Avalanche adding Ice Girls, Auditions in July

It's been on the wish list of many Avalanche fans for a long time, and now it's finally here: the Colorado Avalanche will employ ice girls.

Saturday, July 13, 7 - 9 pm
The Ice Ranch in Littleton

Preregistration is recommended. Select the flyer below for details.

Trying out for a Dance Team?

Trying out for a Dance Team?



Master Class with Jana Blue!

Get Some Practice! No Pressure

Learn a high energy routine from Jana Blue; former NBA, MLL dancer and choreographer. Learn tips and tricks to performing from other former NBA dancers as well. Questions about Auditions, outfit, hair, makeup? Q/A session to follow instruction!

Pro Dance Master Class
When
Friday, Jun 14th, 7:30-8:45pm
Where
Taps Dance Studio 227 Broadway Denver, CO 80203 , 303.733.3020

Register Online while space is still available!
$10 for registered students
$15 at the door!

Jana

Jana was an NBA dancer for 3 seasons and has choreographed over 30 routines for various leagues.

Miranda

Miranda was an NBA dancer for 3 seasons and a featured NDA instructor teaching routines all over the US and China.

7:30 - 7:45pm | Warm-up
7:45 - 8:30pm | Learn routine to Live It Up, by JLo
8:30 - 8:45pm | Q&A Session

2013-14 Denver Nuggets Dancers Auditions

2013-14 Nuggets Dancers audition dates have been selected! Check back soon for audition prep class schedule!
•Friday, June 21, 2013: Preliminary Auditions
•Saturday, June 22, 2013:Semi-Finalists Interviews & Photo Shoot
•Sunday, June 23, 2013: Choreography Showcase / Semi-Finals
•Training Camp: June 25 - July 3, 2013

2013-14 Audition Details

Prep Class Information

Frequently Asked Questions

If you would like to receive email updates with the latest DND audition news, please email DND Manager Amy Jo Wagner at ajwagner@pepsicenter.com.

Extra Time: One on One with Denver Nuggets Dance Director Amy Jo Wagner

by Mike Martinez on May 10, 2013 • 10:35 am
303 Magazine

She wanted them prepared. If George Karl’s boys were going to bring the playoffs back to the Pepsi Center, her girls were going to give a damn good show. By now the wound from the Nuggets early postseason exit has scabbed over, but when Denver Nuggets dance manager Amy Jo Wagner welcomed 303 Magazine to her team’s (then unknown) final practice, she had her girls rehearsing as if their performance was imminent.

The wood floor in the studio room at Forza Fitness rumbled with steps completely in-sync. Blonde, brown and black locks of hair whooshed through the air in the same direction, hands slapped thighs simultaneously and all to the perfect synchronization of Amy Jo’s counting. Well, perfect at least to a novice.

“I have a feeling we should do this on more time. So turn your brain on girls,I want to get home and watch the game” Amy Jo said as her team finished a routine that fell short of her approval.

I couldn’t spot a single flaw–perhaps because I was slightly mesmerized by the array of powder blue and yellow– but Amy Jo demands a great deal from her girls and knows exactly what she wants.

From the top- She turns the music on to cue game speed- her team snaps into formation and begins the routine. Crouched down with calculated concentration, her hands folded in front of her and somehow watching every move of every dancer, Amy Jo reminds me of a coach I had who terrified me. He saw everything. Nothing slips past Amy Jo either. After a routine she was finally happy with, Amy stepped away from practice for a moment to sit down with 303.

Dance wasn’t always in the cards. Amy Jo didn’t even start until she was 15 years old, and from her own recollection, had a bad attitude. At first she wouldn’t let coaches tell her anything without some sass. But she kept on dancing and soon fell in love with the performance aspect and dance and discipline became second nature.

She is everything you might come to expect from a dance manager in the NBA- precise, punctual and yes, very pretty. Though one thing that might catch you by surprise is her love for math. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus; nauseating terms for a writer, comforting words for Amy Jo Wagner.

“I have two passions in life. Music and math,” she said. “ I’ve just always liked having one right answer.”

Before moving to Denver to start this dream job with the Nuggets, Amy Jo was living out another fantasy as a high school math teacher in Arizona. I know, I know, I wish she was my math teacher too. She was in a comfy spot in life, albeit hectic. Dancing simultaneously for three different Arizona teams, (Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and the Arizona Rattlers) teaching high school math and having just bought a new home, Amy Jo thought her fairy-tale would play out in the desert. A job opening with the Denver Nuggets would change all that.

In 2008, on her birthday, Amy Jo quit her job as a math teacher and swapped it for dance life in the NBA. After a heartfelt goodbye from her school, she still gets emotional reminiscing about her time as a teacher. She received nothing but support from her staff and students, yet at times can’t help but feel that she ‘let them down.’ After turning down the job initially, Amy Jo wasn’t going to let the Nuggets down.

With Denver as her adoptive home, this Kerkhoven, Minn. native has settled in quite nicely. Amy Jo has a 1 year old daughter with a loving boyfriend. Though coming from a small town, she admits there is some pressure from home to get married, which she says is not in the works any time soon. ”All that matters is we have a happy household,” she said with a smile.

