Do you think ballroom dance should be considered for the next Olympic Games?
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Yes, there is a lot of potential for ballroom dancing to become an Olympic sport. However, unless their are strict changes, at this very moment ballroom dancing cannot instantly be an Olympic sport.\n\nDance requires technique, athletecism, speed, memory, and teamwork. It is set in a competetive atmosphere and if it becomes accepted as an Olympic sport, it will be both captivating and entertaining as well. It may even excede ice skating and gymnastics in popularity. Unlike ice skating, dance will be something that it is applicable and relatable to others. Although dance is an activity any couple can do, the dancesport athletes put hours of specific techniques into their practice. Though it is applicable, the level of dancing is not something that just anyone can do.\n\nFor those who argue that it is too subjective due to the judging, where do you draw the line? Even referees hold some level of subjectivity.\n\nBut the problem still lays in subjectivity in that judges are still coaching the partnerships that they eventually judge in future competitions. Judges must remain judges ONLY in order to begin the transition into becoming considered an Olympic sport. With the politics involved these days, a good teacher/judge makes $100+ every 45 minutes. Judging salary must appeal to teachers who have high credibility, most often these teachers also have extremely high salaries.\n\nHopefully ballroom dance will become an Olympic Sport. The ISTD and USA Dance are working to change it.
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Yes! I love dancing! But it depends on what kind of dancing you are talking about.  I would love to learn Ballroom dancing, especially Latin dancing (like on Dancing with the Stars).  I think its so beautiful and sexy to be able to dance like that.  I also love hip hop and funk dancing.\n\nBut the thing that I love best is going out to a club just dancing non-stop all night to all kinds of music (especially R & B music and house music).  I love dancing coz theres no real "right" or "wrong" way, its just a way of expressing yourself and making yourself feel good by having a good time while your dancing!
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I think is should be considered a sport.  reason: it is more of a challenge than people think.  Trying to avoid getting hit ( and believe me i have been hit too close to a place too many times) and trying to hit another person is very hard.  also it provides an adrenaline rush.  sure it is expensive but not where most people think it is.  most people think it is the gun when it is actually the paint.  in fact i think it should be added to the Olympics because there are teams all over the world that play the sport.  also a little history to show how fast it has grown.  it started in New Hampshire with just twelve people in 1980  a few years later there were companies investing in the sport now theres millions of players nd hundreds of companies.  its another great american sport.  thats why i consider it a sport
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yeah but if not that way, how do we decide? \nOf course, at any given moment someone might to better or worse then they usually do but there is no way of comparing without competing and the competitive edge makes the psort more interesting. Also, if one athlete didn't do so well next time, it is moe exciting for them to outscore everyone next time.\n\nBesides I am Russian - so the olympics are never bad for me :D
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I think the winter olympics were pretty good, not the best I've seen, but still very interesting seeing new countries winning medals. What I was a little disappointed about was the performance of Bode Miller. He was portrayed to be very good by the media, but then screwed up in most of his events.
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War?  Don't you mean Olympics?
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According to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics website, the answer would be no. Currently they only list:\n\nIndividual Women\nIndividual Men\nPairs Mixed\nIce Dancing Mixed\n\nIt's still 4 years away, never can tell what will happen, but I'd say it would probably have a better shot at 2014 Games in Bulgaria.
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Dancing is GREAT exercise for the body.  I'm not so sure about the mind.  Some of the stupidest mistakes I've made in my life have happened shortly after dancing, if you know what I mean?
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That's a good question. These Winter Olympics in Turin are the first I've seen of the new scoring system and it seems to be working fine. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this new system designed more to prevent the ugly cheating scandal involving the French and Russian judges at the pairs competition during the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City? If it's made that sort of rubbish impossible to be repeated, then I think it's a big step forward.
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You mean Olympics?  No way.  She fall twice.  You can see the scores.  She is even lucky to get the silver.  Well, she did well after those two falls though.\n\nKimmy would be a star soon, but she was too conservative in Olympics.  I heard she can do quadruple.  If that's true, and she can do it in competition, she will have a medal next time.
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The Olmpic Charter says:\n\n"To be included in the programme of the Olympic Games, an Olympic sport must conform to the following criteria:\n\n1.1 only sports widely practised by men in at least seventy-five countries and on four continents, and by women in at least forty countries and on three continents, may be included in the programme of the Games of the Olympiad
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http://www.ballroomdancers.com/\nthis is a huge recource for ballroom dancing.
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I thought it was alright. You've got to consider that you don't want an opening ceremony that will detract from the main event, the football, and that a game was to be played immediately after so nothing could be done that would compromise the pitch.\n\nIt's a lot better than the Olympics, where the opening ceremony is just about the only interesting thing.
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My answer is that it shouldn't matter.  If you love it, then who cares? No one will dispute the skill and dedication that goes into the craft of dancing, so you don't need a title to validate what you love.  \n\nBut if you wanna get technical. . .\nHonestly, It all depends on your definition of "sport." Dancing allows for competition and involves physical activity and talent so, in by this definition it IS a sport.  It also is in the Olympics, which doesn't hurt its claim to Sporthood.\n\nBut some have a more philosophical definition.  One that involves objective point systems instead of judges, opponents that affect each other's outcome (defense), and so on.  Obviously, dancing wouldn't be a sport by this definition; but neither would golf, track & field or car racing.
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Yeah Definatally..\nBecause It is definately a sport.\nWe compete, practice, and get hurt a lot...\nso yeah it should be on the list.
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I think Cnanada should win about 20 medals, but since the team usually chokes I will go with 15.  \n\nAs long as we get the hockey gold who cares about the rest of the events.
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I'm a big fan of Kick boxing aerobics or tai bo, but I think that belly dancing classes would be alot of fun too. But, my roommates just bought a DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) game and it is tons of fun and has been keeping us up and moving for hours at a time ever since we got it.