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.
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] a daily sport, now we’re wanting ahead to getting an increasing number of opponents nationwide as a result of a few of them are holding again as a result of they aren’t a daily 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 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, 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 laborious it’s to bounce with a lot management with a lot emotion,” Kealyn mentioned.
She mentioned that every part in dance sport is “strategically completed.”
Klynne Joseph Castigador and Kealyn Therese Castigador of Western Visayas. | CDN Digital photograph / Josh Almonte
It’s now Kealyn’s 4th time to affix Palarong Pambasan whereas Klynne is a primary time participant.
In the meantime, Tan mentioned that judging dancesport performances shall be based mostly on 4 parts: technical high quality, motion to music, choreography and presentation, and partnering abilities.
Tan mentioned that technical high quality is essentially the most crucial as a result of is include 12 subcomponents for each customary and Latin.
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