University of Minnesota dance team goes viral

whether you're paying attention to college dance or not, you've probably come across clips of the dances this weekend on social media. Performances of the team's competing in Orlando this weekend are garnering millions of views on Tiktok and other social media sites, one of them being from the University of Minnesota. Double D. C. C. O. S. Mario Mose caught up with the team about this growing attention on the national stage. It was definitely the best I've ever performed. Senior Grace Kish left it all on the dance floor Sunday morning, competing at nationals with the University of Minnesota dance team in Orlando, Florida. While this team is focused on bringing home the win, they've already won the hearts of many online as their dance has gone viral on Tiktok. Grace and her head coach, Amanda Gaines, say the attention is nice, but they're still focused on the competition. We're a little bit aware, but I don't think we were as aware that it's like gotten to the extent that it has, which is just so cool. This year's jazz routine is a tribute to the team's 2004 performance, which was the first year the team became double national champions. They've gone on to earn 21 national titles since it truly is our love letter to the legacy that is University of Minnesota dance team. So it's been really special to get to share it with the alumni and the fans and just everyone who supported the program. Trying to get the state of Minnesota out there. Kobe Rouse is the team photographer for the Gophers and several other Minnesota college dance teams competing. His videos are contributing to the viral hype of this team. And all of a sudden there were 100,000 views and there's over 1.5 million on just four little clips of the U of M's jazz routine. He hopes his videos show how talented these college athletes truly are so they can get the recognition they deserve. My mission is to get this to be an NCAA sanctioned score. Mary almost WCCO News. We just learned that the Gophers got second place in jazz behind Ohio State University, but they did take home first place for their palm routine.