NBA
Litchfield graduate gets job on NBA dance team
By MICHELLE MERLIN The Litchfield News July 13, 2012 LITCHFIELD — Litchfield High School graduate Michaela Stanley has been dancing since she was just two years old. Stanley learned ballet and performed at recitals, and she can perform a plethora of styles, from jazz to ballet to tap, lyrical, acrobatics, tumbling, hip-hop and any combination. […]
Photo of the Day: July 12
An Oklahoma City Thunder Girl – It’s Christmas in July!
An Atlanta Heatwave: The 2012 P-R-O Convention – Part Two
After a couple of days of rest due to a case of acute bronchitis…must have been from all that perfume in Atlanta…I am back with the second part of our convention coverage. The P-R-O Convention is the premier professional cheerleading and dance convention in the nation. Held annually in Atlanta, Georgia, P-R-O features instructors from […]
P-R-O: Grinding Exams and Red Eye Flights
I first met Wendy at last year’s P-R-O. She was a recent graduate of Georgia Tech and a former Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader Last season Wendy danced for the Sacramento Kings Dance Team, while she took classes at UC-Davis where she’s pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, the same field of study she earned her bachelor’s […]
An Atlanta Heatwave: The 2012 P-R-O Convention – Part One
What’s hotter than Cameron Diaz? 300 of the most beautiful cheerleaders in professional sports. Let me explain. I was scheduled to cover the 2012 P-R-O Convention and Cameron Diaz was on my flight to Atlanta…Cameron Diaz the actress. And as beautiful as she was, all I could think of was the amazing cheerleaders that I […]
Photo of the Day – July 6
Chimere of the Charlotte Lady Cats
Celtics Dancer Hopefuls Take Center Court to Show Off Moves During Tryouts at C’s Practice Facility
by NESN Jul 2, 2012 The Boston Celtics came up just short of another trip to the NBA Finals this season. And every step of the way, the Celtics dancers were there to cheer on Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and the C’s. The next crop of Celtics dancers stepped onto center court this week at […]
Beeson makes Kings dance team
By Maghan Hunt Anderson Valley Post July 3, 2012 In order to make it onto the Sacramento Kings dance team, each dancer must audition every year. Spots are not given out by seniority; they are earned through hard work and dedication. Megan Beeson, 18, graduated from West Valley High School in 2011. Shortly after graduation […]
Celtics Prelims
Celtics Dancers – Preliminary Audition – Waltham, MA Boston Celtics: On Saturday, June 30, over 200 ladies auditioned to become members of the 2012-13 Celtics Dancers squad. [Photo gallery] Final Auditions with the top performers will be conducted on July 10-12 in Waltham, where the 2012-13 team will be selected. Look at the Ortegas being […]
Leap of faith for Celtics dance hopefuls
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson Boston Herald July 1, 2012 Celtics dance team director Marina Ortega held her first round of auditions for dancers for the 2012-13 season yesterday at the team’s practice facility in Waltham. She also scouted out highspirited, high-kicking talent in New York and Los Angeles. Jan-Delle Johnson, […]
