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Question: Hip Hop dancing!?!?!? Dancing team!?
Ok well I'm a cheerleader at my school!. I'm 13 and I was wondering if that was a good age to start hip hop dancing!?!?!? I mean do you think its weird!?!?!? Here is another question too:

I do basketball cheerleading but that doesn't start till end of october! And I was thinking of trying out for my high school's dance team in February because 8th graders can try out for it!. Here is my school's dance team:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=cE8FEHtji!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=qnwpwLht8!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=UKJ8bnJBi!.!.!.

I know one of the bomberettes because she is my private tudor in basketball cheerleading (She is captain of the basketball cheerleading squad)!. I mean do you think they look dumb!? Btw do I look like Bomberette material!?!?!?
http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/25994743@N0!.!.!.


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lol You guys are pretty cool! No offense, but I think the choreography could have been a little better!. But i know that's not your fault, so don't worry!.

It is fine to start hip hop, it's definitely NOT too late!. I have a hard time convincing many many people that it's never really too late unless you want to pursue a professional career in dance!. In that case you have to either start below 18 years of age or you have to be a really good student!.

I think the bomberettes are pretty cool too!.
You can't really look like dancer!. I mean you can but that means you have lots of muscle and you're strong and stuff like that!.

They don't really look dumb because it is cheerleading!.
If it was proper dance it might look a bit weird!. i think it would really improve if a few people did flips and cartwheels!.

I think they shouldn't really keep repeating some of the moves, like the kicks!. It can be annoying to watch if they keep doing that!.
I've been told to never repeat a dance move more than four times!.

You should definitley try out for it though, it's always a good experience to be in the cheerleading team!.

Good luck with your cheerleading, hope I helped!.



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Honestly, that's really not dance, it's pretty much cheerleading minus the stunting and the tumbling!. Except for maybe in the first one with the kick line!. Hip hop wouldn't help you out at all with that, unless you wanted to just take it for fun, in that case, 13's a good age to begin!. Hip hop is a lot of fun, but only if you have a good teacher!. But because that "dance" team is mainly cheerleading, I think you would probably make it because you have the cheerleading experience!.

As for the bomberette material, they're not going to pick you because of your looks!. Someone could be the ugliest girl in the world and if they were good enough, they would pick them!. You don't look like a dancer or a cheerleader you look like a soccer player a basketball player and a lacrosse player (a three season sport girl)!. Ususally people don't look like what they'd are though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hey! I'm so glad you're interested in becoming a dancer!. It's not weird to start hip hop dance at 13, I'm 12 and I'm in hip hop!.

But can I just say one thing!?

This is NOT a dance team!. Nothing they did was complicated, except the splits!. Call them a "spirit team" or a "pom team" or something because calling them a "dance team" is insulting to all of us who actually dance!. If you want to see a REAL high school dance team, look at these videos:
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=1rL8YkZRH!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=1STN5aQNp!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Czyd9tJ8t!.!.!.

Whooo!! Yeahhh! Go AHS BELLES!! Haha, okayy, anyways!.

Those girls were basically cheerleaders, minus all the cool stuff like stunts and tumbling!. So yeah, if you're already a cheerleader, you could make it!.

But if you want to venture into dance, actually go to a studio and take classes!. Most studios have teams you can be on that actually do complicated things!. (yes i'm a dancer so i can criticize those girls!. i'm 12 and i can do everything they did)

Good luck! I hope you decide to take classes, BUT if you decide to become a "Bomberette" then good luck with that too!. :)

xx - CarolineWww@QuestionHome@Com

To be completely honest, it looks exactly like cheerleading, without the flips and stuff!. I mean, come on, they have pom-poms too! You can't really say that it is dancing, especially hip-hop dancing!. And it looks kind of tacky, if you ask me!. But you do look like "Bomberette" material, mainly because of the pretty thing going on!. (I'm not a lezbo lol just sayin) But for hip-hop dancing in general, I think it is a great idea!. I'm 13 also, and there are tons of people at my school that take/have taken hip-hop dance classes!. And they are usually the really popular girls!. So, long story short: Yes to hip-hop dancing, Yes to you could make this "dance" team, but no to actually wanting to join!. It just doesn't sound legit!. Feel free to email me for more advice, and I hope this helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com