Blazettes state high kick qualifying performance

The Burnsville High School dance team, the Blazettes, came in fourth place that the 2009 state competition.

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• blazettes
• dance
• high school
• state performance

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Judges observe the routines and award points on a 100-point scale. Judging criteria are subdivided into four categories. The three common categories of criteria are: 1) Presentation; 2) Execution; and 3) Choreography. The fourth category is unique for each type of dance. In the High Kick division the judges look for straight backs and legs, pointed feet, uniform height and place of kicks, level hips, foot placement, and arm connections. In the Jazz category judges ... (con't below)

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are looking for rotation timing and completion, posture, difficulty of skills, and flexibility movements.

>> ... that's funny because it says nothing about personal opinion in the judging because at state blazettes scored HIGHER than eden prairie and maple grove the third and second place finishers. Apparently you have to win over the judges now to win?

[imflyyyyx3]

you girls are FABULOUS. your kicks are so in sync with EXCELLENT height and precision. i look to you girls with inspiration for my own team. keep up the AMAZING work. (:

[doXwhatXuXlove]

the blazettes winter coach(ibelieve?) i my teacher so we watch vids of them during class :) hahah

[HSCHOOL22]

Such amazing kicks and sharpness! BY FAR the best high kick team technique wise. When they have good choreographed dances there is no stopping them...

[JackassMcgilicuddy]

I think it is clear that the judging system is nowhere near perfect-why have the same judges judge prelims and finals? To me, that sounds like once you are placed in prelims, you have little chance of moving (save for AAA, where there are typically very few points separating the top teams).

It indeed appears that teams must "win over" judges to place now, that is the trend I and others have observed over the past decade or so.

[mndance12]

BLAZETTES ARE AMAZING!

[lovesdance05]

does anyone have a further away taping of this dance? i really want to see all the amazing formations!

[RUNNiNGWiTHSCiZORS]

yea, now it seems to come down to the judges matter of opinion, not how well you're scored... how does that work? (i mean i know how it works but how is that fair at all???). so pretty much if a team kicks like crap, but some how the judges still enjoy the dance, they can beat everyone? so lame.

i still absolutely loved mg and ep dances though. i think all the teams did an awesome job this year.

[nickjlover333]

they beat maple grove and ahh i forgot who got third in like regular points but they lost in rank points... that is what i heard at least but if you are a dancer you know what that means... but it pretty much means that they had better technique and everything else then them, but a boring dance... they should of gotten second i do agree that it was kinda boring dance but these girls exicuted it sooo well but i guess no one cares about skill anymore.. it sucks