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May 29, 2012
A Dance and a Dream: Local Women Prepare For Brooklyn Nets Audition
Crunch Fitness provides weekly training sessions for young dancers.
Park Slope Patch
by Paul Leonard
Claire Zcerniuk is ready to show the Nets that she has the all right moves to cheer on Brooklyn's first home team in more than 50 years.
Almost ready, that is.
Zcerniuk, 22, was one of about 40 women taking advantage of a special training class last week at Crunch Fitness in Fort Greene to prepare for the Brooklyn Nets' Open Audition for its all-new dance team at LIU Brooklyn on June 2.
"I'm so happy to have a chance to get a feel for the audition process," Zcerniuk said before beginning to practice the choreography she and an expected 700 other women will be judged on.
..."It's a big commitment," said [Nets entertainment marketing director Kimberlee] Garris, who as a former Knicks City Dancer should know exactly what it takes to represent a pro-basketball team in front of millions on TV and for thousands of cheering fans.
NoLandGrab: Fortunately, no Nets Dancer will have to know the pressure of performing in front of "millions on TV."
Posted by eric at May 29, 2012 10:18 PM