What to Expect: We will start with a warm up and technique evaluations, then move into a short jazz combination. From there, we may make a cut, depending on the number of dancers auditioning. We will finish with a hip hop combination, and ask to see 4 sets of 8 in freestyle dance including an advanced turn combination and any creative turning or leaping skills not already demonstrated to the judges. This would also be a time to demonstrate any special skills such as tumbling or flexibility tricks.

 

Technique we may ask to see might include and is not limited to:

• Double and triple left and right pirouettes

• Leg hold turns

• Turning Sequences (fouettes, fouettes a la second, attitude turns, changing spot) 

• Various leaping skills (jetes, leap in seconds, calypsos, etc.)

• Various jumping skills (toe touches, tilts, switch tilts, turning discs)

• Extensions (battements, leg holds, unassisted developed extension)​

• Flexibility skills (sitting in your middle and left and right splits, back flexibility etc)

• Tumbling skills (aerial cartwheel, back or front handspring, headspring/kip-up)