999, in the quarter-final in Ahmedabad. Having gone through a patch of lackluster form throughout the tournament, Dhoni peaked at the right time, exhibiting his usual sangfroid on the way to 91* in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka, and lofted an iconic six over long-on, triggering night-long celebrations all over Mumbai and the rest of India.After the World Cup, the Indian team saw a difficult transition period. Dhoni's shrewd captaincy came under severe scrutiny during the 8 successive losses in England and Australia. In the aftermath of the overseas failures, which included England toppling them over as the number 1 Test side in the world, a fatigued Indian side faced a 1-2 drubbing against England at home as India's Test team hit rockbottom. The team's abysmal performances in the longer format raised serious questions about Dhoni's leadership and a whisper of his sacking; a somewhat misplaced and impulsive proposition, given the poor overall performance of the entire team, their inept technique against spin (which is their forte), an overflowing timetable, and a plethora of viable explanations.However, the transition phase in Indian cricket saw the famed batting line-up failing to meet their lofty standards, and a rather raw bowling fast-bowling line-up with negligible experience struggling, as Zaheer Khan suffering from a long-term injury.There was only so much Dhoni could do...However, after taking some tough selection calls, Dhoni led the way in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a marathon 224 in Chennai, setting the platform for a clean-sweep of Australia at home, clinically blanking them to regain the trophy. India became the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series and Dhoni now had the most Test wins for an Indian captain under his belt.India's poor Test form had unfortunately seeped into the ODI fold as well. However, Dhoni developed an uncanny ability to play a symbolic game of poker during run-chases, and backing himself to finish it off in the last over without blinking. He repeated this feat multiple times: whacking a 112-meter six to clear the Adelaide boundary with 12 to win off 4 in the CB series, chasing down 15 in the last over in the Celkon Cup final to name a few, and a ridiculous 23 off the last over in a run-chase off Axar Patel to win a dead-rubber in IPL 2016; with the equation at 12 to win from 2, he dropped jaws by clouting two sixes to pull off a scarcely believable victory.He had started to build a reputation of being one of the most reliable batsmen limited-overs cricket, taking India to victory constantly from the jaws of defeat. For instance, his century batting at No.7 against Pakistan at Chennai, a stunning 113 walking into the crease when India were 29 for 5, was a knock that symbolized the leader MS Dhoni who led by example, as well as exhibited sharp tactical nous: a much sought-after combination in a captain.After rebuilding the ODI side and phasing out the seniors, Dhoni had a fine run as captain in 2013, leading India to their second Champions Trophy triumph as they cruised to the title undefeated, providing a welcome distraction from the IPL spot-fixing controversy. This made him the first captain in history to win all three ICC global trophies, etching his name in the history books with an unprecedented record and an enviable trophy cabinet as a limited-overs captain.He led the side to the final of the 2014 T20 WC in Bangladesh, in which India lost to Sri Lanka in the final, and the semi-final of the T20 WC in 2016 in India. Dhoni also is the captain of Chennai franchise, one of the most successful teams in the history of Indian Premier League, which won back-to-back titles in the years 2010 and 2011 and also the Champions League T20 in the years 2010 and 2014.Dhoni's Test captaincy came under severe criticism, especially after India's continuous losses overseas. Despite a Lord’s victory on a green-top in 2014, India went on to lose the three subsequent Tests in England in 2014, where Dhoni made some lone contributions, including a dogged 82 in a total of 148 and a few other fifties. He countered the seam movement and swing by playing late and walking down the pitch, showing greater application than the rest of his line-up with more orthodox techniques. Despite not having the often-talked-about hundred in overseas conditions, Dhoni has made several valuable contributions in the lower-order which have immeasurable value in the context of the game.In the away Border-Gavaskar trophy in 2014, moments after helping India draw the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, Dhoni announced that he was stepping down from Test captaincy and retiring from Test cricket, citing excessive workload as the reason for quitting the longest format. After honing a potent bowling attack