The high kick wasn’t the only new gesture in store for school dancers. A subsect of majorette dancing known as “j-setting” was created by Jackson State University in the early 1970s.

The Cardinal Divas, a majorette dance team at the University of Southern California — Los Angeles, has encountered backlash on social media for bringing a traditionally Black style of dance that ...

Majorette dancing is a style of dance that began in the South and Midwest in the 1960s and is often closely associated with historically Black colleges and universities.

Majorette dancing has been embraced by other schools outside of HBCUs. Kent State, California and San Diego State are among the schools that have all-Black majorette teams.

Southern University Human Jukebox Fabulous Dancing Dolls members perform during HBCU Culture Homecoming Fest & Battle Of The Bands on Jan. 15, 2023, in Georgia. Although majorette-style dancing is ...

Today, we'll learn about the history of Majorette dancing from dance studio owner, Stacia Ward, and Majorette dancer, Alexius Bartlett. Rise and Shine is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

Majorette dance may be new to USC, but it was not new to Lang and many of her fellow teammates. She has been practicing majorette dance since the 4th grade and was inspired by majorette teams at ...

Members of BadDogz, a newly founded fusion dance company at the University of Georgia, practice at the UGA Ramsey Student Center squash courts in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.

While majorettes originated in Europe, it has a special place in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and combines elements of ballet, jazz and hip-hop dance into each routine.

It’s our way of meeting them where they are at and allowing them to be themselves,” Baltimore's Farring Baybrook Rec Center ...

The EmpIIre Dance Institute was kicked out of their Roseland studio, according to the founder of the team, who hope to take part in the Warzone Hip-Hop and Majorette dance competition March 16.