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Dancesport now a ‘common sport’ in Palarong Pambansa

Dancesport now a 'regular sport' in Palarong Pambansa

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 of a ‘common sport’ in Palarong Pambansa 2024.

Actually, 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] a daily sport, now we’re trying ahead to getting increasingly more opponents nationwide as a result of a few of them are holding again as a result of they aren’t a daily sport,” stated Lowell Tan, a nationwide adjudicator of the Philippine DanceSport Federation.

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Tan stated it took them three years to foyer to make dancesport a daily sport within the nationwide meet and all their efforts lastly paid off.

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He additionally expects to see the game develop greater within the coming years.

Strategically completed

Klynne Joseph Castigador and Kealyn Therese Castigador, the dancing siblings of Western Visayas, stated 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 folks solely see it as an artwork, not as a sport. They don’t know the way onerous it’s to bounce with a lot management with a lot emotion,” Kealyn stated.

She stated that every little thing in dance sport is “strategically completed.”

Dancesport now a 'regular sport' in Palarong Pambansa

Klynne Joseph Castigador and Kealyn Therese Castigador of Western Visayas. | CDN Digital picture / Josh Almonte

It’s now Kealyn’s 4th time to affix Palarong Pambasan whereas Klynne is a primary time participant.

In the meantime, Tan stated that judging dancesport performances might be primarily based on 4 parts: technical high quality, motion to music, choreography and presentation, and partnering abilities.

Tan stated that technical high quality is essentially the most essential as a result of is encompass 12 subcomponents for each normal and Latin.



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