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Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, [ 1] as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. In the case of Para dancesport, [ 2] at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair . Dancesport events are sanctioned and regulated by dancesport organizations at the national and international level, such as the World DanceSport Federation .
Ten international style ballroom dances—five Standard and five Latin—are defined by the World Dance Council (WDC), which has world-wide membership of all countries taking part in ballroom competitions. The WDC incorporates various groupings and former titles, such as the World Dance and DanceSport Council (former title). The WDC is the ...
Competitive dance is a popular, widespread sport in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as acro, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, tap, and improv —before a common group of judges. This is in contrast with other activities that involve competition among dancers ...
In 2007 Youth America Grand Prix became the first organization in the 50-year history of Italy's prestigious Spoleto Dance Festival to present performances by dance students. In 2009, YAGP broke the existing Guinness World Record for “Most ballet dancers en pointe” with 221 dancers from 27 countries. In 2010 YAGP introduced the YAGP Job ...
Breakdancing is a term spawned from the loins of the media's philistinism, sciolism, and naïveté at that time. With no true knowledge of the hip-hop diaspora but with an ineradicable need to define it for the nescient masses, the term breakdancing was born. Most breakers take great offense to the term."
The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USDSC, and USBC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC). The Professional Standard section (occasionally called Professional Modern, in British ...
Columbia College Chicago is the host institution of several affiliated educational, cultural, and research organizations, including the Center for Black Music Research, the Center for Book and Paper Arts, the Center for Community Arts Partnerships, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
How the competition is scored. ... Dancers performing at the Dearborn 2024 Para Dance Sport USA Open at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024.