Dance as a Sport: An Athletic Pursuit Worthy of Recognition by Carys Black

Physical Demands

carysblack — 2023-12-06 16:16:39 UTC

Dance, as any other sport, requires hours of on-going training with the incorporation of intense conditioning. Dance demonstrates aspects of cardiovascular fitness such as any other established sport. Dance and considered athletes mirror one another's hours of training for their particular sport and maintain rigorous mindsets to improve their performances.

Outlined Regulations

carysblack — 2023-12-06 16:24:21 UTC

Just like any other sport, rules are established and up-to-date for each performance. Allowing a clean and fair slate between teams, fairness for each performer. From the National Dance Alliance Rule Book (NDA), rules are established for dancers to set a clean slate for any and all performances. This identifies another similarity between traditional sports and dance as we both require rules and authority figures to dictate fairness between the competition.

Requiring Equipment

carysblack — 2023-12-06 16:39:27 UTC

A variety of established sports are required to have a lost of all required gear. Each sport is different from the shoes needed for soccer to the knee pads volleyball players need. Dance is tangled in this area as well. Dancers are required to have a variety of gear essentials. Shoes are dancer's most known essential. but the list of dancer's gear is just as long as any other sports.

Demands Sacrifice and Pain

carysblack — 2023-12-06 16:53:14 UTC

If someone were to ask you to execute a dance or any sort of dance move, you would not get it first try. Dancers spend years and years of their life training in this sport; just like any other athlete. Labeled sports demand sacrifices such as time commitments and injuries towards their sport, Dance mirrors that. Dance, out of all sports, has shown to have more of a time commitment than any other sport. Professional Ballerinas in particular have shown to have train for over 30 hours a weeks which is a full-time job according to IRS.

Competitive Atmosphere

carysblack — 2023-12-06 16:56:31 UTC

As said earlier, Dance do also competitive fairly through regulation rules like other sports. But, as any athlete, they have the fire motivation of the gold medal, the win that take sit all. Something tot put all their hard-work towards. Dance maintain the same mindset, dancers are competitive and hunger for a win as each rehearsal they spend 110% of their energy towards their 2:30 minute performance to try and win the 1st Place Trophy.

The National Dance Alliance Rule Book

carysblack — 2023-12-06 17:01:14 UTC