𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀; 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘆

Report by Rainier Acosta | Photos by Angilene Dableo, Angel Chogyomon and Leean Margarette Magat

College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) INDAYOG Contemporary dance group triumphed as back-to-back champions in a one-on-one showdown against the College of Education (COEd) in this year’s Intercollege Dance Competition held yesterday, October 16 at the TSU-Main Gymnasium.

The CASS Contemporary dance group posted a score of 92.33% to dominate their lone competitor, COEd Contemporary dance group, displaying 83.33%.

Meanwhile, the CASS INDAYOG Hip-Hop group tallied 89.33% to bag the second place in the highly competitive dance showdown of six different dance groups from various colleges, where College of Science (COS) was crowned king of the dance floor while College of Education (COEd) snatched first place, garnering 93.66% and 90.33%, respectively.

In an interview with Instructor I, Mr.Daniel T. Dizon RPm, MA Psy, trainer of both CASS dance groups, he expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the contemporary dance competition, despite the participation of only two colleges in the Contemporary Dance category.

In addition, Mr.Dizon shared their key to successfully finishing both categories on a podium, making the college victorious once again in a dance competition.

“Syempre, rehearsal muna. Syempre yung guidelines kailangang mabasa, ma-internalize, then nag-isip ng concept anong pwedeng ipasok sa tema, and so on, lahat ng technicalities. Nag-start kami ng basics muna; hindi muna kami nag-routine puro basic-basic lang,” he stated.

Moreover, due to the controversy that took place in the Street Dance Competition on the opening program of the Foundation Week, Prof. Marcelino Balinguit, the Director of Culture, Arts, and Languages, didn’t appoint a tabulation committee in the competition to allow the judges to decide and announce who would win.

“Pinabayaan ko yung mga judges na sila yung mamahala sa pagpili ng panalo nila wala nang tabulation, sila na yung nag-tabulate so walang gaanong issue. Walang lumabas na resulta hindi kagaya kahapon na hindi pa final nalaman na ng iba na sila yung mataas hindi pa man nakakapag-decide ng husto yung mga judges,” Prof. Balinguit said.

“Dapat doon, kapag na-compute na, ibabalik nila sa judges, at bahala pa rin yung judges kung yun ba talaga yung kanilang gusto. Kung hindi, magde-deliberation pa yan and after the deliberation doon pa lang dapat lilitaw yung winner,” he added.

Winners of the dance competition officially received their trophies with a monetary prize to be granted shortly.