Is dancing a sport??

Question: Is dancing a sport!?!?

omg, so i have this friend that is on a swim team and thinks dancing is completely stupid!.!.and she always says "omg, dancing isn't a sport!" well i think dancing is as much of a sport as swimming is!. What can i say to convince her that it is!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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dancing is one of the most
difficult things that you can do!.
unlike sports, most people have
to be born with the right body
type, flexibility and joints
to become a great dancer!.
it takes so much more than sports!.
but no i dont consider dance a sport!.
ITS BETTER THAN SPORTS; it is
truly a form of art! so tell your friend
to stick that in her juicy box & suck it ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would say dancing is a sport!. it is active!. i mean you can't watch dancing on tv but i am a dancer and i actually think it is much funer then swimming is!. so yes i would say dancing is a sport!. DANCING ROCKS!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Dancing is totally a sport!. we are stronger and work harder than any so called "Sport" dancing is so a sport and if they dont think so tell them to try and dance for six hours a day every day !!!!!!!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

i believe competitive anything is a sport!. (chess not included) lol
anything that is really active and competitive!.
i do NOT include high school cheerleading on that tho!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

if dancing were any easier !. !. !. it would be called footballWww@QuestionHome@Com

Dancing is art and expression!. A very athletic form of expression!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

be like 'swimming is for wimps' i would use a different phrase to replace wimp thats slightly more patronizing, that starts with B, but this is yahoo and they dont respect profanity!. :]

be like people who swim on a team are losers!. everyone can swim!. i can swim!. to swim all u need is a floatie!. you cant use a floatie to dance!. not everyone can dance!. you actually have to have skills!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

its technically not!. dancing is an art!. sports take the same amount of strength though (actually less) and the same amount of endurance!. you also have to be fit- dancers are the most fit of athletes!. see- you are getting sports and athletes mixed up!. athletes are anything having to do with endurance!. sports on the other hand are usually things u play on a team!. so your friend is right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

u shud be like dancing is a sport havent u ever heard of dancer's legs!? I wanna see u go to my dance class and not say it isnt a sport!.Or be like in magazines they have excersices that relate to dancing BUT i dont think swimming, wait!.!.!. no sry!. OR be like okay tell her to do one of ur dances and when she is out of breath at the end be like u still think it isnt a sport now!? lol bye!=]Www@QuestionHome@Com

Don't bother convincing her!. Why should you!? You know that dancing is very athletic cause you tried it and you know what it's like!. While she perhaps never tried it so she doesn't know what she's talking about!. You could say, by the same token, that swimming is stupid - all you do is kick and paddle!. Well she would argue that there is a lot more to that - correct technique and so on, cause in order to be fast you need to have correct swimming technique not just muscle strength!.
Bottom line: both dancing and swimming are athletic activities!. Swimming is sport!. Dancing is performing art!. The goal in swimming is to be faster, not to be beautiful!. The goal in dancing is to be beautiful and expressive!. Both are achieved through athleticism!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

uh YEA dancing is a sport! dancers work JUST as hard as other ppl do @ other sports!. Dancers have 2 stretch and b as flexible as possible!. It's always active and it's not as easy as it looks sometimes!. Sometimes you even have a waterfall comin down ur face 2 prove it!.!.!.lolWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!. Dancing is sooooo a sport!. most guys are like, "dancing is not a sport b/c you don't use a ball" well what about boxing!? or wrestling!? dancing is a sport, a competitive sport and it is probably harder then football!. Look up the word sport in the dictionary!. i know it sounds dumb, but why not!? if dancing meets the criteria, then your friend cannot say it isn't a sport!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I believe so! U get a great workout!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, swimming is more of a sport than dancing, but both are sports!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yeahhh !Www@QuestionHome@Com

U KNO IT IS!!!!! IT IS SOOOOOO A SPORT!!!!!!!! WE WORK JUST AS HARD AS ANYBODY ON A TEAM!!!! COMPETITION TEAMS ARE TEAMS TOO!!!!! 2 B IN A ROUTINE U HAV 2 B A TEAM PLAYER!!!!!!
"IF DANCING WAS ANY EASIER IT'D BE CALLED FOOTBALL!!!!!"
DANCER ROCK!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes yes yes !.!.!.!.of course it is !.!.!.it requires coordination !.!.!.stamina !.!.strength and also it burns more calories than most other sports on an hourly basisWww@QuestionHome@Com