About the Team

We are one of the club sports at Marywood. We dance at the men's and women's home basketball games, Marywood Madness, Family weekend, and other events on and off campus including the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure & the Scranton Santa Parade. These dances include jazz, pom, kick and hip-hop.

We have a large show each semester. The fall show has all of our basketball game dances. The spring show showcases all different types of dances such as tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, character, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip-hop, etc. The show is put on and choreographed by the team members.

We participate in many community service activities, these include Thanksgiving baskets, benefit walks, Nursing home visits, kidstuff, workshops, Easter Egg Hunts, parades, etc.

How the Dance Team was started:

The MU Dance Team was started in theory in the fall of 1998 by four students with a dream. However, the first performance did not take place until the spring of 1999. Corrine Rodriguez, Danielle Debish, Dallas Scopelletti, and Amy Garland came together to form what would be the first set of Captains of the dance team. Their first performance, with only six dancers, took place at a basketball game. Try-outs were held in the fall of 1999 and seven new members joined the team. Together they made the team what it is today. Not only do the members practice and perform together, but they also support and love one another. The MU Dance Team has turned from a group of girls who love to dance into a family.

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