Dancers sway their hips within the heated semifinal spherical of the dancesport competitors of Palarong Pambansa 2024 on Thursday, July 11.
CEBU CITY, Philippines – From being a demo sport, dancesport is now thought-about a ‘common sport’ in Palarong Pambansa 2024.
In reality, a complete of 24 medals are up for seize within the elementary and secondary division waltz, chacha, tango, and rumba amongst others.
“Lastly, now that it has been [made] an everyday sport, now we’re wanting ahead to getting increasingly rivals nationwide as a result of a few of them are holding again as a result of they aren’t an everyday sport,” mentioned Lowell Tan, a nationwide adjudicator of the Philippine DanceSport Federation.
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Tan mentioned it took them three years to foyer to make dancesport an everyday sport within the nationwide meet and all their efforts lastly paid off.
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He additionally expects to see the game develop larger within the coming years.
Strategically performed
Klynne Joseph Castigador and Kealyn Therese Castigador, the dancing siblings of Western Visayas, mentioned they’re pleased that dancesport is now formally a part of Palarong Pambansa.
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“I really feel pleased that dance sport is being seen as a sport as a result of some individuals solely see it as an artwork, not as a sport. They don’t know the way arduous it’s to bounce with a lot management with a lot emotion,” Kealyn mentioned.
She mentioned that every part in dance sport is “strategically performed.”
Klynne Joseph Castigador and Kealyn Therese Castigador of Western Visayas. | CDN Digital picture / Josh Almonte
It’s now Kealyn’s 4th time to hitch Palarong Pambasan whereas Klynne is a primary time participant.
In the meantime, Tan mentioned that judging dancesport performances might be based mostly on 4 elements: technical high quality, motion to music, choreography and presentation, and partnering expertise.
Tan mentioned that technical high quality is essentially the most important as a result of is encompass 12 subcomponents for each normal and Latin.
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