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[Video] Every Year Venus & Serena Williams Compete in a Secret Amateur Dance Invitational They Created

Avatar • May 30, 2016

The Williams sisters are best known as monsters on the tennis court, but for years theyโ€™ve been secretly coming for another title โ€” Queen of the Dance. For years the sisters have hosted a private amateur dance competition โ€” called The Williams Invitational โ€” which is invitation-only and held annually in South Florida. Serena explains;

โ€œIt started out as a friends and family thing, eventually we had a dance competition that started out really fun. And then it got overboard serious. And then it got Broadway. Every year it grows and every year it gets bigger.โ€

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There are three teams, Venus and the Kryptonians, Serena and the Aโ€‘team and former Miami Dolphin Bryant McKinnieโ€™s team Bโ€‘Major. The teams boast members such as WNBA star Lisa Leslie and, one of the most widely recognized faces in fitness, Shaun T of โ€œInsanity.โ€
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To win the teams pull out all the stops, from LED-lit costumes to fire dancing to Serenaโ€™s aerial hoop performance.
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Coaches are flown in to teach the teams and some members practice the routines from videos at home. Judges are hired to critique the competition based on a rubric prepared by the Williamsโ€™ sisters. It getโ€™s real.

But why does Serena do it? Because she is passionate about dance.

โ€œDancing, it just makes me so happy and I didnโ€™t realize how much I loved dancing until I started this journey.โ€

Serena often posts pictures and videos from Williams Invitational rehearsals and performances on her Instagram page. Her passion for dance is so clear.

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Canโ€™t wait for next week with @venuswilliams

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Watch the Vogue Magazine mini-doc about The Williams Invitational below.

Now our only question isโ€ฆ can we get an invite?

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