Junior Core Jazz & Ballet Requirements
NO MINIMUM AGE. MUST BE IN 8TH GRADE OR UNDER
FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL SEASON
· If you are still 12 as of January 1st, 2025, AND have never been on a core company or never made Junior core, please attend all Mini technique and choreography classes throughout August as well as Junior Core!
· If you are going into 9th Grade as of September 2024 AND have never been on a core company or never made TEEN core, please attend all Junior technique and choreography classes throughout August as well as Teen Core!
· Must be dedicated to this company, choosing it above all outside activities, and have a positive & willing personality.
· Knows how to be a good teammate and encourager of those on the team, putting the team first above jealousy and self-interests!
jazz
· All of the following will be in a combination: chaine turns, pique turns, battements, battement and developpe tilts, triple pirouettes, all types of split leaps, switch leaps to the front, chaine jete attitude leaps, chaine renverse, chaine fan, and a solid attempt on ala seconde and fouete turns.
· Strong supporting leg and supporting side of the body.
· The ability to put all of the above in a progression combination.
· Must be diligent about having and keeping right and left splits as well as straddle splits with hips down & tummies on the floor!
· Strong performing and personality skills!!
· The ability to learn a combination in the center quickly, accurately and with showmanship.
ballet
· · All the same as the minis for barre but in more difficult combinations and well as double frappe, petit battement, higher than 90 degree developpes as well as fondu; also, rond de jambe on lair and grande rond de jambe. See Mini Ballet Requirements
· In the center: tendu combinations including double pirouettes; adage with developpes and specific knowledge of all positions in the adagio; petit allegro including changements, eschappe, jete, glissade, entrechat quatre, and sautés in all directions and positions.
Grande Allgero: waltz steps and balances, tour jetes, grand jetes, en dehors and en dedans pirouettes, etc.