Usually, when kids say they have dance after school, they don’t mean they’re performing at Madison Square Garden.

But Hector Rivera and his family, avid fans of the New York Knicks, now have an extra reason to cheer for the blue and orange, as his 12-year-old daughter, Violet, made the Knicks City Kids, the team’s official youth dance group.

Violet, who attends PS/IS 113 in Glendale, has been dancing since the age of 2 and has since busied herself with competitive dancing, jazz being among her favorite genres.

She told the Chronicle she found out about the opportunity to audition for the Knicks City Kids through one of her teachers at Moves and Motions Dance, which operates in Glendale, Middle Village and Manhasset, LI.

“Her name is Brooke Fera,” Violet said. “She works for the Knicks

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