The Prancing Elites: prancing_006

The Prancing Elites walk to the stands to perform at a Jackson State football game in Jackson, Miss. {quote}Its kind of hard being a Prancing Elite and doing this kind of dancing which is called J-setting because, being in the South, we still have a lot of racism, we still have a lot of discrimination. It takes a lot of courage to get out there in a leotard and tights, to have our packages tucked away with full makeup on and just dance as if nobody's watching,{quote} said Jerel Maddox.

The Prancing Elites walk to the stands to perform at a Jackson State football game in Jackson, Miss. "Its kind of hard being a Prancing Elite and doing this kind of dancing which is called J-setting because, being in the South, we still have a lot of racism, we still have a lot of discrimination. It takes a lot of courage to get out there in a leotard and tights, to have our packages tucked away with full makeup on and just dance as if nobody's watching," said Jerel Maddox.