Danae

04/23/2025 It feels like I’ve been posting a lot of anti-men stuff lately, so I want to show you guys the greatest example of a man that I have. My dad. When people in my comments say my standards are unattainable: false. Here he is. He has loved my mom for 30+ years. They are BEST FRIENDS. He has never cheated, never stops flirting with her, always treats her with respect, always trusts, always supports. So confident, secure, kind, strong, and RIDICULOUSLY FUNNY. This video is a testament to how pure he is. His friend Dan told me this incredible story. He said “The last time I visited, your dad gave me a big hug. Men didn’t do that kind of stuff back then. I never forgot it. From that moment on, I became a hugger.” Are you crying? Cuz I’m crying. That’s just the kind of man my dad is. So masculine but so tender. The perfect combination. And I got to grow up being so loved by him. What a privilege. Hopefully this video can bring you hope that GOOD MEN EXIST ❤️ they’re worth waiting for. #surprise #reunited #bestfriendgoals

Before I started flight school, I had no idea what the process would be like. So if you’re looking into becoming a pilot, or you’re just curious about it, I hope this video was helpful 😊✨ let me know in the comments if you have any questions! Fueled by @drinkstaed (the strawberry orange flavor 🍓🍊). Also fueled by @kvncrg and his mustache. 11/10/2025

best 3 months of my life @kvncrg 🍯✨ (cool bts shots by @jaeegustafson , photos coming soon by @gabriellamintz )

Dream come true to be #sponsored by @zildjiancompany 🥹❤️ #ZildjianHeadphones If you were to tell little Danae that the company who made the cymbals on her drum set was going to partner with her one day, she would think it was because she was a professional drummer. She probably would have stuck with drumming in order to get that opportunity, not realizing that it would only come to her if she pursued her other passion of dancing. LIFE MOVES UNEXPECTEDLY. Zildjian has been a pioneer of cymbals since 1618, but they knew they had more to offer than that. Their specialty in music and sound has lead them to make these SUPER COOL headphones that you can tune perfectly to your specific ears. It’s a wild experience. All because they didn’t let anyone tell them they were just a cymbal company. All because I pursued multiple dreams. So don’t put limits on yourself. Go explore. Get outside. Meet someone new. Try another skill. Life is as big as you make it.

Spin training fueled by @drink.love 💚 #sponsored Okay, that’s it, aerobatics make me happy. Someone stop me from buying one of these planes, putting together a little stunt choreo, and calling every air show in the country to offer to work for free. Flying is fun, but that’s hard to remember sometimes when you’ve been in flight school for 15 months and every moment in the plane has been a test of whether you’re a good pilot or not. It’s pretty stressful hahahaha help me. But hanging out with people who have already done what I’m trying SO HARD TO DO is a great reminder that I can just enjoy it and lighten up a bit. If they did it, I can do it too. Life is so cool.

04/17/2026 This time last year I was a shuffle instructor at one of the biggest international shuffle conventions in the world, and this year I’m training to be a flight instructor. What an incredibly strange life. When @vansecoo asked me to be an instructor last year, I told her that it would be my first and last time. I had been in flight school for two months around that point and I just felt that my life was moving away from dance. As you can tell from this video, dance has always been a part of me. It has evolved and adjusted to who I needed it to be in each season. Musical theater to help me escape from being awkward, weird, and bullied as a kid. Hip hop to help me build confidence and power back. Shuffling to express my newfound energy, freedom, and joy. But because of flight school, dance has taken a backseat…I’m so in my head that I have forgotten to be in my body. But SURPRISE!!! This year I will be returning to the Shuffleverse, AS A STUDENT!! If you’ve been wanting to learn how to shuffle, or you already shuffle but you need some community, BUY YOUR TICKET NOW. I asked Van to give me a discount code because I know there are some of you who just need that extra nudge to send it. It’s happening next weekend in LA. I’d love to meet you and dance with you. I know people always say this but there are literally only a couple of spots left. Code is DANAE15 and the website is in my bio or @theshuffleverse ❤️ I need this little return to my first love. I need to get hugs from my favorite people. I need to lose myself to the music. I NEEEEED IT. Anyways, go watch the full Shuffleverse documentary (also in the link in my bio) that the amazing and talented @agustinseco made. And go buy your freaking ticket. Let me know in the comments if I’m gonna see you there! 🥹🥹

04/06/1996 I’ve been 30 for over a week now, so I figured I’d let you know how it’s been. I have to start with the classic “it doesn’t feel how I thought it would feel”, but I’ll put my own little spin on it 😘 I was genuinely looking forward to turning 30. Ever since I was little, the concept of growing up excited me. Thirty was a huge milestone that I’ve had in my sights for the past 5 years and I was gonna do something big for it! BUT I’m sure we’ve all learned that God laughs at our cute little human plans (not in a cruel way, but just because His plan is always greater than anything we could imagine for ourselves). This was the first birthday I’ve had with a boyfriend in 7 years. Well actually, he proposed to me the week before my birthday, so it was technically my first birthday ever with a fiancé…so I guess I STILL haven’t had a birthday with a boyfriend in 7 years and won’t ever have one again for the rest of my life. Thanks for ruining it for me, Kevin. THE POINT IS that I never would’ve imagined I’d be spending my 30th birthday with a ring on my finger taking the LOVE OF MY LIFE to my favorite place in the desert where I’ve spent almost every birthday by myself. It was surreal. Everything has been so surreal. I don’t even care that I’m 30. I just care that I found this super hot, super kind, super intelligent man that I waited so long for. He’s perfect. He’s my best friend in the world. We’re gonna build something great together. We’re gonna struggle together. We’re gonna travel. We’re gonna make mistakes. We’re gonna laugh at each other. We’re gonna follow Jesus for the rest of our lives. The last thing on my mind is that I’m 30. Anyways, maybe I’m just a hopeless romantic in the honeymoon stage of the relationship I’ve dreamed about for my whole life and I’ll start caring about things other than Kevin in a year or two. Wow, love is so fulfilling. I could quit everything tomorrow and still be happy. But don’t worry guys, Kevin won’t let me do that. He’s always reminding me that I should be posting, dancing, and flying airplanes more because he knows I love it. Ugh he’s just the best. First third of my life ☑️ done! On to 2/3.

