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Dancesport. 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 ...
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 ...
An amateur DanceSport competition at MIT. The dances that make up the list of DanceSport dances are performed competitively at amateur and professional levels throughout the world. 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 ...
Ballroom dance may refer, at its widest definition, to almost any recreational dance with a partner. However, with the emergence of dance competition (now known as Dancesport ), two principal schools have emerged and the term is used more narrowly to refer to the dances recognized by those schools.
Men's four. Mixed pair in one-arm flag. Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive discipline of gymnastics where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform figures consisting of acrobatic moves, dance and tumbling, set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine (at FIG grade 5 and above) where the focus is on strength ...
An amateur dancesport competition, featuring the Viennese Waltz. A dance competition is an organized event in which contestants perform dances before a judge or judges for awards, and in some cases, monetary prizes. There are several major types of dance competitions, distinguished primarily by the style or styles of dances performed.
International standard waltz. Waltz is one of the five dances in the Standard (or Modern) category of the International Style ballroom dances. It was previously referred to as slow waltz or English waltz . Waltz is usually the first dance in the dancesport competition rounds. It is danced exclusively in the closed position, unlike its American ...
The World DanceSport Federation ( WDSF ), formerly the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF), is the international governing body of dancesport and Para dancesport, as recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Founded in 1957 as the International Council of Amateur Dancers ...