*Skills listed are a baseline for dancers to work on for tryouts. Not every skill is required for every team. Older dancers should know skills listed in younger age groups in addition to skills listed. *

 

PreK-Kindergarten Skills List

Step, step leap

Toe touch

Sitting heel stretch

Shoulder roll

Forward Roll

Power up

Passé Hold

Mermaid

 

1st-2nd Grade Skills List

Chasse step leap

Split jump

Standing heel stretch

Jazz arch-up

Right/ left chaine

Splits

Needle

 

3rd-4th Grade Skills List

Single/double pirouette

Arch leap
Split shoulder roll

Splits

Heel stretch tilt extension

Split shoulder roll toe rise

Pique turns

Half Cheerio

5th-6th Grade Skills List

Single/double/triple pirouette
Leap on floor
Tumbling

1-4 turns in second

Chaine back stag /calypso

Tilt leap/strike
All Splits

 

7th Grade and Up Skills List

3 rotation a la seconde turns
Right double/triple pirouette

Inside battement pirouette

All splits

switch leaps

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