jazz

·      Strong head spotting and turning skills being able to accomplish: Chaine turn all the way across the floor, pique turn across the floor, and do solid single and double outside pirouettes.

·      Clean battements in all directions and en releve.

·      Grande jete and sauté chat split leaps to the front and in ala seconde (straddle/side leap).

·      Must be diligent about having and keeping right and left splits as well as straddle splits with hips & tummies on the floor!

·      The ability to put all of the above in a progression combination.

·      Strong performing and personality skills!!

·      The ability to learn a combination in the center quickly, accurately and with showmanship.

ballet

 ·       Must have an understanding of basic barre exercises: plie, grande plie, tendu in all directions and out of 1st and 5th, degage in all directions and out of 1st and 5th, ronds de jambe, basic single frappe, developpe to 90 degrees in all directions, and grande battement in all directions.

·      In the center: tendu combinations, single pirouette combinations, simple adage including developpes and grande plie in the center, single pirouette combinations and simple petite allegro.

·       Must be able to execute medium allegro exercises: glissades, assembles, jetes, pas de bourree, balances, etc.

·      Simple grande allegro, for example: tombe pas de bourree, glissade, grande jete.