When basketball fans go to a game one of the main parts of entertainment is the dance group. And European and international basketball supporters have had the pleasure of watching over the past six years one of the best teams in the world.
Who Are The ReD Foxes?
ReD Foxes is a dance team created by current CEO Elena Rozhkova in 2001 in Kiev, Ukraine. ReD Foxes appear in a wide range of sports competitions, concert programs, TV shows and advertisements, commercial presentations and fashion shows all over the world. All the team members are professional gymnasts, ballet and sports dancers who went trough a tough selection procedure. The average height and weight of a team member is 175 cm and 57 kg. There are 300 dancers in the academy with 12 main dancers. And up to 1,000 girls audition for open spots in the academy.
175 Routines
The ReD Foxes dancers have a repertoire of 175 dance routines. They travel with some 600 kg of costumes and accessories.
Past Events
Here is a breakdown of the tournaments where the ReD Foxes have performed.
NEBL Final Four 2002, Vilnius, Lithuania
Efes Pilsen Istanbul World Cup 2002, Istanbul, Turkey
Final Four FIBA Champions Cup South 2003, Sofia, Bulgaria
EuroBasket 2003, Sodertalje-Stockholm, Sweden
All Star Lithuania 2004, Kaunas, Lithuania
Greek All Star Game 2004 Volos, 2005 Patra, Greece
Final of European Rugby Championship, Kiev, Ukraine
XXVIII Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
Final of Football Cup 2005, Kiev, Ukraine
EuroBasket Women 2005, Ankara, Turkey
EuroBasket 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Nike – All Star Game 2005, Paris, France
Baltic All Star Game 2006, Riga, Latvia
FIBA World Championship 2006, Saitama, Japan
75-FIBA Anniversary, Geneva, Switzerland
EuroBasket 2007, Seville-Madrid, Spain
EuroBasket Women 2007, Chieti, Italy
Opel Turkey Cup 2008, Ankara, Turkey
XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing, China
EuroBasket 2009, Lodz-Katowice, Poland
Other Sports
As evident by the above list, the ReD Foxes have also performed at sports other than their main sport basketball, pleasing fans at European Rugby Championships, the Ukraine Football Cup final as well as cricket in India. CEO Rozkova said the United States have not experienced the ReD Foxes. And she hopes other countries can see first hand the dance group, saying: "For us, it's very important to be on the basketball stage. But we are also trying to open new countries - and actually not just countries but also new regions, like Africa, like America, like Australia. We have not been to America though. Some of the girls on the team dream of doing NBA games."
2003 Euroleague Final Fours
During the 2002-03 season, the ReD Foxes were dancing for Russian club CSKA Moscow. And they were named the best dancing group of the Euroleague. But they could not go to Barcelona for the Final Four because they could not so easily get visas.
