In college, what is the difference between a cheer squad, a pom squad and a dance team?
Well, I don't exactly know for sure, but these are my thoughts. Cheer squad-cheering, of course. This could include stunting, dance, jumps, and tumbling Poms-dancers with jazz. This kind of dancer holds pompoms (that is their full name, poms is a shortening) and may do some tumbling like: aerials, cartwheels, back flips, back/front handsprings, or roundoffs in their routines A dance team-this one should be the easiest, but I'm just guessing that all they do is dance.
I want to try out for a college pom squad but I need to know technique or skills to practice any suggestions?
Obviously the rocket stunts and things like safety drops that you done in cheer will be out of the picture for you. So the best bet is to work on..... Chaine turns L and R. Pas de bourees. Jazz boxes. Jazz squares or Coca Rolas. Spank-It (part of the "Single Ladies" line dance). The Meltdown (part of the "Single Ladies" line dance). The Suicide (used in aerobics...these are runs to the side to a surprise squat at one end, and then another series of runs in the other direction to another squat at the other end) Fan kicks. Illusions (a more advanced variation of a fan kick). Echappes. Sisonnes. Forward pike kick--non aerial. This is not just an endless list...but this helps. Work it out!!!
How to make a college dance team?
You can do anything you put your mind to. I auditioned for my college's dance major program after not having danced in a studio for six years and made it, and trust me, I'm not a very advanced dancer. The best thing to do is if you know the college you want to audition for, check their website. I know my school has a list of things they expect the dance team to be able to do (types of turns, leaps, etc.) then take that list to your current dance teacher, see if you can get private lessons or even just use the studio to practice on your own. If you have the space at home you can practice there as well. If the school doesn't have a list then I would suggest going on YouTube or something and watch various competitions, either of your college choice or general ones, make a list of the moves you see most often and do those. If all else fails you'll need to know a couple of basics. You'll probably need to be able to do a double pirouette, a center leap, a calypso leap etc. I would just say practice a lot and you'll do fine. Good Luck!
How can I make the College Dance Team?
I'm going to be an incoming freshmen and I would like to be on the dance team in college. I have about 5 months until tryouts. I've never been on a dance team before. I've been in showchoir for four years. Im currently in a dance class that teaches the basics of ballet, lyrical, jazz and modern. I've taken multiple hip hop classes and have had some experience with Pom dancing. I was just wondering how I can prepare in the next 5 months before tryouts and what moves I should probably know before going in. Please give me any and all tips you have whether it be for stretches, dance moves or a way to get in shape for the tryouts. Thank you so much for all your help!
What is the difference between dance team and pom squad?
A dance team probably would do jazz dances. A pom team does dances that are based on jazz/ballet technique and sharp cheerleading type moves. A pom team won't stunt. Pom will look more like cheerleading and have pom poms. I hope this helps :) Jazz Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxLxfixxYd0&feature=related Pom Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tqHTRQj2s
What is the difference between poms, dance team, drill team, and color guard?
Poms are things that you hold that are colorful and used as a prop in dance routines. Pom Squads are usually associated with schools or colleges that promote spirit by performing with colored pom pons, with intricate routines consisting of various jazz-ballet moves that eccentuate the use of the poms with precise arm movements. Dance teams are any of the variety of the following: Ballet, jazz, hip hop, pom, lyrical, modern, etc etc etc.. they are any group of people that develop a team in which they perform routines usually in uniform. Drill team is a Southern traditional type of dance team. It originated with the Kilgore Rangerettes at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas. Their main specialties are precision, field routines, and kicklines. The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders possess an aspect of this type of team in the form of their kick lines even though other routines of theirs are more along the lines of a dance team, and even then, they are also cheerleaders. Color guard is a team that performs alongside a marching band. They usually do not perform any routines other than by use of large flags which they twirl around and throw up in the air and other such moves. They may use things like batons and other props that are bright, sparly or colored to add a visual aspect to the band's performance. It is highly probable that a high school "Dance Team" will perform all of the above teams.. but in most large schools, they are all seperate. And Val is referring to a military variety. If you bring that in, then Drill Team involves various routines of military and other precision prop routines performed in uniform.
I want to start a dance team as a club at my college, but what do I classify it as?
Classify them as a "spirit squad" of some sort, maybe? If you are going to games and performing in support of your school's athletics, it wouldn't be copying the hip hop "company" that it appears the other team has.
What do you need to know to make the pom squad?!?
I'm on the Pom Squad at Texas Tech University, and when I was in high school the requirements were at least double turns on both left and right legs, center, switch, and regular leaps left and right splits, axles, pitches and of course a sense of rhythm! However, each school varies, if you're in college depending on where you dance, the requirements vary slightly, from double to triple or quad turns, turns in second etc. Tryouts: High school: Is usually closed to the public, you have maybe 3 or four judges with the director and whoever is in charge over her, perhaps a principal. You will perform a routine that usually the director or officers have choreographed for every new team hopefull. Sometimes you will be asked to do individual skills for the judges. College: Basically the same thing, for us, we did the fight song routine, the choreographed routine during the first round, and if you went to finals they taught you about a 20-30 second routine on the spot, then asked you to perform it for the judges, along with the fight song again and choreographed routine again, then proceed on to interviews with department heads and different coaches. You should definitely try out! I loved both high school and I love college now. You have nothing to lose, go for it and show em what ya got!!
Is it possible to make college dance tryouts (when you're not really a dancer)?
It really depends on both your potential and the dance team. If the dance team has a plethora of dancers to choose from that have skill, then your likliness of being chosen as a trainee are incredibly smaller.It also depends on how long you were dancing before you stopped dancing.Read this if you want to audition but have less than 1-2 years of dance experience:What I highly suggest is that you take time to train and get ready for this audition. Going to an audition witbout preparation is the equivalent of taking a test without over studying. While there are people who get lucky, most people aren’t.Most of these college dance teams learn routines at an advanced level. If you're saying you haven't taking a class in about a decade, I would suggest you start off taking classes at a beginning level, then move on to an intermediate level, so on and so forth.Even at a professional level, there are a lot of dancers I know still training to get ready for auditions. They don't get complacent and wait for the next one.If you really want to jump start your training I would recommend going to a beginning class at least 3–5 times a week for an entire month or two, then do the same thing with intermediate classes.If you have at least 3-5 years of experience prior to stopping:Take classes for about a month to get your body used to moving. Hip hop choreography is very different today than from a decade ago.Hope this helps.This is just a practical answer getting the results you want and making sure you make it to your team.