From April 8–11, swaths of college dance teams from around the country gathered in Daytona Beach, FL, for the National Dance Association’s 2026 College National Championships. This year, the NDA added a new division for teams associated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and it continued its 2025 addition of the Grand Champions […]
Everyone has moments of reckoning in their lives, moments when something so earth-shattering happens that we’re no longer sure who we even are. The first time I saw this video of the Brigham Young University mascot, Cosmo the Cougar, casually slaying some choreo on the field at halftime? That was one of those moments for […]
With a growing emphasis on specialized training, many colleges are offering concentrated degrees within the overall dance major, focused on preparing dancers for very specific aspects of the industry—from ballet to ballroom to commercial. DS rounded up some of the hottest programs with hyper-focused degree tracks. For Broadway Hopefuls Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK […]
The Cougarettes at Prague Castle While most college dance teams spent the summer taking a much-needed break, the 20 members of the Brigham Young University Cougarettes did just the opposite. The 2012 National Dance Alliance National Champions received an anonymous—and very generous—donation that allowed the team to travel to the Czech Republic and compete at […]
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