and a gritty batting line-up for his heir, and taking several body blows - literal and metaphorical - Dhoni ensured that he copped the criticism to nurture a potent team and left his successor a young, zealous team with the tenacity, fitness, and most importantly, the positive attitude to perform in all conditions.Dhoni successfully led India to the 2015 World Cup semi-final, where the defending champions conceded cricket’s most desirable trophy to Australia. Here too, Dhoni was the lone-warrior, as he gritted his way through to 65, as his team fell short by 95 runs.On 4th January, 2017 Dhoni stepped down as the captain of the Indian ODI and T20I team, bringing about the end of an era in Indian cricket. Having led the team with zeal and panache across all formats of the game for more than nine years, Dhoni decided to play with the freedom of a pure batsman in his final lap of international cricket without the enormous burden of captaincy. Dhoni, who had made the world believe that the batsman held the upper-hand if there were 20 required off the last over, had switched to a sheet anchor mode with younger pinch-hitters batting around him, once again, proving to be a benchmark of versatility in the Indian team.In 2018, with the top order of the Indian team in turbo-mode, MS Dhoni had fewer opportunities to bat and went through an alarming dip in form - the likes of which hadn't been seen since the early days of his international career. With a revised technique and a far more top-handed batting style, Dhoni reinforced his game to suit his waning reactions and wrist strength and continued to be a part of the Indian middle order, guiding younger bowlers, almost handholding the spinners in limited-overs cricket and creating dismissals out of thin air with his lightning-quick stumpings, and almost reinventing the art of wicketkeeping to spinners by eliminating the followthrough at the point of connection.While his chicanery behind the stumps, and the tactical nous to assist the newer leaders may have been priceless for the team, the lack of runs and the declining strike-rate were starting to stand out, leading to his exclusion from T20Is in late 2018. Despite a fantastic IPL 2018, Dhoni has struggled to make his bat do the talking in international cricket of late, as the helicopter stands rusting on the spot it was last seen. Will it reawaken before the 2019 World Cup? Will MS Dhoni get the swansong he deserves? That remains to be seen...MS Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings is a great yellove story. Ever since the Indian Premier League idea spread vigorously among the cricketing fraternity, people wondered which team would pouch the then Indian captain. The Super Kings, run by an organisation that knew the nuances of running sports, knew they wanted a strong leader to lay a strong base and they made a grand opening by bagging Dhoni for a whopping 6 Crore, the highest bid back then. The IPL would be born on April 18, 2008 and on June 1, Dhoni was there leading CSK in the final, albeit in a losing cause in a final-ball finish.The result may not have gone his way, but he made a mark with his captaincy and by finishing as the side's second highest run-getter. CSK were stopped one step before the final in 2009, but a year later, Dhoni made a quirky move against Kieron Pollard in the final against Mumbai Indians by placing a straightish mid-off despite having a long-off to get his hands on the coveted trophy after two failed attempts. With three consistent years, Dhoni ensured the team made a big mark and they were considered the invincibles of the IPL. CSK justified the tag by winning the title in 2011 and came runners up in the following two editions.Dhoni was the third highest run-getter in 2013, a season where he fought a lone battle against Mumbai in the final. His team team suffered a tough loss in Qualifier 2 against a rampant Kings XI Punjab in 2014, another year where Dhoni scored in excess of 350 runs. 2015 was a black mark in CSK's history as the team was hit by the spot-fixing saga, but Dhoni led the side to the final among the ruckus, before the franchise was slapped with a two-year ban.The ban meant all the CSK players were to spread and Dhoni moved to the newly formed Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016. He spent a quite year, but was back doing what he does best, leading his side to the final, but yet again, finished runners-up in a heart-breaking loss to the Mumbai Indians in the final.2018 was a grand re-entry for Dhoni and CSK. The franchise was given an unimaginably rousing welcome by the fans, who even took a train all the way from Chennai to Pune to support the team as the matches had to be moved out of Chennai. Dhoni was back to where he belonged. He looked fresher, fitter and hungrier. With his brilliant power-hitting through the season, he silenced critics who ever questioning his hitting prowess and made a strong statement that he is still well and truly alive for the 2019 World Cup.Dhoni's rise is a rags-to-riches story and has been a one of phenomenal success, punctuated by the occasional blip in performance. Dhoni is the ideal icon for modern India well. Aggression with decorum, modesty along with stardom, and an apparent happy-go-lucky Midas touch, Dhoni is the perfect blend of a role-model and pin-up star.It looks like Dhoni took his father’s advice as depicted in his biopic MS Dhoni: the Untold Story- ‘Don't let the success get to your head and keep going.’ A rather simple word of caution, but not necessarily easy to execute. It is all a part of the ‘process’ that Dhoni likes to talk about. The Indian youth has grown to mock the word, but Dhoni has taken victories in his stride along with defeat, and given more importance to evaluation at a micro-level as a tool to pave the way forward, with relative indifference to the results.While we focused on an A4 sheet, he painted the entire canvas - a virtue that has largely helped shape the legend of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Once a ticket-collector at the Kharagpur Railway Station, Dhoni went on to become the quintessential captain cool, arguably the world’s best finisher, and one of the all-time greats of limited-overs cricket, bringing about a revolution that put the onus on the batsmen to pull off unlikely chases.Nevertheless, a player of his stature and dedication deserves better than a headline reading 'Security beefed up at MS Dhoni's Ranchi residence as India stare at defeat in the World Cup semi-final at the SCG.’ In contrast to the pop culture reference, perhaps Dhoni was the hero India needed, but didn’t deserve...Contributions of MS Dhoni :-Mahendra Singh Dhoni's arrival in Indian cricket and subsequent rise has been a story of unprecedented success of all the players of Indian cricket the present generation it is Dhoni house symbolises the new India well aggressively without being brass successful without being arrogant and seemingly processing a midastouch Dhoni is the perfect blend of a role model and the pin-up star .MS Dhoni took over from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and live in India to its first ever MS Dhoni took over from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and lived in India to its first ever bi-lateral victory in Sri Lanka and New ZealandIn 2008 MS Dhoni let the test side to victory in New Zealand and West Indies India also on the border Gavaskar Trophy the same hereand continue to different in 2010 and 2013Under him India on the 2007 T20 World Cup CB series the following year 2010 Asia Cup 2011 world cup and 2013 Champions TrophyAfter beating England in 2013 Champions Trophy Dhoni became the first captain to win all the three ICC trophiesIn 2013 Dhoni lead India v Australia 4-0 in at home.Dhoni captain India in 199 ODI Hero 110 law 74 and is win percentage accounts to 59.57 %Dhoni is the most experienced Dhoni is the most experienced Skipper in T20is leading Indian 72 matches India on 41 and loss 28.MS Dhoni has captained India in 331 matchesOver the past few years, India have witnessed numerous captains who have led them in different situations and tournaments. Beginning from CK Nayadu to Virat Kohli, every skipper has tried his level best to get India to the top.India's first prominent captain was Kapil Dev who led the side to glory in the 1983 World Cup. They started the tournament as underdogs but were rated highly at the end of it. Indian cricket fans born in the 1990s will tell you about how Sourav Ganguly helped the team to win overseas using his aggressive attitude. Dada was the one who was responsible for making a balanced Indian side in the early 2000s.Under the leadership of Ganguly, a young MS Dhoni made his debut. 2007 was the breakthrough year for him as he led India to the title in the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in South Africa. The former skipper has never looked back since.Dhoni stepped down from captaincy on 4th January 2017 after leading the Indian side in 331 matches across all formats. On this note let us have a look at why Dhoni is the best Indian captain ever.Howzat?The former Indian skipper is famous for his out of the box tactics. On most occasions, Dhoni has had the better of the opposition players because of his on-field tactics. From his fielding positions to his playing eleven, he got most of them right in his 10 years of captaincy.In the 2011 World Cup Indian persisted with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for the most part of the tournament but Dhoni brought in Ravichandran Ashwin for the quarter-final to surprise the opposition. Ashwin took the new ball ahead of Zaheer Khan and ended with figures of 2 for 52 in his 10 overs. He took the important wickets of Shane Watson and Australian captain Ricky Ponting.Promoting himself to number five in the final of the 2011 World Cup was indeed the biggest gamble of his career. He promoted himself ahead of an in-form Yuvraj Singh and went on to win the match and the World Cup for India.

