Varsity Required Technical Skills - Kick

• Forward kick: right and left leg, minimum of eye level, linked and individual

• Side kick: right and left leg, minimum of eye level, linked and individual

• Fan kick: right and left leg, minimum of eye level, linked and individual, full rotation within the hip socket

• Hinge kick: right and left leg, minimum eye level, no movement of knee level during or after hinge, linked and individual

• Double pirouette on right side; triple preferred

• Double pirouette on left side; triple preferred

• Chaine turns, right and left sides

• A la seconde turns on right side - minimum three into double pirouette

• A la seconde turns on left side - minimum two into single pirouette

• Toe touch

• Tilt jump, right and left sides

• Firebird (ring jump), right and left sides

• Calypso (attitude chaine leap), right and left sides

• Chaine leap, right and left sides

• Leg hold, right and left sides - leg hold turns preferrable

• Ability to maintain stamina throughout entirety of routine

• Sharp, controlled head movements

• Right leg split

• Left leg split

• Ability to be coached

• Ability to take and apply constructive feedback

 

Varsity Required Technical Skills - Jazz

• Triple pirouette on right side; quad preferred

• Triple pirouette on left side; quad preferred

• Chaine turns, right and left sides

• A la seconde turns on right side - minimum three into triple pirouette

• A la seconde turns on left side - minimum three into double pirouette

• “Box” a la seconde turns on right side - both the ¾ rotation spot change and the 1 ¼ rotation spot change

• Toe touch

• Tilt jump, right and left sides

• Firebird (ring jump), right and left sides

• Calypso (attitude chaine leap), right and left sides

• Chaine leap, right and left sides

• Switch leap; both sides preferred

• Front leap (surprise leap), right and left sides

• Leg hold, right and left sides - leg hold turns preferrable

• Ability to maintain stamina throughout entirety of routine

• Sharp, controlled head movements

• Right leg split

• Left leg split

• Ability to be coached

• Ability to take and apply constructive feedback

 

 

• All technical skills must maintain good technique throughout execution. This includes proper hip placement for kicks and jumps, proper spotting and placement for turns, and strength behind each movement. All linked kicks should be able to be performed starting in a 6th, forced arch position

• All individual kicks should be able to be performed starting in a 4th position (or 2nd for fan kicks)

• Dancers performing kicks in a linked position should bare no weight on the shoulders of the other linked dancers. 

• Performance skills are also necessary and will be evaluated during tryouts. Coaches maintain the ability to change or alter the necessary skills list as they see fit.

• This list is not all encompassing and does not singularly define which team a dancer will be placed on.