Author(s): Costinel Mihaiu,Monica Gulap,Daniela Aducovschi,Vlad Teodor Grosu / Language(s): English
Issue: 03/2021
In any sport, competition is the quintessence of activity, the objective way to capitalize on the performance capacity of the practitioners, by comparison with themselves or others. The pandemic generated by Covid 19 deprived the dance sport of everything that meant a specific competitive context: zonal, national, international competitions, the joy of all categories of participants, from children to seniors, to meet on the dance floor, the emotion in the stands of parents and supporters of the competitors and, especially, the special show that almost no other sport offers during sporting events. It was obvious to everyone involved in Romanian dance sports (and not only) that all the restrictions imposed by the pandemic will limit the specific activity for an indefinite period, so a group of IT specialists, specialists in managing the organization of dance sports competitions sought and they found solutions to survive of the phenomenon called dance sports. Thus, by involving the above- mentioned categories, an online platform was born that allows the organization of evaluation seminars, dance festivals, sports competitions, examinations and promotion congresses. In this way, the motivation to practice dance sports can be maintained for athletes, specialists and adjudicators during this period. In this paper, we want to present a platform that aims to revive the competitive activity and, moreover, to bring a stain of normalcy in this strange and difficult period for everyone involved in dance sports. The online platform consists of several modules (competition administration, filming operator, arbitration, streaming show). The final product is a festival/competition that is broadcast live either on the YouTube channel or on the organizer's website.
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