UC-Santa Barbara Dance Team

I went to Japan to pick up my girlfriend so we could move in together but her disco dance team burst in the door of her home as we were gonna leave and gave us a cat after doing a really long dance routine.

(via The University of Minnesota Dance Team Can Really Move - Neatorama)

Dress rehearsal week is fun. My dance shoes are covered in other people's glitter like a whore.

To clarify, by drill team I mean dance team or a group of dancers who attend athletic events and pep rallies that are NOT cheerleaders. At my high school, the drill team would have their own pre-game and halftime performance at football games. The cheerleaders mostly performed at football games on the sidelines but didn’t have their own show.

Also I have a small active following so please reblog! I’m intensely curious about this.

Cute Culture festival merch

Just auditioned for my school’s dance and majorette team. Hope I make it!

1935 Horst P. Horst, Dance team Jack Holland and June Hart. Vanity Fair.

Endicott Dance Team

Lucy's Side Quest #5: Manic Drawing session

Big reveal: I'm Merch Chair of my dance team this year! Yayyy!!!

So I feel really lucky to have fallen into this position because the only experience I actually have designing a shirt is once for a club in high school. BUT my confidence in making a banger clothing line is so high. It's giving Dunning-Kruger effect (i.e. where those who have the least experience/knowledge of something have the most ginimonosaurus un-based confidence in their capability). Speaking of, idk why I'm explaining psychology to a bunch of 6-9's and 9.00 fans.

Anyways, I'm back at home because I'm trynna become an american this week and taking the civic exam here in Dallas. There's never anything to do in Texas, because it's so hot outside and my siblings are internet queens, so I just drew a bunch.

Even if it looks silly now, I have this vision of how these designs could look nice mix-matched on t-shirts, hoodies, or sweatpants. Some of the font inspiration is from Tyler the Creator's albums, and in general his Golf Wang brand. I probably should have waited till I created digital versions to post this, but I couldn't wait to share it. I'm a hoe for instant gratification.

This is another drawing to break in this sketchbook. I haven't used colored pencils to art in a hot minute. Like at least 8 years, holy shit.

I really don't know where I'm going with art. I listened in on the Figma design conference last week, and really thought hard about this 6-3 degree I'm gunning towards. I really want to. Need to. Do something creative in my job. I might go crazy otherwise. Not necessarily design, or dance, or music, or drawing, or writing. I don't know what, which is the problem. Do I just start making hella shirts and portfolios? I might actually start that Youtube channel.

It would be nice to have a mentor/advisor in media, and there must be so many at MIT... just how to reach the right ones?

My take on dance teams:

Having started my dance journey by auditioning for my high school’s all-female hip hop team, my view of this hobby has grown and developed to be competitive and cooperative. I have never danced until tryouts, so dancing never started for me as something I simply did by myself for fun. Right off the bat, after getting on the team, we were skillfully trained, physically conditioned,and mentally strengthened to be competent enough to learn and perform choreography for school performances and high school dance competitions. My dance captain’s mantra was “you are only as strong as your weakest link.” and this motivated everyone to push each other to our fullest potential. Friendly competition within my high school team was always present and healthy because of this. Bonding days were also planned to strengthen our teamwork, as well as make sure we’re still having fun doing what we love. My high school dance team experience encouraged me to audition for outside community dance teams, as well as the dance team I’m on currently in at my university. For me and most of my fellow dancers I know today, high school dance teams were what introduced them to competitive dance.

During my last year in high school, I joined an community dance team called iLL Habits. This outside team was more prestigious, competitive, and professional, as it consisted of the best dancers from different high school dance teams around the southern region of San Diego. The competition within the team was definitely not as friendly. iLL Habits had professional choreographers, unlike my high school, so meritocracy based favoritism was inevitable. This professional dance team felt very intimidating and pressuring, but despite all this, seeing the final result of the set made me feel so proud to be part of it at all. The production always surpassed my expectations, and being part of this team has taught me to trust the process, and to really work hard to deserve your spot.

After entering San Diego State University, I joined VSA Modern, a hip hop dance team in my college. Some of my old teammates in iLL Habits promoted this team to me as they became part of it after they graduated high school as well. I joined this team to be able to simply dance on the side while finishing university. I didn’t expect much from it, but the competitive drive some of the dancers brought here was contagious. Collegiate teams offered diversity as university students came from different parts of the country, even different parts of the world, and with them their different dance styles and background. Some dancers from my collegiate dance team were also part of bigger professional adult dance teams, so being exposed to that level of skill inspired me. Collegiate dance teams are also more lenient because it consists of adults who are already disciplined and mature for the most part. Everyone on the team has different goals in dance, but we all come together to do what we are passionate about. Being in dance teams emphasizes that dance is not simply a hobby, for some it can be a lifestyle.

Hey yall!

My mom is the coach for a high school dance team and they are trying to get to nationals!

Fundraiser by Melodie Jones : WLC Dance Team To NATIONALS in Orlando February

OOTD 12/16/23: my step niece's dance recital

Turtleneck: Target ✨️

Dress: TJMaxx ✨️

Tights: Amazon ✨️

Fuzzy socks: no clue ✨️

Shoes: Doc Martens ✨️

vintage movie posters + yellow