04/08/2026 Hey sorry to suddenly overload you guys with big updates this week haha. I haven’t been posting much this past year because flight school was SO CRAZY. Now that I’m working on my flight instructor rating, I’m doing a lot less studying and a lot more building lesson plans around what I already know. It’s wild how much mental/emotional capacity that small change has given me. I feel like I can finally breathe again. Anyways, it’s hard not to feel dumb for not getting enough money out for my checkrides, which is arguably the most important part of flight school. But then I hear other people’s stories of things they didn’t know until they became a freaking airline pilot and it makes me feel a lot better about myself. They say that going to flight school is like drinking from a fire hose. Everything is so overwhelming that it’s easy for something to slip. My slip is just a lot more consequential than others. Regardless, I’m confident that it’ll work out one way or another. But also I’m getting married to my best friend in the entire world so nothing else matters. Thank you all for your support through the years!! I can’t express how much it really means to me. I’m excited to get back on here and share the next part of my pilot journey: the good AND the ridiculously embarrassing. Life is so good.

You make my life infinitely better. Can’t wait to marry my best friend ❤️

Wow. Days like these remind me of why I subjected myself to the prolonged stress and financial horrors of flight school. I’m not just doing the hardest thing IN MY LIFE because I hate myself, I’m doing it so that I can make a career out of flying airplanes. Step one was getting my private. Step two was my instrument rating. Step three was commercial. Step four is to become a flight instructor. And step five is to build my hours up to 1,500. I’m in the final stages of this dream. Flying with guys like Quincy is a priceless real-life experience where I can apply everything I’m learning to things that I’m actually going to be doing one day. Hopefully 🤞🏼 I want to do this more. Endlessly grateful, happy to be alive, and can’t wait to meet more people in this community! 03/23/2026 #formationflying #formationflight #aerobatics #commercialpilot #sandiego

I just got my Commercial Pilot Certificate on Wednesday!! You probably think that means I can fly for American Airlines but unfortunately that’s not the case. I have about 200 hours of flight time and I need 1,500 to even be considered. After that I’d have to pass two more grueling checkrides to get my ATP and my type rating. I hope this gives you confidence knowing how hard those pilots had to work to get in that seat lol. But for now what I’m legally allowed to do is get paid to fly people in their own airplanes. Or I could be a flight instructor (once I get that certificate). Or I could tow the Budweiser banners over the beach. Or I could give sightseeing tours (once I get a LOA from the FSDO). Or I could move an airplane from one place to another. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT IS TO BE A JUMP PILOT FOR A SKYDIVING COMPANY. Or do aerobatic stunts for Redbull…a girl can dream. All of those things feel pretty far away, but it’s okay because this is just the beginning! I believe that the right doors will open at the right time, which means I can just sit back and enjoy the adventure. I already have some cool things to share with you guys, so stick around! 03/07/2026 #commercialpilot #flightschool #femalepilots

who he thought he’d end up with: the clean girl aesthetic. elegant, graceful, goes to the gym with her hair done, wears dresses, speaks eloquently, smart, and simple. me when we first met: the tomboy aesthetic. scrappy, all over the place, never did my hair, barely wore makeup, didn’t own any dresses, smart, but complicated. ✨ who I thought I’d end up with: the lumberjack aesthetic. blue-collar, always dirty and gross, hyper masculine to the point of zero emotional intelligence, drives a truck, and listens to rap music. Kevin when we first met: the clean boy aesthetic. super creative, well-groomed, tons of emotional intelligence, drove a Mazda, and listened to music that didn’t promote sex, drugs, or alcohol. ✨ the crazy part is, we both have sides to us that match the other person’s old type that came out after spending time with each other in person. I found out that Kevin can build and fix ANYTHING. he loves getting dirty as much as he loves wearing a nice suit. a lumberjack in disguise. and he just recently bought a truck. and me? I have never wanted to be soft and cute for anyone before in my life. but Kevin makes me want to wear dresses, do my hair, and paint my nails. he makes me feel like a little flower. ✨ because he takes care of the masculine side of things, I feel safe and supported enough to settle into my feminine side. then the more I settle into my feminine side, the more masculine responsibilities Kevin feels capable enough to take on. buttttt more on that later 🤭✨ we’re gonna film a whole video about masculinity and femininity because WOW we’ve learned a lot about ourselves in the past 6 months. stick around! (sponsored by @drinkstaed ❤️)