Dancing Is Not An Art

Dancing is an activity that requires many skills, including high physical endurance and the ability to express one’s feelings through their movements. In this way, it is questioned whether dancing is a sport or an art. Dancing is an art and not a sport because of a dancer’s ability to express themselves and the art itself in different forms. First of all, to know that dance is an art and not a sport, the definition of the two need to come into consideration. Harrell Fletcher is a teacher in the art department at Portland State University and has exhibited at multiple museums and galleries all around the world. He was asked by Greater Good why he composes art. Before he answers why he makes it, he looks at the definition of art. His definition
An example of a form of art is how Anna Pakes says, “dance has salient bodily aspects that complicate the question of how and why it can be conceived as a fine art, and how mind and its connection with the body is involved in the making, performing, evaluating and appreciating of dances.” (Bresnahan) She explains that dance is a fine art, while Nelson Goodman has a famous characterization about dance as “an ‘allographic’ art, by which he means to distinguish it from what he calls ‘autographic’ forms of art, like painting, where there is a stable and singular art object that is tied to a particular history of production.” (Bresnahan) Although dance may not be a physical object or symbol of dance tied to its history, it can still be an art, just another form of it. In this way, Marina Abramovic explains how music and theater art is the closest way you can describe how the form of dance is an art. (Bresnahan) Music and theater are not the only arts that don’t need to use objects, that is where dance comes
He did ballet along with gymnastics for seven years prior to the Olympics. He has had many accomplishments and awards for his success in figure skating, but his most known moment lies at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he became the bronze medalist in the team figure skating event. Nathan had done more than just found a dance and performed it; he worked his way up, slowly improving himself, along with finding choreographers that could choreograph dances that he could use to suit him the best. For example, he was able to contact Lori Nichol, who worked with some of the best performers in the world and Olympics. “She gave him a Powerpoint presentation, seeking to expand his understanding of art through dance, painting, sculpture, even gardening, while also trying to demystify the art of skating. They spoke of feeling music, not simply hearing it, of learning to interpret its nuances and of building on his ballet training to tell a story through movement.” She would teach him things about art and dance in addition to choreographing his dance, rather than just teaching him moves to music.. After they perfected the routine, Nathan moved on to what he would be wearing for his performance. His costume, however, was different from the traditional costume powdered with sequins. “Chen wore a black costume to suggest flow, a high neck to amplify his height and zippers to insinuate a contemporary