I believe Yoongi and Namjoon started writing raps and music quite young. J-Hope and Jimin danced quite young. Maybe in middle school? I believe Jin did neither until he became a trainee. Same situation with Taehyung. Jungkook I am not sure. Obviously if he started singing before his trainee days, he’d have been very young since he was still very young when he became a trainee. Since he was sent to LA for dance lessons, I would have to guess he didn’t dance much before his trainee days.I did a google searchs and found the following:Jin:From a fan account-Jin was scouted by Big Hit Entertainment for his looks while walking down the street. At the time, Jin was studying acting and had no background in music.[18]From a Style article:He discovered a passion for acting when he watched the drama Queen Seondeok. In particular, he was inspired by Kim Nam-gil, who played a starring role as Bidam, and decided to pursue acting as his major at Konkuk University.Back when he was a secondary school student, Jin got scouted by SM Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop agencies in South Korea. The teenage Jin mistakenly assumed that the proposal was a scam, however, so he declined. He eventually signed and made his debut with Big Hit Entertainment.What were the BTS boys like before they found fame?Taehyung:From a style article:Born in Daegu and raised in Geochang in Gyeongsang province, V hails from a family of farmers and originally began learning the saxophone with his father’s encouragement. He even considered becoming a professional saxophonist.V signing with Big Hit Entertainment was something of a happy accident: he attended an audition in Daegu to support a friend, but an agency staff member noticed him and suggested that he audition on the spot, which he did. Even more surprisingly, his impromptu audition was a success.What were the BTS boys like before they found fame?Namjoon:From a fan wiki:As a student, he actively wrote poetry and often received awards for his writings. He posted his work to an online poetry website for roughly one year, where he received moderate attention. Through this, RM grew interested in pursuing a literary career but decided against it. At the age of 11, RM became interested in hip-hop music after hearing Epik High's "Fly" in fifth grade. He found that the song had provided him comfort, and, due to this, decided to look further into the genre. Following an introduction to American rapper Eminem by his schoolteacher, RM grew interested in lyricism, printing lyrics he felt were "cool" and sharing them with his friends. RM transitioned to writing lyrics then, stating that his poetry became lyrics when it combined with music. In 2007, as a first-year middle school student, RM began rapping in local amateur hip-hop circles, creating his first self-composed recording for the first time using the program Adobe Audition (then called Cool Edit). He later participated in his first concert in 2008. RM eventually became more active in the underground Korean hip-hop scene under the moniker "Runch Randa", releasing a number of tracks and collaborations with other underground rappers, such as Zico.RMFrom a billboard article:Before BTS, RM was originally known as Runch Randa in the Korean underground scene and was also part of the Daenamhyup crew. Rap Monster’s always held on to a bit of that anti-mainstream attitude, especially with his expressive 2015 mixtape.Get To Know BTS: Rap MonsterFrom Style article:RM owes some of his career success to the rapper Sleepy, who is one half of the hip-hop duo Untouchable. During an interview with Section TV, RM shared how Sleepy name-dropped him to a producer at Big Hit Entertainment after being impressed by his rapping.What were the BTS boys like before they found fame?Yoongi:From a fan wikiMin Yoon-gi was born on March 9, 1993, in Daegu, South Korea, the younger of two sons.