SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio Spurs dance team tied to decades of nostalgia is expected to return to the Frost Bank Center\u2019s hardwood for the upcoming 2026-2027 NBA season.<\/p>\n
Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SSE) announced the Silver Dancers will join the Hype Squad to expand its in-game entertainment lineup, the team said in a news release.<\/p>\n
Originally established in 1991, the Silver Dancers are an all-women\u2019s dance team that entertained fans and cheered for all five Spurs championships.<\/p>\n
The Silver Dancers were discontinued<\/a> by SSE in 2018, citing “lack of fan interest<\/a>,” and replaced by the current Hype Squad, a co-ed group made up of dancers, break dancers, tumblers and stunters.<\/p>\n >> Former Silver Dancers disappointed in decision to eliminate team<\/a><\/p>\n Eight years \u2014 and one trip to the NBA Finals \u2014 later, the Silver Dancers are slated to return to heighten the basketball arena\u2019s energy during home games.<\/p>\n Silver Dancers (Courtesy)<\/p>\n \u201cThe Silver Dancers and Hype Squad each bring their own energy, skillset and connection to our fans, and we\u2019re excited to expand our entertainment lineup in a way that reflects the spirit of the Spurs both on the court and in the community,\u201d said Jordan Mandelkorn, SSE vice president of marketing, in the release.<\/p>\n The release stated the Silver Dancers will perform at select Spurs home games and community events throughout the season.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir return signals the organization\u2019s continued focus on expanding fan entertainment while bringing a meaningful part of Spurs nostalgia and fan experience to a new generation,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n People interested in joining the Silver Dancers have until June 28 to try out for the team. The release said registration for auditions<\/a> can be found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read also:<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio Spurs dance team tied to decades of nostalgia is expected to return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83,123337,1594,20087],"class_list":["post-345794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-silver-dancers","tag-spurs","tag-spurs-sports-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}