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Six changes in the cheer section regarding risk minimization were among the revisions recommended by the NFHS Spirit Rules Committee at its February 9-11 meeting in Orlando, Florida. All recommended changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors and take effect with the 2025-26 high school spirit season.

In January, the Mets announced plans to create a dance team for the 2024 MLB season. That team, the Queens Crew, is now assembled.

The dance crew, which "will be part of freestyle and choreographed hip-hop performances on gamedays" at Citi Field, is co-ed and made up of 19 members.

The Tennessee dance team performed as usual during one of the game’s timeouts, but a member of the event staff seemed extremely in the way. There appeared to be a confrontation, and then the most incredible thing happened:

Calls for change in this lucrative dance subculture have become broader and deeper; encompassing issues of race, gender, and predatory behavior.

TOKYO — Before she became one of the world’s best discus throwers, before she overpowered her opponents and braved a rain delay to win an Olympic gold medal at National Stadium on Monday night, Valarie Allman dreamed of being a dancer.

After years of low wages, poor working conditions and sexual harassment, change was needed. But now, as NFL teams re-make their cheerleading squads, the women themselves are often cut out of the conversation—and it’s the cheerleaders who are being told they’re the ones who need to change.

Atlanta based dance shoe company, Pastry, recently announced its partnership with Steven Tyler's Janie's Fund to join the fight in empowering and supporting young women and girls that have experienced the trauma of abuse and neglect. Pastry announced this new movement at the National Dance Coaches Association Conference in Nashville, TN. Click the link below to read more on Pastry's mission to donating towards this cause.

This senior class has had an experience unlike any in history, and we wanted to hear about their experiences. Over 31,000 of them responded to our survey to hear more about their experience, their anxiety, and how they want to learn about and work with colleges right now. This survey was designed and the insights and recommendations were put together as a joint project between Niche and Tudor Collegiate Strategies (TCS). Along with the survey results, Jeremy Tiers of TCS has a variety of tips and recommendations for you in each of the “What you can do now…” sections.

Forbes Reports: Breaking, the official name for competitive breakdancing, will become an Olympic sport for the first time at the 2024 Paris Olympics, organizers announced Monday, as the sport was one of four to be approved for the summer games.

USA TODAY finds nearly 180 individuals affiliated with cheerleading who have faced charges relating to sexual misconduct involving minors.

Performing Artists' Mental Health and COVID-19; a 9-part Webinar Series - These webinars are led by IADMS leadership, including Peter Lewton-Brain, DO, Nancy Kadel, MD, and Matthew Grierson, MD, and world-renowned leaders in the field of mental health, including Lynda Mainwaring, PhD, CPsych, Bonnie Robson, MD, and Paula Thomson, PsyD.

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On May 15, an executive with the Sacramento Kings told 48 female contract employees on a conference call that the team would be “evolving” their dance squad, and the women’s contracts would end June 30.

The Kings took steps toward gender equality with their entertainment last month when they announced the Sacramento Kings Dancers, long a female-only group performing at games, would become a coed dance team called the 916 Crew.

The world's best breakdancers could compete for Olympic gold medals at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, if the event's organizers succeed in getting the hip-hop dance style recognized as an Olympic sport.

Zachary Greenwald’s Minnesota high school dance team will be competing in a conference championship next weekend. The varsity dancers will line up on a basketball court and perform the jazz routine they have been practicing all season, with its rainstorm-themed choreography.

The Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders unveiled a new, less revealing uniform this week the team says breaks "traditional stereotypes" of cheer attire and is more conducive to its use — dancing.

The National Dance Coaches Association! Part one: With Seasoned Coach/Judge and Executive Board Member Teri Rowe

Girls’ high school dance team participation is second only to football in Minnesota.

There's no place like homecoming.

GOOD MORNING. Below, you will find an important Internet video, featuring the Brigham Young University Cougarettes and also the Brigham Young University mascot, Cosmo the Cougar.

Music activates our deeper brain areas, but what happens in a dancer’s brain? Movement can trigger a flow state which makes way for an intuitive neural network.

Today and Saturday at The Pit, the energetic and bubbly Capener – now an 18-year-old senior – and her teammates are chasing the school’s 26th state title at the New Mexico Activies Association’s Spirit Championships.

For the third consecutive year, Walden Grove High School’s Performing Arts Crew Dance Team — PAC — took home first place in the Arizona State Cheerleading/Pom Tournament.