the UCA and UDA national competitions were this past weekend, and let's just say that's mostly all I've been watching since then. the cheer routines are fun (especially when Bama does well- Roll Tide!), but it's the jazz routines that I watch over and over all year long. here are my favorites from this year:
For weeks I've been raving to everyone about the Boyce Avenue cover of We Found Love, so imagine my happiness when I saw this one! this is the team from University of Colorado, and while I think the dance was clean, I didn't feel that much passion or energy from it. Just a solid routine, which won them 7th place. BUT I do love 0:56. That run was definitely the highlight for me. I wish there was that emotion in the whole piece.
in the college dance world, it basically comes down to the universities of minnesota and tennessee, every year. this is the minnesota team, who won the whole shabang with this piece. watching them dance is literally like watching one person. their sharpness and technique are mind blowing to me.
normally, i agree with the judges' decisions in these competitions. this year, however, I really felt like this piece from the university of tennessee should have gotten first instead of second. Maybe it was the music (I'll save you the google trip, the speech is from the movie "any given sunday"), but their passion and emotion in this piece gave me chills. beautiful. i've watched both pieces 3 or 4 times each now, and while they were both great, i still think tennessee should have won.
all these videos are from mrdanceandcheer's youtube channel. (there are tons more good ones too!!)
happy wednesday!!
For weeks I've been raving to everyone about the Boyce Avenue cover of We Found Love, so imagine my happiness when I saw this one! this is the team from University of Colorado, and while I think the dance was clean, I didn't feel that much passion or energy from it. Just a solid routine, which won them 7th place. BUT I do love 0:56. That run was definitely the highlight for me. I wish there was that emotion in the whole piece.
in the college dance world, it basically comes down to the universities of minnesota and tennessee, every year. this is the minnesota team, who won the whole shabang with this piece. watching them dance is literally like watching one person. their sharpness and technique are mind blowing to me.
normally, i agree with the judges' decisions in these competitions. this year, however, I really felt like this piece from the university of tennessee should have gotten first instead of second. Maybe it was the music (I'll save you the google trip, the speech is from the movie "any given sunday"), but their passion and emotion in this piece gave me chills. beautiful. i've watched both pieces 3 or 4 times each now, and while they were both great, i still think tennessee should have won.
all these videos are from mrdanceandcheer's youtube channel. (there are tons more good ones too!!)
happy wednesday!!