Friday, August 09, 2019
Why Do We Care So Much Whether Dance Is A Sport?
Dance Magazine: Is dance a sport? A Google search of that question will yield hundreds of results of impassioned arguments about whether or not we should consider dance a sport. The fact that breaking was recently provisionally added to the 2024 Summer Olympics program is certain to make the conversation even more heated.
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I mean, I think the simple answer is: yes. It is a sport. But in the interest of word count…
This article does bring up a good point about the value we as a society place on sports over arts and why the argument is so heated. However, I don’t think Lauren Wingenroth really contributes anything to the argument, or the settling of the argument. I think we should start taking a stronger stance when people start asking this question and answer with the truth: both. Dance is both art and sport, and one does not outweigh the other, nor is there room for debate or discussion on what it is more, or why, or how we should value it. The argument of “well dance has so much more subjective artistic value than traditional sports” as an excuse to keep dance out of the sport world—such as the Olympics is weak at best. One of the most watched winter Olympic events is Figure Skating. If dancing on Ice is a sport, then so is just dancing. Both are equally artistic in their endeavors as well.
This is a debate I've been a part of for as long as I can remember. back in high school I was a part of a friend group where I believe I was the only dancer, and the rest of my friends were very talented athletes and other sports. at first I really cared what people thought just because I wanted to be a part of what my friends were doing and I wanted the hard work that I was putting in to the activity to be recognized, but as I've grown as both the human and a dancer I definitely stopped caring about what people thought dance should be defined as. I think dance is both a really cool way to move your body and express yourself but it's also an amazing way to work as a team as well as exercise your body. it allows me to be creative and move the way that I like, as well as challenge myself with movement that'll make me think and work harder physically
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