Dancesport

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An amateur dancesport competition at MIT.

Dancesport denotes dance as a sport activity. Initially this term was applied to competitive ballroom dancing, in its International Style.

The International DanceSport Federation, or IDSF, is an international governing body for amateurs, while the World Dance Council (WD&DSC) is an international governing body for dance professionals.

The TV programs Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance are both popularising DanceSport internationally. The two shows are about contestants competing to win dance competitions, much like how singing is used on American Idol. Student dancesport enjoys widespread popularity, particularly in the UK where some 20,000 students are members of the Inter Varsity Dance Association, or IVDA.^{[citation needed]}

1 DanceSport and the Olympics
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] DanceSport and the Olympics

Since 1997, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially recognized dancesport as a sport,^[1] with IDSF becoming an IOC Recognized International Sports Federation. The IDSF strongly pushes for the inclusion of dancesport as a medal sport in the Olympic Games. However, the decision of the IOC is negative so far.^[2] It is in force only until the 2012 Olympics and subject to reconsideration afterwards.