High School Dance Team

"The nice thing about teamwork is you always have others on your side." 

-Margaret Carty

Dancing is not only carried through studios, but it is also brought to high school athletics. Being on a high school dance team helps in opening doors to college dance teams, giving you prep if that is what you want to be involved in at college.  It’s also a great way for a dancer to expand their horizons as it comes with learning new styles and making new friends. Dancing in high school gives you the opportunity to show school spirit and be involved in many different sports, while still letting you participate in the one you love the most. It’s a sport that takes a lot of time, energy and commitment, but in the end leaves you with countless happy memories that you will never want to let go.

If a dancer is looking to dance on a college dance team they should definitely tryout and be on their high school dance team. High school dance team gives a background of the new styles they will need to be a part of a college team. Jazz is different than ever before, hip-hop is more team based and pom is a whole new style most studio don’t teach. Some high school dance teams also perform hoopla, kick and military which are styles that most dancers are not accustomed to.

Being a part of a high school dance team is a great way to learn those new styles of dance and make new friends along the way. Because dance team is an all year sport, you become very close with all of your team mates and form several close friendships amongst them. Dance team in high school brings together the best dancers from every studio that go to your school. It is awesome to be able to come from all different dance backgrounds, but still work together in the high school setting, using all of the talents you have learned from dancing at a studio and incorporating them into your new team. You may never have the chance to dance with people from other studios, so it’s a great way of getting to know and have the opportunity to dance with them on a high school dance team.

Dance team brings a lot of school spirit into the high school. They wear the school colors, perform to the school fight song, represent the school at events and competitions and support them at school sporting events. Typically dance teams do half time performance and dance on the side lines at football games. They also perform at basketball games. Point being that one of many jobs of a dance team is promoting school spirit, which is super fun, you get into sporting events free and get to participate in parades. Dance team’s also get offered special opportunities to promote school spirit all around the school and community.

It’s true, dance team takes up a lot of time, energy and commitment. It can get very stressful and emotional, but in the end it is all totally worth it. It’s a lot of pressure on the body and mind, but the satisfaction of being a part of the team as a whole is an experience that only few get a shot at in high school. Stressed and emotional memories will be trumped by the better, fun, exciting and happy ones. High school dance teams have the ability to form some of the closest relationships compared to other sports, having team mates that truly care for you and share the same passion as you, dancing.

~Julia