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The most stressful part of
performing is the waiting.

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You get anxious because you
want to do it your best,

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you don't want to
forget the steps.

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And then you get on
and the music happens,

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and you get lost in the moment.

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That's when you have
a killer performance.

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People don't know where
to look and they're

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like, "Whoa, I'm overwhelmed!"

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X-Tasee was founded in
2005 by four students,

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making it the oldest
competitive hip hop dance crew

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at the University of Virginia.

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When you join X-Tasee
as a new member,

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after we get to know you
and see your dance styles,

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we give you an X name which
is your nickname in X-Tasee.

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Your X name is given to you
based on your dance style

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or who you are as a person.

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Sometimes it's a
little bit of both.

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Practices are super
physically demanding.

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Something that
we say on X-Tasee

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is if you're not breathing
hard at the end of even a 30

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second piece, you're
not going hard enough.

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Our goal every semester
is to be better than how

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we were the last semester.

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It can be a lot of work,
but it's the kind of work

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that you want to
do, that you want

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to sacrifice your time for.

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Joining X-Tasee as
a first-year, it

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made me feel really at
home because from the start

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it already felt like a family.

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X is probably one of the most
diverse CIO's on grounds,

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and that's something
we take pride in.

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The fact that we can respect
each other's differences

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and still get along so well and
have so much fun all the time.

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That's what makes this
crew pretty amazing.

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