2024-25 Fairfield Stags Dance Team Roster
For any questions regarding the dance team, email head coach Alana Suarez at alana.suarez@fairfield.edu.
Responsibilities: If chosen for the team, members are required to fulfill their responsibilities as a representative and ambassador of Fairfield University. Each member is a full-time student with an interest in supporting Fairfield Athletics and our Fairfield community. Our primary goal is to promote school spirit and involvement by cheering on our men’s and women’s basketball teams, traveling to post-season conference tournaments (MAAC & NCAA), participating in community service events, and representing Fairfield University on the national NDA stage. The Fairfield University Dance Team competes in the Division 1 jazz and pom categories in Daytona, FL. The genres we compete in are subject to change depending on the strengths of our current team.
Practices begin in early September and conclude in April. Dancers must be willing to give up certain days of their fall, spring, winter, and holiday breaks to cover events scheduled by the coaching staff. Your commitment to the dance team must come first before any other campus activities aside from academic commitments. Practice will be held 2 times/week, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday nights. Extra practices may be added as needed.
We offer Fall and Spring clinics to give high school dancers insight into what our training, practices, and college experiences look like. If you are interested in working with the Fairfield University Dance Team outside of our scheduled clinics, please inquire here: Workshop request form
TRYOUTS:
April 27th, 2025 from 2:15-5pm in Mahoney Arena. Register here.
The required skills for tryouts are as follows:
- triple pirouette
- leaps (R/L, center)
- toe-touch
- calypso
- fouettés a la second (at least one count of 8)
- turning disc leap
Dancers are also encouraged to show any additional/advanced skills such as:
- switch leaps, switch centers, switch arabesque
- Leg hold turns
- acro skills
- tilts
- hip hop skills (kip-ups, head springs, rubberbands)
- 540 jump
- advanced turns (changing spots, floats)
Tryouts will consist of a group stretch, across the floor section, jumps & turns in center, a choreography round, and an interview with coaches and captains. Dancers will learn jazz, hip hop, and sideline dances, and may be asked to perform in small groups. Placement on the team is for one season. All members selected are at the discretion of the coaching staff. The total number of members selected for the team is at the discretion of the coaching staff and the department of athletics administration.
What to Bring/What to Wear: Dancers should bring a form of ID (driver’s license, state ID, etc.), water, and jazz shoes or turners, and sneakers. Please wear an athletic crop top/tank top/sports bra and athletic shorts or leggings, with hair back and styled out of face.
