BYU dance competition

I was able to attend the BYU dance competition this evening for abut an hour and a half. It was definitely interesting and was my first dance competition that I have ever attended. My first impression was the dress and the makeup that both dancers were wearing. Since this was a ballroom dance competition (at least what I saw), partners seemed to coordinate their dress at little. Most guys though wore mostly dark to black outfits with a little color that corresponded to their female partners dress. The females dress were however more extravagant. Most of the dresses were very bright or exotic colors that also contained lots of sparkles and glitter on them. The women partners also wore lots of makeup, at least most of them did. In fact, some looked as if they were wearing face paint, especially around the eyes. It was interesting to see how the dance competition was conducted. It must have been difficult for all the dancers to be dancing all together in such a small dance floor. I kept looking for any collisions but was disappointed with only near collisions. This must make it hard for the dancers to completely focus on the competition because the must also try to avoid other dancers as well as impress the judges. It was interesting to see how the dancers interacted with one another. Now, I am no dancer, but the dancing partners seemed to more as one object. Most dances that I saw the couples moved very quickly and their feet moved quickly as well. I kept checking to see if I could determine which dancer was leading but the couples moved so well with each other that this was very difficult to determine. The couples also remained very prim and proper as they danced. They kept their hands and arms very straight, the men had their necks and back straight up as well. The women bend their upper backs slightly out away from their partners as well as their heads. Although I am unsure why they did this but it looked like it would be very difficult to hold during the dances. Another interesting thing was that most of the dancers always had smiles on their faces however, I did see some interesting facial expressions. It was also neat to see how fast the female partner heads turned as their bodies moved throughout the dance floor. It was neat to see the traditions of ballroom dance. Like I previously mentioned, this was my first time ever going to a dance competition. Although I didn’t know what to expect, it was a good experience to see how the dance world competes. To me, it just looked like organized chaos but all the dancers and spectators there seemed to be having a great time.