Arts - Yr9 Dance - Dance Styles - Student Work - Cheerleading

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What is cheerleading?What is cheerleading?Cheerleading is basically a mix between gymnastics and dance!

Its performed with a group of people doing, flips, tricks, stunts, cheering,

chants, dancing, being thrown in the air, standing on someones hands and

or shoulders, building up into human pyramids, etc etc.

On a high level cheerleading is also considered a sport!

There are many massive competitions for cheerleading. Especially

in the U.S. as thats where it originated from.

Just like the move Bring it on, many teams rally up and compete

against others to be the best.

Serious cheerleaders can be considered as serious athletes aswell. Mostteams would be going out to the gym, having to be in tip top shape! Not only

to just look good, but cheerleading takes up a lot of energy with all the

demanding physical activity involved. Therefore, having to be fit to keep up.

Cheerleading squads look for specific body types majority of the time, which

can be hard to achieve.

But speaking, that mostly involves the more mature ones. The

younger ones dont have to work as hard, the things they do are based more

on fun; and then if they continue, things get more harder as they keep going.


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When/where did itWhen/where did it

originate?originate?Thomas Peeble introduced the idea to get a group of people cheering at

football games, to the university of Minnesota.

But it was not until 1898, that a student from that university, called

Johnny Campbell who led a crowd in cheering this Rah, Rah, Rah! Sku-

u-mar, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!

Making this day, november 2, 1898 the official birth date of organized

cheerleading.

Then later after that, the university organized a yell leader

squad, made up of 6 males. Still using that same chant.

Cheerleading actually started off as a male activity! In 1903,

a fraternity called gamma sigma were the first ever squad.

And then it wasnt until 1923 that females got to participate in

cheerleading. Nowadays, majority of cheerleaders are female!

Around the world 90+% are female.Thats why most guys thinks its such a girl thing to be

cheerleading. Its funny, when it was a male who founded it, and it was a

male activity originally.

Johnny Campbell.

A Cheerleader in 1906.


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Was this styleWas this style

represented in anyrepresented in any

movies?movies?Yes, there have been a couple of movies that focus on this particular dance

style.

The most famous one that we all no of is, BRING IT ON!

Its about cheerleading squad called Rancho Carne Toros from San Diego,

who had everything going for them. They had spirit, spunk, sass and killer

routines, that made them sure that they would be winning the national

championship trophy, once again for the 6th time in a row. But when their newly

elected captain torrence, discovered that there routines were stolen fromanother squad called east compton clovers, there road to another successful

year wasnt looking so good after all. Last captain, Big red had been stealing

there routine and cheers for years.

While the Toros are hell bent on coming up with a new routine for

nationals, the clovers are finding ways to come up with enough money to get to

nationals. Both squadsare determined for one thing. The toros keeping there reputation as being the

best and the Clovers wanting people to finally see that theyve been the best,

but nobodys just been able to see them; get the recognition that they deserve.

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movies - Bring it on: In it to win it, Bring it on: All or nothing, Bring it on again,

Fired up, Man of the house, Sugar & spice.


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Youll always seeYoull always see

them in routines..them in routines..Basically with the arms there is a..

Other steps, stunts, etc, that are used a lot in routines are..

Toe touch. Herkie. Pyramids.

Back hand spring.

(Back-flip)And they usually

combine this with many

other flips, such as

aerials, round off, full

twisting layout, etc. and

put it all together in one.

High V. Low V.

And there is also a Big T and Little T.

Arabesque.

(For when your standing on

someones hands) theres also.. Heel stretch. Scorpion. Bow and arrow.


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Costume.Costume.For the women, they wear very snug tops, and short skirts. Wearing spankies

(undies) underneath that go with there uniform. There uniforms are just basic

designs, using bold colours. Just like the pictures on the left. Also, the pom poms

that are used, match the squads uniform.The males on the other hand,

wear long pants and t-shirts.

Sometimes both male and female can wear

long sleeves, depending on what their squads

uniform design is.

Now, with the shoes. White shoes are mostappropriate for cheerleading. And they wear

white socks underneath, or socks with there

squad colours on them.

Matching pom poms and

uniform. Different designs in uniform.


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Wanna learn?Wanna learn?Well theres only one dance school here in bendigo that offers a cheerleading

opportunity. Theres not as much here in Australia, as were not the

cheerleading nation like the U.S are.

But in bendigo, you can go to Dynamite Dance.

The older girls cheer for the Men Braves. And the younger girls cheer for the

Lady Braves.

Contact number: 0409470704

Located: Uniting Church Hall Forest St, Bendigo

The teacher Jodie Gardner is the only NCA USA cheerleading coach in

Victoria. She has cheered with NFL teams, San Diego Chargers and Miami

Dolphins.


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