I miss the 90's thread

[brucecamblzchin]

I can google too - and many say it is an art form.

Googling or ballet?

 

[thenammagazine]

Googling or ballet?

Google!

 

[Jen]

I guess it is open to interpretation,
it is very physically demanding more than some other sports even, or at least just as demanding as any sport

No one is saying it's not physically demanding.

Martial Arts by very name are arts, yet they're considered sports.

I would consider martial arts a sport. But ballet - I just personally consider that more of an art form.

 

[crows]

No one is saying it's not physically demanding.



I would consider martial arts a sport. But ballet - I just personally consider that more of an art form.

I don't know then, I would think it is a sport

 

[DarthBakura]

Martial Arts by very name are arts, yet they're considered sports.

Hmm. I'd say it's more of an art form. Much like drawing or painting... not everyone can do it.

 

[thenammagazine]

No one is saying it's not physically demanding.

I would consider martial arts a sport. But ballet - I just personally consider that more of an art form.

Gymnastics has a heavy balletic influence, especially the floor routines, yet that's also a sport.

 

[Jen]

Gymnastics has a heavy balletic influence, especially the floor routines, yet that's also a sport.

Well - when they allow ballet in the Olympics I will consider it a sport.

 

[crows]

Gymnastics has a heavy balletic influence, especially the floor routines, yet that's also a sport.

Nam is right though, If Ballet is not a sport, it damn should be then,
you do not risk shin splints or knee injuries when painting or drawing,
ballet requires a lot of strength, practice, discipline,

I think it might not be regarded as a sport because there are no big ballet competencies like in sports, it is not treated as a sport therefore people do not considered it one,
but it is still a sport imo.

 

[thenammagazine]

Well - when they allow ballet in the Olympics I will consider it a sport.

Curling, bowling and golf are considered sports and both take less effort than straining for a poop.

Hell, T-ball, Base Ball, American Football, Bowling and tether ball are considered sports and they're not in the Olympics.

 

[Voorhees27]

Curling, bowling and golf are considered sports and both take less effort than straining for a poop.

Hell, T-ball, Base Ball, American Football, Bowling and tether ball are considered sports and they're not in the Olympics.

**** the Olympics.

 

[devilof76]

Ballet isn't a sport.

Neither are martial arts. You can make a sport of them, but that's not their nature or purpose.

 

[Jen]

Curling, bowling and golf are considered sports and both take less effort than straining for a poop.

Hell, T-ball, Base Ball, American Football, Bowling and tether ball are considered sports and they're not in the Olympics.

No one is saying ballet doesn't take great skill, discipline, effort, etc...

Baseball, football, bowling, etc...you are competing. That's what it is about...competing against another team or individual. Yes, there are some ballet competitions...but ballet is more performance art. If I am going to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet perform The Nutcracker - I do not consider it as going to see a sport, like I would the Seattle Mariners.

 

[thenammagazine]

**** the Olympics.

You're just mad because, like, almost everybody and their grandmother beat Canada in just about everything.

No one is saying ballet doesn't take great skill, discipline, effort, etc...

Baseball, football, bowling, etc...you are competing. That's what it is about...competing against another team or individual. Yes, there are some ballet competitions...but ballet is more performance art. If I am going to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet perform The Nutcracker - I do not consider it as going to see a sport, like the Seattle Mariners.

I really don't see a difference. They're all athletes.

 

[devilof76]

No one is saying ballet doesn't take great skill, discipline, effort, etc...

Baseball, football, bowling, etc...you are competing. That's what it is about...competing against another team or individual. Yes, there are some ballet competitions...but ballet is more performance art. If I am going to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet perform The Nutcracker - I do not consider it as going to see a sport, like the Seattle Mariners.

Yup. Ballet is a fine art, and that's all there is to it.

 

[Voorhees27]

You're just mad because, like almost everybody and their grandmother beat Canada in just about everything.

 

[Jen]

Ballet isn't a sport.

Neither are martial arts. You can make a sport of them, but that's not their nature or purpose.

That's what I'm talking about!

 

[brucecamblzchin]

But people compete against each other in judo, karate, tae kwon do, boxing etc. These are all in the olympics too Competition suggests it is a sport no?

 

[thenammagazine]

If it makes you feel better, at least Canada beat Tunisia, Slovakia and a couple of the Stans.

 

[crows]

No one is saying ballet doesn't take great skill, discipline, effort, etc...

Baseball, football, bowling, etc...you are competing. That's what it is about...competing against another team or individual. Yes, there are some ballet competitions...but ballet is more performance art. If I am going to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet perform The Nutcracker - I do not consider it as going to see a sport, like I would the Seattle Mariners.

Yup. Ballet is a fine art, and that's all there is to it.

so all it takes to make ballet a sport is being in a competition?
that's it? that's the reason it cannot be considered a sport?

it that is the case then fine, it is not a sport, all it needs is to be a competition
but Archery should not be called a sport either, Fencing is much more less of a sport than ballet,

for that matter,
how the hell, is this, a sport??? yet it is in the olympics

this is not a sport, seriously, this is not a sport at all, in no way shape or form,

 

[Jen]

But people compete against each other in judo, karate, tae kwon do, boxing etc. These are all in the olympics too Competition suggests it is a sport no?

I personally would consider martial arts as a sport for that reason. I took tae kwon do and once you became a green belt you were physically competing with other individuals.

But ballet....no one I know who goes to see a ballet performance would consider that watching a sport.