BYU Dancesport

I have never attended BYU's Dance Sport competition before, but I really enjoyed watching it. I took my fiance to watch it and we both had a lot of fun watching all the couples spin around on the floor. I really enjoy watching ballroom dancing! It is so interesting that each dance has a specific style and set of moves that are important. I felt like I did not know enough about the different types of dances to be able to be a very informed judge, however we were able to pick out favorites in each group. It was really neat to see how popular the sport of ballroom dancing is. There were so many competitors there! I would never imagine that so many guys were involved in ballroom dancing, but there were tons of guys there and they would all get so into the dance! I tend to watch the guys because I feel like I can tell how they are doing a lot easier than I can tell how the girl is doing. The man in a ballroom dance is supposed to be masculine, he is expected to the support the woman and always lead her in the right direction. I feel like their job is to make the girls look good and support them whenever it is necessary. There were definitely some guys who were better than others. I could tell that some of them were really trying hard to play that masculine role, however, some of them could just not pull it off. And others were so believable and strong out on the dance floor. The best part was watching the guys faces, like I said before, some of the guys were so believable and others just looked kind of funny. But the girls are always so beautiful! They are all in pretty outfits and have their hair done up with pretty make up on. It is impressive to watch a really good couple interact with each other. They know their steps so well and know how to move with each other to make their dance look beautiful.

The music in ballroom dance is also really fun! I watch So You Think You Can Dance and there is always really exciting and strong music playing for dances like the Tango. But there are also a lot of possibilities for the music, there are many contemporary songs out that can be danced to as well. I think it is really impressive when choreographers use newer songs to dance too because I think people can relate to the dance a lot more.