Dancing???

Question

Why is dancing not on the list of sports on this site?? Dancing is a competitive sport, so it should be added :P

Anyway, does anyone here dance, and what kind of dancing do you do?

Answer 1

Many people don't believe dance to be a sport. However, I believe it definitely is. Dance is a great workout and very, very athletic. Tons of people dance, but only a few are really good at it. I dance competitively and I think dance is a great way to express yourself, and to stay physically active. Also, there are a lot of great athletes (non-dancers) who it just makes you giggle to picture them in a tutu trying to do ballet. lol. Dance is a very beautiful, non-violent sport (and performing art). But, as Snowflake said, it is sort of more than a sport. Almost a "super sport" lol. And, I do dance. I have taken dance for 11 years, and I take ballet, pointe, lyrical, jazz, tap, and modern classes. And hip-hop when I have to. lol. Anyway... dance is a sport!!

Answer 2

Dance is an art form when it sets a mood, or express an emotion. Dance in this sense can be almost seen as "painting on space", when is abstract or "theatre with no words" when is narrative and uses symbolic gestures that tell a story completely through movement.

The difference between dance and sports, we can find in the definition of the dictionary:

"SPORT(sport) n. 1 active play, a game, etc. Taken up for exercise or pleasure and sometimes, as a profession: football, golf, bowling, and swimming are sports.-Webster's New World Dictionary"

All of these games are about endurance and/or perfection with no intended "expression", therefore they are no art. An intended expression is what makes dance an art.

Answer 3

The following message from Wikipedia
Dance (from French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to movement used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.


Morris dancing in the grounds of Wells Cathedral, Wells, EnglandDance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or animals (bee dance, patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (the leaves danced in the wind), and certain musical forms or genres.

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to virtuoso techniques such as ballet. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are dance disciplines while Martial arts 'kata' are often compared to dances.

Dance can be directly participatory, social or performed for an audience. It can also be ceremonial, competitive or erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in themselves, such as in ballet or European folk dance, or have a gestural vocabulary/symbolic system as in many Asian dances. Dance can embody or express ideas, emotions or tell a story.

Choreography is the art of creating dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer.

Answer 4

i have been dancing since i was 3 years old i have done mostly, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, modern, salsa, swing, and tap, but yeah as for it not being added as a sport i know where you are coming from but some people are dumb and ignorant to the fact that there are more sports that basketball, football, baseball just to name a few, but i am right there with ya i think that dancing is a sport and should be recognized as one

Answer 5

1) Dance is performing art, this is why it is under Arts and Humanities. Every trained dancer is an athlete, but not every athlete is a dancer. It is more than a sport, this is why it is not under sports.
2) Ballroom (I compete in it).

Answer 6

I dance with nature things, like the branches of willow trees and tidal grasses. Also, with the surf's finest edge. And, with birds sometimes, too. Eagles.

Answer 7

i break dancing.. and everything the break dancing include.. popping, locking, spinning, flips, & group battles..

Answer 8

hula