| Who we are... |
| We are the dance team at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. The team consists of 18 dancers that perform at all men and women basketball games, all football games, pep rallies, Midnight Madness , Freshman Convocation and many other school events. We also make special appearances at community events throughout the year such as the Harley Davidson Kids Holiday Show , Zo's Summer Groove, The Early Show, Fox Sports Latin Awards, HIlton MIami Hotel and the Latin Grammy Awards Show. In March, the team travels with the basketball teams to cheer them on as they compete in the Sun Belt Championship Games. The 2008 championships will be held in Alabama ! In the past they have traveled to Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana! |
| Team History |
| The team has been at FIU since 1989. The first squad was called the Sun Blazer Dancers. Since then, the team has gone through many changes, even being called the Panther Dancers. in an attempt to rebuild the squad. In 2001, the Golden Dazzlers were back. After many years of back and forth placing throughout many school departments, the squad was finally recognized under the school's athletics department where they are considered the only official university dance team. With the support of the athletics department the program has grown tremendously since it began and is now one of the top college dance team programs in the nation. CLICK HERE TO SEE PAST TEAM PICTURES....... |
| Competitions and Camps |
| Practices |
| One of the things that has remained the same for this team has been it's loyalty to the National Cheerleaders Association under the former NCA Danz now known as the NDA (National Dance Alliance). The following have been the team appearances at both camps and competitions: |
| Auditions |
| The team practices 2-3 times a week Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00pm -9pm and every Sunday starting in January until competition. Additional practices are sometimes added depending on the schedule and performance demands. |
| The best way to explain the kind of dancing we do is to go through our seasons. Since we dance for so many different kinds of events our style changes all the time. For football, our style is influenced by the NFL; hair down, jazzy pom routines, big halftime shows, boots and kicklines. For school appearances (pep rally, etc..), usually hip hop routines ,some technique and no poms. For basketball we have a combination of everything; Sideline routines with poms, time-out routines without them and performed in jazz, pom and/or hip hop styles. Basketball halftimes are usually fast paced with a lot of technique and different uniformsl. For competition, perfection is key. We follow the NDA guidelines of 30 seconds of pom, jazz and hip hop and technique throughout the routine. It's fair to say that, we do it all! |
| Our Style |
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