Balancing out her busy schedule, Amy Jo spends her leisure practicing yoga and being with her daughter. And though free-time is not something in great abundance, she tries to make as much time as she can for each of her dancers and get to know them on a more personal level.

“I consider them a family, and building a personal relationship with them makes the season that much easier,” she said.

She makes it a point to sit down over coffee and just talk with each of her girls, and from an onlookers perspective her team is a very cohesive unit–her coffee dates must be working. Amy Jo is far from that terrifying coach I knew, her standards are high, but she is only there to help her team reach them. She leaves her ego at the door and explains that her job is not a “look at me” position. She is not there to run a tyrannical campaign either, she just wants to be a part of the team and earn the girls’ respect by being a good role model.

“It’s as much their team as it is mine,” she said.

2013 Denver Outlaws Dancers

Meet the Blush Pro Dance Team

Congratulations to the new team: Tristin, Kristen, Sarah, KT, Lisa, Hannah, Jennifer, Tiffany, Kim, Jessica S, Jessica N, Scarlett, Ciara, Alexis and Destiny.

Meet The 2013 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders

Meet your 2013 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders:

Front Row (Left to Right):
Katie B, Emily M, Emily G, Kendal, Ashley, Toni G, Patricia, Lauren

Middle Row (left to right):
Heather, Kate, Michelle, Lindsey, Toni D, Lelanna, Angela, Brittany, Kisato

Back Row (left to right):
Margaret, Tara, Christina, Liz, Candace, Eboni, Tristan, Sam, Lindy

To see photos from the finals, click here for part one and here for part two.

Denver Broncos Cheerleader Finalists voting

Vote for your 2013-2014 Denver Broncos Cheerleader Finalists by visiting here.

Congratulations to:

Abbe*
Amber
Angela
Ashley H.*
Ashley R.
Brittany
Candace*
Cassie
Christina*
Eboni
Ellen
Emily G.
Emily M.
Hailey
Heather H.*
Heather J.
Jenna*
Jenny
Kaitlin
Kara*
Karrington
Kate
Kati S.
Katie B.
Katie K.*
Kayleigh
Kaylin
Kelcie K.
Kelsie B.
Kendal
Kim
Kisato*
Lauren*
Lelanna*
Lindsey W.
Lindsey O.*
Lindy*
Liz
Mallory
Margaret*
Mariah
Marissa
Megan S.
Megan G.
Melissa
Michelle*
Natalie
Nikki
Patricia*
Sachiko
Sam*
Shalisa
Stephanie
Tara*
Toni D.*
Toni G.*
Torrie
Tristan*
Zoe

* Denotes returning veteran.

2013 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders Finals Show

Be sure to reserve your spot for the
2013 Denver Broncos Cheerleader Audition Finals!

Sunday, April 21
Doors open at 5:00pm, show begins at 6:00pm
Colorado Heights University Theater
3001 S. Federal Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80236

General admission tickets are $20 each.

100 VIP tickets are available for $40 each and includes a 2013 Calendar upon arrival, VIP seating in the first 6 rows and a photo-op with the 2013 team after selection!

For more information, and to purchase tickets please visit here today!

Blush Team Auditions

Monday April 22nd 8:00pm
All dancers ages 18+

Wear black dance shorts and white top

Blush rehearses every Monday at 8pm
Team performs every third Thursday at the Electric Cowboy and 1-2 additional shows each month

Blush opens for touring hip hop artists, other concerts fashion shows, at local clubs and performance venues
2013 team will photograph the Blush 201o4 team calendar starting June 2013
Blush 2013 season: May 2013-October 2013
Team dues: $150/season
Dues include:
free tanning and hydration station (spray and uv tanning)
free classes at Studio 21 Dance
free videos and photos for dancers' portfolios
free use of Blush costumes and props
free hair services (just pay cost of product)

No burlesque experience necessary
Dance experience required

$10 audition fee (only $5 if you LIKE our facebook page)

Email studio21dance@aol.com with any questions.

Denver Broncos Cheerleader Auditions Round 1 Recap

Video of those trying out to make this year's cheerleader squad after the preliminary round of auditions here.

Denver Broncos Cheerleaders Auditions: Part Two

Select the image above for more photos from DBC Auditions.

Denver Broncos Cheerleaders Auditions: Part One

Select the inage above for images from Round 1 of DBC Auditions.

10 Days until DBC Auditions

New Director of Junior Broncos Cheerleaders

Congratulations to Katee (Doland) Mink, the new Director of Junior Broncos Cheerleaders. Katee was a Denver Broncos Cheerleader for 7 years, the NFL Pro Bowl Representative in 2003, has her teaching credential specializing in Elementary Education and is a mother of two children.

She is very excited to work with the 600 Junior Broncos Cheerleaders, the Dare to Cheer Cheerleaders and the Denver Broncos All-Star Cheerleaders!

For more information on their Junior Cheer programs, please visit the website.