Argumentative Essay: Is Dancing A Sport?
Argument by Definition
Is Dancing a Sport?
I’ve been dancing since I was two years old. Starting as a ballerina, jazz, tap dance, and hip hop dancer, I’ve been practicing, improving, and dedicating myself to what I call my sport for pretty much my entire life. But to some people, just moving rhythmically to music does not fit the characteristics by which a sport is defined, and instead dancing is identified as more of an art. As a dancer myself, dance being recognized as a form of art is a beautiful thing. However, I almost take offense to the demeaning athleticism that goes into it. According to Webster’s dictionary, a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. As beautiful of an art dance can appear, the actual performance itself is none-the-less an exhausting and competitive action. To be able to dance well, one needs to maintain strength and flexibility skills. One must have stamina and endurance. In most dance facilities, one is required to practice 4-10 hours a week. During competition, the talent required to claim first place physically exceeds the ability it takes a football player to run across a field with a ball.
78% of a random sample survey says dancing is a sport, and the 22% of people who say it’s not because …show more content…
However, it’s when people insist that it’s not a sport would make any dancer lose their head. Most definitely, dance is a competitive, exhausting, skillful, entertaining sport that takes strength and endurance, skill, and years and years of practice to perfect. It is the most beautiful sport that you can connect to physically and emotionally. If anyone disagrees, I’d like to see a golf player, baseball player, lacrosse player, etc. do what we do. The ability to put such passion into complex movements portrays a beautiful performance on stage but without a doubt, dance is a
Is Dancing a Sport?
I’ve been dancing since I was two years old. Starting as a ballerina, jazz, tap dance, and hip hop dancer, I’ve been practicing, improving, and dedicating myself to what I call my sport for pretty much my entire life. But to some people, just moving rhythmically to music does not fit the characteristics by which a sport is defined, and instead dancing is identified as more of an art. As a dancer myself, dance being recognized as a form of art is a beautiful thing. However, I almost take offense to the demeaning athleticism that goes into it. According to Webster’s dictionary, a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. As beautiful of an art dance can appear, the actual performance itself is none-the-less an exhausting and competitive action. To be able to dance well, one needs to maintain strength and flexibility skills. One must have stamina and endurance. In most dance facilities, one is required to practice 4-10 hours a week. During competition, the talent required to claim first place physically exceeds the ability it takes a football player to run across a field with a ball.
78% of a random sample survey says dancing is a sport, and the 22% of people who say it’s not because …show more content…
However, it’s when people insist that it’s not a sport would make any dancer lose their head. Most definitely, dance is a competitive, exhausting, skillful, entertaining sport that takes strength and endurance, skill, and years and years of practice to perfect. It is the most beautiful sport that you can connect to physically and emotionally. If anyone disagrees, I’d like to see a golf player, baseball player, lacrosse player, etc. do what we do. The ability to put such passion into complex movements portrays a beautiful performance on stage but without a doubt, dance is a