"Zanimalo me je ... dokler nisem ugotovil, da bomo morali plesati pred vsemi in se pri tem lahko celo poškodovali”

This study explored the associations between social fear and injury-related fear with individual interest in dance as a movement-based art within the Philippine physical education context. Using a cross-sectional design with 242 university students, multiple regression analyses revealed no statistically significant associations between either fear construct and the three factors of individual interest, as well as the composite score. The results suggest that students’ interest in expressive physical activities may remain intact despite emotional discomfort. Generalized fear constructs may be insufficient to capture the nuanced emotional landscape of dance-based learning, indicating a need for more context-specific emotional measures. By focusing on a culturally embedded art form in a Southeast Asian setting, this study contributes to the global discourse on interest development and affective engagement in physical education. Implications for future research and pedagogical design are addressed.