[7][8]He attended Taejeon Elementary School, Gwaneum Middle School, and Apgujeong High School. He became interested in rap after hearing "Reggae Muffin" by Stony Skunk, stating that it was different from anything he had ever heard before. After hearing Epik High, he decided to become a rapper.By age 13, he began to write music lyrics and learned about MIDI. He worked a part-time job at a recording studio by age 17. From then on, he began composing and arranging music, rapping, and performing. Before being signed, he was active under the name Gloss as an underground rapper. As part of the hip hop crew D-Town in 2010, he produced "518-062", a song commemorating the Gwangju Uprising.SugaFrom a Kpop Herald article:He became interested in rapping after listening to Stony Skunk’s “Reggae Muffin,” and decided to become a rapper after listening to Epik High’s “Fly.” Prior to joining Big Hit Entertainment, Suga used to be an underground rapper with the stage name Gloss. In 2010, when he was part of the hip-hop crew D-Town, he produced the song “518-062” in commemoration of the Gwangju Uprising. He originally joined Big Hit as a producer, not an idol. Suga won second place at the “Hit It” rap audition held by Big Hit Entertainment in 2010.He began writing songs and working with synthesizers at the age of 13. By the time he was 17, he had worked a part-time job at a recording studio to learn about producing. “There was no special motivation for making music. I just had to do it,” he said. Despite his love for music, he disliked studying music with textbooks at school. Although he did various part-time jobs while studying music in Daegu, it was hard for him to afford expenses for food and transportation. When he was in high school, he earned pocket money by arranging a school song. He learned how to play the piano by himself. Suga loves taking photos. He currently majors in photography at Global Cyber University. He has an older brother, with whom he shares everything. In his mixtape “Skit,” Suga says his brother enabled him to do music as he trusted in Suga. His brother was the first person Suga had reached out to after passing the audition for Big Hit.50 facts about Suga of BTSJungkook:From Amino:Jungkook: His Story | ARMY's AminoIn 2009 he was a boy who played baseball, badminton and was skilled at TaeKwonDo. He reveals in the 2015 BTS VCR that, as a child, he excelled at badminton and wanted to become a professional badminton player like Lee Yong Dae. Jungkook then demonstrates Yong Dae's famous "wink."How does he go from physical activities and dreams of becoming a badminton player or professional gamer to dreaming of becoming a musician? It's because, to Jungkook, G-Dragon was more impressive and, after watching G-Dragon’s performance in “Heartbreaker,” Jungkook had decided to be just like him.From a billboard article:While ARMY are well aware of his talent, the rest of South Korea also had a chance to be impressed when he appeared last year on the popular TV show King of Masked Singer. (Fun fact: he auditioned for a Korean singing show and after his submission video made the rounds in the entertainment industry, he was one of the most in-demand K-pop trainees ever.)Get to Know BTS: JungkookFrom a Korean Herald article.In 2011, Jungkook participated in the popular Mnet audition program “Super Star K Season 3” but never made it to the finals. Despite the disappointment he received casting offers from seven entertainment agencies, including Big Hit Entertainment.Jungkook moved to Seoul to become a trainee and attended School of Performing Arts Seoul. His schoolmates included SinB and Umji of GFriend.Jungkook left for the US to begin dance training while preparing for the group’s debut, and the experience greatly improved his dance skills.He seriously considered becoming a professional dancer after coming back to Korea. But Jimin persuaded him to come back to the team.50 facts about Jungkook of BTSJimin:From a Voomvoom article:More than becoming a singer, Jimin said that he wanted to perform on stage, which is why he majored in dancing. He showed a lot of potential early on, as he entered the Busan High School of Arts at the top of his class, was sent abroad by the school by his first year, and fought for the top places in his class.As Jimin entered high school, he had to drop out of his dance academy that he attended due to financial reasons, but the academy instructor told him "it's okay if you can't pay your tuition, so keep coming." Soon after, he got into BigHit.Jimin's teacher Lee Hwa Seong said later in an interview that she still remembers the light in Jimin's eyes. "Jimin entered our school in 2011 at the top of his class. Most kids only really focus on their major, but Jimin gave it his all in all classes- Korean traditional dance, modern dance, and ballet. To the point where, if you ask where Jimin is, people would always say he's in the major room or practice rom, I think Jimin worked harder than anybody else.She had even said that she had tried to dissuade Jimin when he first said he wanted to become a performer, since he did well in so many other things too. But after seeing how hard he worked and how he was willing to take the challenge, she could no longer try to stop him.J-Hope, during an interview in 2014 said, "When Jimin was a trainee, whenever he received homework from the office on thinking about choreography, he would take out a sheet of paper and draw out detailed drawings one by one of the shapes and angles of the dance. That Jimin is the one who shines brightest on stage now. It's moving to see how Jimin has improved."How Did JIMIN Succeed to Become A World-Class Singer-Dancer in BTSFrom a Japanese Magazine article:I fell in love with dancing in the 2nd year of middle school. I started to go dancing after school, I wanted to learn dancing properly, therefore I started to go back and forth the dance school. I was very happy in the dance school. Even if I had little time, I would still go to practice. I was very nervous when I had to attend the dance recital, to be honest even now, I’ll still get nervous everytime I stand on the stage.A year before graduating middle school, I‘ve already decided on going to a Arts High School. I couldn‘t concentrate on studying in the self-study room, I was distressed about going to which high school, what should I do in the future.After thinking this way, I started wanting to have a job that allows me to stand on a stage, therefore, I begun using Busan High School of Arts as my goal to work hard, because the dance style I was learning leans more towards Modern Dance so I chose Modern Dance as my major. I put in a lot of efforts to learn dancing in High School, at that time dancing was the only thing me and my friend had, practicing with my friends… playing… already going to the dance school when I first started High School, I was very worried about the class fees, so I said I don’t need to go to the dance school. But the teacher told me ‘You don‘t have to pay’. They really took care of me, so I continued to practice without disappointing or letting down the expectations they had for me, I learnt a lot from the teacher. I have never thought of quitting dancing since then.2012 Spring, my Middle School Dance teacher contacted me, so I went to participate in the company’s audition. I passed, and went to Seoul in May. The first member I met was JHOPE. ‘Let’s work hard together!‘ he welcomed me with that sentence.JIMIN IN BTS JAPAN OFFICIAL FANCLUB MAGAZINE | ARMY's AminoJ-Hope:Seriously, it's no joke with J-Hope when it comes to dancing. Back in 2008, he won a national dance competition in South Korea, and quickly picked up a reputation as an up-and-coming performer to keep an eye on within the industry, which led to his inclusion in BTS.The Quora answer below by Yuen mentions it could be as early as ten years of age:What we do know is that J-Hope started training at Joy Dance Academy in Gwangju when he was 10 until he was 16.Yuen's answer to How old was BTS’s Jhope when he started dancing?A recent article by BY JESSICA VACCO-BOLAÑOSSEP. 20, 2020 on Elite Daily says:Here's What J-Hope Did Before He Joined BTS & Became A Global Pop StarJ-Hope was born Jung Ho-seok on Feb. 18, 1994, in Ilgok-dong, Gwangju, South Korea. When he was kindergarten-aged, he attended an arts school in his hometown, but revealed it wasn't because he was particularly interested in attending the school. “I probably only went there because it was close to my house,” he revealed in BTS' Japanese Official Fanclub Magazine in 2013.As a young boy, J-Hope attended classes at Gwangju Music Academy, which is the same place TVXQ’s Yunho, Big Bang’s Seungri, and 2NE1’s Minzy all trained, according to the 2013 Japanese Official Fanclub Magazine interview. J-Hope later became part of the underground dance team Neuron, the Korean Herald reported in February 2019.J-Hope's dance abilities landed him multiple awards, including a first place win in a 2008 national dance competition which put him on the industry's radar as a dancer to watch in South Korea, according to Billboard.From a Koreaboo article:From age 10 to age 16, J-Hope studied dance at Joy Dance Academy before joining BTS’s agency, Big Hit Entertainment. The academy’s CEO, Park Daehong, recently talked about J-Hope’s academy years in an interview.She said that J-Hope is one of the best dancers who ever graduated from Joy Dance Academy. CEO Park remembers him as a sincere, well-mannered, and hard-working student who could dance many different styles and only cared about music.CEO Park is the one who introduced J-Hope to Big Hit Entertainment’s CEO Bang Si Hyuk. After seeing how J-Hope’s skills and how sincerely he worked, Bang Si Hyuk signed J-Hope to the company.J-Hope's Childhood Dance Academy CEO Shares Details About His PastFrom a fan amino:While promoting underground with my street dance team, I did a lot of popping. In popping, there’s another sub-genre called Boogaloos and that was the one I did the most. I got a lot of prizes and performed a lot while promoting. If Rap Monster rapped underground so I in danced.”-Hoseok༻𖥸༺Hoseok also went to a dance academy in his hometown, Gwangju.Hoseok; Dance Analysis | ARMY's AminoHope that helped and maybe you learned something new about each member.💜