Brooklyn Nets host Nets kids dance team auditions
Thomas Miceli described the first time he went on stage to perform as part of the Nets Kids Dance Team as the most exciting and nerve-wracking time in his life. In just a couple of weeks, he went from going to an audition to dancing on the court during an NBA game.
“I just went to the auditions to have fun, I didn’t think I’d make the team,” Miceli said. “It made me nervous, but nothing was like sitting in the tunnel waiting to go out for the first time. It was such a fun moment. It was a scary, fun moment.”
That was seven years ago. Now, at 14, Miceli comes to the Brooklyn Nets Kids Dance tryouts to have fun with his friends and to help the next generation of dancers. There were more than 500 new kids auditioning for a chance to make the 2014-15 Nets Kids Dance team at LIU Brooklyn’s Schwartz Athletic Center last Wednesday.