The University of Delaware Dance Team is a Nationally ranked team who competes annually at the UCA/UDA National Championships in Walt Disney World.
The 15-18 member team performs regularly at home football and basketball games, travels to post-season play with the basketball teams, and also performs at other sporting events as available.
In addition the team also performs at various university, and community events such as Homecoming, Parent's Weekend, variety shows and charity events.
The Dance Team performs jazz, hip hop, and pom style routines with skill and technique attained through years of dance studio experience.
The team practices 3-4 times a week for 2-3 hours each practice, as well as participation in AM workout sessions 2-3 times a week in order to maintain optimal fitness.
The season begins in August with camp, and concludes with the basketball tournament in March.
Auditions are held in April to select the following year's team. Each member receives a partial scholarship applied to their tuition.
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 Introducing your 2009-2010
University of Delaware
Dance Team
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Adriana Balac
Alyssa Quezada
Alyssa Rutigliano
Danika Brown
Elizabeth Askins
Gabrielle Rubino
Jenna DeAngelis
Julianne Peterson
Kaitlyn Mongiardo
Kara Manfre
Kayla Carrigan
Kelli Godfrey
Kelsey Williams
Marissa Lewis
Michelle Golini
Nicole Vernile
Pamela Leary
Samantha Diaz-Hennessey
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Nicole Daliesso-Zehnder
Nicole is an alumnus of both the University of Delaware and it's Dance Team.
She has had years of experience in coaching, consulting and judging in both cheer and dance.
As a member of the team, she was both captain and choreographer and competed nationally with many years of success.
Upon graduation Nicole continued dancing with several companies, teaching dance classes for local studios and danced for the USBL Valley Dawgs and other venues. She received her Masters in Counseling in 2003 and currently practices within the field.
Jenna Harden
Jenna is an alumnus of the University of Delaware and its Dance Team. She graduated in 2006 with a bachelor of arts in Mathematics and as a member of the Dance Team she competed nationally and won the 2005 National Hip-Hop Championship.
Having danced since she was three, Jenna has experience performing in Las Vegas and New York City. Upon graduation from college, she has gone on to head coach both fall and winter high school cheerleading as well as teach dance classes and choreograph routines at the Brandywine YMCA for girls ages 6-10.
Jenna received her Masters in Education from Wilmington University in 2009 and currently teaches Mathematics at St. Georges Technical High in Middletown, Delaware. Originally from Denville, New Jersey, Jenna currently resides in Wilmington, Delaware with her husband, Dave Harden. |
