The BYU Cougarettes are a dance team for Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah.
In order to be considered for the team, those auditioning must be accepted as students at Brigham Young University, must be experienced dancers, and must learn and perform the audition material provided.
The dancers are required to have knowledge and practical abilities in ballet, modern, and jazz techniques.
In 1998, "Dance Spirit" magazine named the Cougarettes as one of the top 25 collegiate dance teams in the nation, and in the year 2000, the Cougarettes began performing with the Cheer Squad at sporting competitions in halftime performances.
[4] They were also United Spirit Association National Champions in 2005 and 2006,[4] and they won first prize in the New Prague Dance Festival in 2012.