CMV: Dance and performative events like 'Breaking' shouldn't be in the Olympics

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With all the Raygun crap and discussion around Breaking in the Olympics, I don't understand how creative/subjective performative events like Dance and Dressage are part of the Olympics. They don't seem like sports.

I heard that Ballroom dance has been petitioning for a long time to be considered an Olympic 'sport' but not been successful and then pivoted to champion Breaking but that competition seemed vague and out of place. Even the staging seemed odd and out of place with MC's trying to hype an Olympic crowd.

I don't get these 'sports' as sports - they are dancing with atheletic elements. I would argue Dressage, Synchronised swimming shouldn't be part of the Olympics either. I'd rather see Darts or Shuffleboard!

Now the obvious counterpoint is Gymnastics as there is some performative element but the presentation of these events highlights difficult moves and then grades them against execution. It is presented with judges and there seems to be a process for quantifying clear cut winners and losers and has mutliple judges to iron out subjectivity. The same could be said of diving.

Change my view: why should dance and creativity be part of the olympics? where is the line?

Posted Aug 11, 2024, 1:29 PM UTC

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