The thirteenth National Games at the end of next month is about to be officially opened in Tianjin, square dance will enter the Games of the news triggered a public opinion. Square dance movement in the folk spontaneous development of these years, always accompanied by nuisance and venue competition controversy. The organizing committee of the National Games, said the square dance into the Games, hoping to inspire more people to participate in the enthusiasm at the same time, to guide the standardized operation of the square dance, giving birth to more standardized operation clubs were born, so that it is no longer in the cracks in the difficult to survive.
Why absorb square dance into the Games?
Square dance into the National Games is to "I want to go to the National Games" national fitness network competition activities identity . Not only square dance, sports essay writing activities, sports photography and painting contest, national fitness knowledge contest, sports talent show, etc. are in it. Yang Guangyu, director of the Group Department of the State General Administration of Sports, believes that the "I want to go to the National Games" as the theme of the national fitness series of activities and events, to promote the coordinated development of competitive sports and mass sports, and promote the reform and development of sports undertakings of outstanding significance.
"Square dance has long been a favorite 'grassroots' fitness, which has also attracted the attention of the organizing committee." Games Organizing Committee of the Department of Group Work Network Competition Deputy Director Yu Tong said in an interview, square dance participation in a wide range of people, the mass base is very good, people take the initiative to participate in the enthusiasm is very high. Square dance is also characterized by a variety of sects, forms and styles, such as the boldness of the Northwest, the charm of the South, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other delicate . These advantages make square dance can "jump" into the Games.
The theme of the 13th National Games is "Healthy China", with a wide range of programs. Although there is still more than a month from the official opening, but rock climbing, roller skating, dragon boat, softball, aviation modeling and other more than 10 Games mass competition projects have been competing in turn. These projects, softball originated in Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, the action of taijiquan combined with tennis badminton technology, has a broad mass base; air volleyball originated in the amateur mass activities of the railroad system workers, with the ball soft, participants in the technical threshold of entry is low, the venue is simple equipment, recreational and other features widely popular among the public. In this sense, the square dance into the Games and not surprisingly.
Li Kemin, director of the Tianjin Municipal Sports Bureau, said the innovative way of using the mass competition program is to attract more extensive participation of the masses.
Guo'an Community is currently organizing a square dance competition in Tianjin to "help the Games," with as many as 500 teams competing, which shows the high level of enthusiasm among the public. Xu Huanmei, director of the Tianjin platform operation center of Guoan Community, said that after hearing the news that square dance was included in the Games, the "square dance mothers" were very excited and eager to try and sign up to participate.
Men's participation in the extra points?
Unlike the selection and competition of other Games programs, the National Square Dance Competition uses a combination of online and offline methods. There is no registration fee, no regional restriction, no group constraints; the offline event is carried out in separate areas, combining performance and competition, allowing as many citizens as possible to participate in it, and men's participation will be an additional plus point.
Internet open registration only a few days, the Games Organizing Committee has received hundreds of square dance teams uploaded the video of the competition to complete the registration work. "I didn't expect the registration to be so hot, and from here we can also see that everyone's enthusiasm for participation is very high." Yu Tong revealed.
He introduced the online tournament, the organizing committee open door to run the tournament, almost no threshold, 12 to 24 people per team, the masses to shoot their own square dance team to participate in the video, no more than 5 minutes, uploaded to the official website before August 15 to complete the registration. Works good or bad by the network and expert voting. Network voting to take cell phone registration real name system, to avoid the brush vote behavior, August 30 will be completed before the network and expert voting, when the selection of the winning team.
In the offline tournament, the organizing committee will invite the outstanding square dance teams in the network selection stage to participate, and initially envisioned to be divided into several regions across the country to compete against each other. According to the process of the square dance competition, arrangements will be made to select the winning 16 teams for the final competition.
"Grassroots" square dance styles, movements are diverse, how to judge? Yu Tong said, in the full percentage scoring system, evaluation of movement accuracy, in place, strength, amplitude, and music, the technical score of the highest points, at 40 points. In addition, the evaluation of the performance of the costume modeling and performers spirit of image points, evaluation of the overall choreography of square dance choreography points, evaluation of the rhythm and rhythm of the action of the appreciation of the points, as well as evaluation of the field and outside of the organization of the order of the team and the team formation and the order of the team to enter and exit the field of the discipline of the points will also be used as a criterion for judging.
It is worth noting that the organizing committee also encourages the participation of men in particular, which can be rewarded with extra points, 1 point for each man, up to a maximum of 2 points.
Won't encouraging square dancing be controversial?
With the sound of cheerful music, many people through the square dance both exercise, and make friends. Square dancing on the stage of the Games will further expand its influence, but some netizens are concerned that encouraging square dancing will not lead to more social problems?
The background of these concerns is that square dancing is a common nuisance across the country and the problem of competition for space. Not long ago, the news of square dancing grandparents disliking a basketball teenager triggered extra attention from public opinion. The survival status of square dance with a strong mass base is actually embarrassing.
"The controversy triggered by square dance is not a problem of the program itself." Yu Tong said that any event activities can cause problems if they cannot harmonize **** with the participants and the surrounding environment. He said that some new technological means may be helpful in finding a solution, and some audio manufacturers have been able to produce playback distance-directed equipment, which gradually reduces the sound effect outside the set distance. "We hope that through the National Square Dance Competition, we can standardize the sport and make it better."
In the process of organizing the square dance competition, Xu Huanmei also realized that compared with the barbaric growth, relatively regulated forms such as clubs are obviously more conducive to the promotion of square dance in the folklore as well as the development of activities. Yu Tong hopes that through the guidance of the Games, more square dance clubs may be born and registered in the future. A standardized operation of the sports program in order to harmoniously *** with the community, in order to have a bright future for development.
Getting on the right track is a good thing, so that square dancing develops normally.