At historically Black colleges and universities, halftime is when audience members rush back to their seats for the real show. The drum majors are stars, of course, but sharing the spotlight are ...

Practice and motivation really determines how successful you are at this type of dance — and Jada Mayes and Leah Bell wanted to reinforce that truth. Practice and motivation really determines how ...

A new dance style has found its way to the University of Southern California, and while the dancers have faced some backlash online, they're happy to bring their fire and diversity to campus as the ...

The Cardinal Divas appeared on "The Jennifer Hudson Show" this week. At the University of Southern California vs. Fresno football game earlier this month, USC’s newest dance team made history by ...

The girls were too energized and talented to stay sidelined. So Nikita Hearne drew ideas from her own youth, studied the soulful, fast and precision moves of university cheerleaders down south and ...

One local dance studio is preparing for an upcoming performance and stopped by The Vibe to show us some of their moves. A Girls Dance Team is a majorette style dance company founded right here in ...

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Amelia Johnson performed a split as part of her routine during the parent dance battle competition at the inaugural “Battle in the Swamp” majorette dance competition that set the atmosphere for entire ...

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Majorette dance teams echo the importance of dance to Black culture. Beyoncé's 2018 Coachella performance broke the internet with its powerful homage to historically Black colleges and universities, ...

The only thing better than solid gold is liquid gold. North Carolina A&T State University student Jada Mayes created the university’s first plus-sized majorette dance team, Andscape reported. The ...

Liquid Gold, a plus-size HBCU dance team, is challenging the idea that thinner means better. Practice and motivation really determines how successful you are at this type of dance — and Jada Mayes and ...