The Little Dippers (LD) are the Houston Rockets’ youngest entertainment phenomenon! Consisting of 35 boys and girls ages 6-14, the Little Dippers perform energetic hip hop, jazz and novelty dance routines at several Rockets home games throughout the season. The team also helps with on-court contests, t-shirts tosses, Clutch skits, hot time outs, and more during their performance games – the LD love cheering on the home team!!

Over 200 talented kids audition for the Little Dipper squad every summer. The team was founded in 2007 and is still going strong! Team members live in and around the Greater Houston area; the LD are truly an out of this world, all star team! While most of the dancers have backgrounds in studio dance (ballet, jazz, hip hop and tap), competitive cheerleading, and/or gymnastics, some are self taught. The group also consists of several pint-sized breakers and pop & lockers.

The group practices once a week – Friday evenings – so the kids can spend their remaining week nights studying and taking part in other after-school activities. All kids must maintain satisfactory grades and follow the Little Dipper code of conduct. They perform at the majority of weekend home games (about 15 performance games per year) and a few scattered weekday games throughout the season. Questions? Call the Rockets entertainment team hotline at 713-758-7450 or email rpd@rocketball.com.