Why dont you guys think dance is a sport you work every bone and muscle in your body?

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Kay

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Dancers work themselves like crazy i should know i have been a competive dancer/ performance dancer for 12 yrs, you work every bone and muscle, condition and have to be in good shape to do this, i have done track, cheer, basketball and soccer and none take as much endurance, try leaping 4-5 ft off the ground and smiling and running and turnign for about 1.5hrs thats how long some of our shows are, dancers never give up and hurt ourselves i broke my wrist dancing and my freinds their legs ankles, and arms, We are judged by what the judges think but in gymnastics you are judged that way too and that IS a sport. SO WHY IS DANCE NOT A SPORT???
 
dance is a form of art. thus, art cannot be a sport. why not call driving in circles aka NASCAR an art because all they do is go in circles.

the word 'sport" is a very ambiguous word. but as society argues, only basketball, baseball (yawn), football, soccer, and hockey are sports because it involves more than just sweating and competition. it' s about male dominance.
 
As a gymnast, I would have to agree with you there. Also, to the anwer above me, wth? male dominence has nothing to do with a sport, girls can do sports too! Anyway, I am told all the time that gymnastics isn't a sport, and i get soo annoyed! some people think that because it is judged it can't be a sport, but in gymnastics judges judge you based on what you do wrong, deduct from your score and add it all up in the end of your routine, sooo if you mess up, your score will be lower (same with any sport!), idk if dance is judged like that? is it? but anyway, i think if it is competing and using your body, it is a sport. In gymnastics we do practice dance just about every day, because it is just as important to our floor routines as the tumbling is, and it is tiring, even though it isn't as much dance as real dancers do (you guys turn soo many times around i would get sooo dizzy lol! i am working on double toe turns, switch leaps, and different jumps) Anyway, dance is very hard, and I agree with you. Dance is a sport.
 
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