Nuggets Dancers Audition Requirements: Participants must: be at least 18 years of age or 17 years of age with a parent or guardian present to sign a waiver on the participant’s behalf hold a high school diploma or equivalent education wear a cropped top, fitted shorts or dance skirt, and shoes with non-marking soles submit […]
By Aaron J. Lopez Nuggets.com NBA dancers spend countless hours in the gym and perform difficult physical routines with impeccable timing. The demands are more pronounced at Pepsi Center, where the Denver Nuggets Dancers must execute their routines at 5,280 feet and then return to the court a few minutes later looking as though they […]
By Aaron J. Lopez Nuggets.com The misperceptions of an NBA dancer are incalculable. Few people know this better than Denver Nuggets Dancer Jessica. After all, when it comes to crunching numbers, she can calculate just about anything. While talk of amortization, balance sheets and zero-based budgeting would make the average person’s head spin, it is […]
By Aaron J. Lopez Nuggets.com 10-6-11 When your dad is a world champion steer wrestler and your knees are scarred from sliding into second base, it’s hard to envision a future on an NBA dance team. Not only did a Longmont farm girl become a Denver Nuggets Dancer, but she enters her fourth season as […]
Lockout or no, the team has already had their first photo shoot. Click here to see their individual full length photos on the DND Facebook page.
By Aaron J. Lopez Nuggets.com 7-25-11 The lights drop. The pulsating music begins. The adrenaline rush kicks in. At that moment, the countless hours of repetition and rehearsal all become worthwhile. “It almost gives you chills and brings tears to your eyes,” said Miranda, a Denver Nuggets Dancer. “You think, ‘This is so cool. This […]
By Aaron J. Lopez Nuggets.com July 11, 2011 [Audition Photos] [Bootcamp Photos] Over the next two weeks, 26 women will experience the dancing equivalent of boot camp. The payoff will be one of 18 spots with the Denver Nuggets Dancers. The 26 finalists were selected from a field of more than 100 candidates who took […]
Check out photos from last weekend opening round of the Denver Nuggets Dancers Audition here.
Preliminary Auditions are Saturday, July 9th. [Denver Nuggets Dancers Auditions Info]
By John Wenzel The Denver Post 03/03/2011 Katrina Lairsmith had taught dance in nearly every studio in Denver, but in all her time as an instructor — and as one of the original Denver Nuggets dancers — she never found a group that fit her style or mission. “Other than Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, there […]
