“We wanted to try what we do best.”

Its a classic, Hale toldSouthern Living, And no one has done it.

Smooth Criminal also provided her team an opportunity to challenge themselves and evolve as dancers, Hale said.

LSU Tiger Girls defended their hip hop title and placed third in jazz.

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The previous year, they won in the hip hop category wearing high heels and dancing to Beyonce.

Our theme this year was being undeniably us.

In today’s world, it’s like everybody wants to be everybody else, Hale said.

For this year’s hip hop title, the Tiger Girls danced to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”

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We wanted to attempt to do what we do best.

LSU Tiger Girls medaled for the first time in jazz, dancing a routine to Aaliyah’s “Are you that somebody?"

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