PHOTOS Para Games: Shall we dance?

Competitors in sports dance at the 39th National Para Games make their entrance at the Seocho Sports Complex in Seoul's Seocho District, Friday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

The athletes competed in pairs ― one able-bodied and the other with physical disability. The competition promotes a message that both groups exercise their athleticism on the same playing field. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

The dancers stepped out to cha-cha, rumba, samba, pasodoble and Latin Jive tunes. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Sports dance was selected as an official program of the Games in Korea in 2007, in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

On the fourth day of the Games, the athletes included those with physical disabilities, impaired hearing, visual disturbances, impaired spinal cords and cerebral palsy. Those with visual disabilities wore eye patches during the event. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

A pair rests after performing. This year, 56 men and 59 women participated in the program. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk