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Is drill team really dance?

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
You can debate the merits of dance-team participation versus the study of dance-as-an-art-form all you want. But for dance teachers, it boils down to one thing: Dance team means competition--competition for business and for the time and focus of their students. From California to New Jersey, the extracurricular school groups that perform choreographed movement at athletic events are a reality that private dance studio owners face with a spirit of "if you can't beat them, join them."

"The kids like dance team because they're part of something at school and they like to perform. The teams in this area perform at a very high level. In some areas it's not that way," says Lee Garrard, who owns Lee's School of Dance in Buffer, Pennsylvania, and serves as president of the dance teachers' organization, Dance Masters of America. "It's not a perfect situation for the dance teacher,...

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