Over 20 years.....and still the North East's Number 1

LA is very much like a family and none more so than with our Competitive Teams.  This year we celebrate our 20th competitive season and over the years it's amazing to see the bond between teammates and coaches.  We pride ourselves on being welcoming, helping to build confidence and offering a great facility with very kind & knowledgable coaches. Our Competitive Program is such a fun, exciting and fulfilling way of developing every athlete's Cheer and Dance skills.  We have competitive teams for all age groups in all styles of "All-Star" Cheer and Dance.   

 

From Tinys and Minis, through to Youth, Junior and Senior Teams, every athlete has the chance to take part in Cheerleading as well as our other dance styles; Pom, Jazz, Lyrical or our famous Hip Hop! 

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Team-work is the main focus while building on skills and choreography over the course of the season. Teams practice together once a week for each subject and will then compete in approx. 3-4 competitions over the course of the year.  

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Competitive Subjects:

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Cheerleading - A fun, exciting and rewarding team-based athletic subject incorporating jumps, dance, stunting, pyramids and tumbling skills.  

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Pom - Incorporates the use of proper Pom motion technique that is sharp, clean and precise while incorporating dance technique (pirouettes, leaps, kicks etc)  as well as some elements of Jazz, Hip Hop or High Kick. The choreography focuses on high energy moves & visual effects using Poms. 

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Jazz - Incorporates traditional or stylized dance technique (pirouettes, leaps, kicks etc)  in a lively, energetic and upbeat routine to music

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Lyrical - Incorporates dance technique (pirouettes, leaps, kicks etc) as well as organic, expressive & balletic movements.  The dance often flows & uses a lot of expression to compliment the lyrics & mood of the music to tell a story.

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Hip Hop - Incorporates authentic street style influenced movements with lots of groove. The choreography is dynamic and utilises various styles of Street including; House, Dancehall, Breaking, Waaking, Voguing, Tutting, Popping & Locking with musicality, tricks & athleticism.

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Competitions are the highlight of the season where all our athletes get to show-off their skills, talent & all the hard work they've put in during the season. Normally most  competitions we attend are in Scotland but we have travelled further afield to Newcastle, Nottingham, Liverpool, Manchester & Bournemouth on occasions too.  We have also been able to give our athletes the chance of competing in Orlando Florida four times!! Unfortunately one of these opportunities was scheduled for April 2020 and was cancelled due to COVID-19.

 

We organise various fundraising events throughout the season to allow Parents and Athletes a chance to raise funds to cover uniform and competition costs, which makes being on a competitive team financially viable for everyone!

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Our teams have gained so many prestigious awards over the years, as well as National Champion and Grand Champion Titles, but our most impressive accolades, are our National Bid Wins to compete in the World Cheer & Dance Championships in Orlando.  LA Dance & Cheer were chosen as the National Team to represent Scotland as "Team Scotland" in both the Junior & Senior HIP HOP categories in 2016 & 2018.  We are so proud to be able to say we are Bronze Medal winners and the first ever Scottish Team to take home the Globe! 

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Please have a look at our Testimonial Page to see some feedback from our members

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