Dance is not a sport ....get over it.?

Question

Its a PERFORMING ART ... not a SPORT. Why do people think its a sport? It doesnt have any sport like qualities unless you compete on a dance team.. then i can see it as a sport. But real dancing like performing like i have been doing since i was 4 .. is not a sport. Yeah it takes hard work and stuff but how does that make it a sport? Even my dance teacher said its not a sprt! do explain people that think otherwise..

Answer 1

THANK YOU!!! 10 stars!
I hated the whole Dance Sport idea. It is an Art and should be respected as such.
Dance gives something back - Quality of Life.
I see no quality of life in getting drunk in front of a tv or at any 'game'
Even with regard to competing I don't view it as a sport. I just never will.
- Also dancing since age 4.

Answer 2

I agree with you and I find it a bit annoying too. I don't see why any physically demanding activity is necessarily a sport. It's a performing art. People seem to see sport as superior to art. That's why they want it to be sport. Sport is popular, being good at sports is popular. I think this is the reason. Then, approaching from the angle of it being physically demanding, one argues that it's a sport. But it still resembles the reasoning if an artist is good at painting then we can think of him as a painter.

I think dancing is more than sport.

What really puzzles me is how chess or some card games are sport.

Answer 3

so guys who play football in the street with their friends aren't participating in a sport?
dancing is hard, strenuous physical activity, which often leads to performance or competition, what about that doesn't equal the ability to be considered a sport? i understand that its a performing art, but the two can overlap. what sport like qualities are we missing here? a team? competition? uniforms? a governing body for competition? last i checked, sometime in the last 22 years i've been dancing, all of those things are factors.

Answer 4

Dancing is both a performing art and a sport. However, when they consider it a sport they are mostly refering to the dancing done on Drill Teams and Dance Teams. In fact the director at the dance training camp I went to said that Drill/ Dance team was the most dangerous sport.

Answer 5

Well, it's often considered a sport, because you have to work out, sweat, compete, etc. to do it. I'm a dancer myself, and I've always considered it a sport. It is a performing art, but it's a sport as well. Just because it's one doesn't mean it can't be the other.

Answer 6

A sport is a phisical activity with a set form normally involving rules. Normally dance has guidlines on how you do it. your not playing basketball and if ur travelling and score points by whacking another person with a ball, and ur not waltzing if ur steppin around randomly to hip hop music. Its a phisical activity with a set form. I can't think of any rules of dance though unless its a competition. The point is in most sense ur right, but in other sense ur wrong. Damn thats confusing

Answer 7

First of all, its both!! It requires physical activities. Do you move when you dance?? huh?? thought so. It is also a performing art too. So get over it. It is a sport.

Answer 8

Performing is definitely an art, but dance is also a sport. It's about striving and perfection and working and developing your muscles...... The result, art. The work and process, sport!

Answer 9

I do agree with you very much! I had read a magazine a couple days ago, and it was very funny because it was a proven study that dancers are even stronger than atheletes! I agree with you on this one! Dancing is much better than a sport too!

Answer 10

Is race car driving a sport? I don't think so. Perhaps dancing is sport if it's competition, but overall I would have to agree with you. Is it merely competition that makes it a sport? Competitive fishing----sport? Fishing for Leisure----hobby or sport?