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Preschool Dance (3/4 yrs)

• • Tuck jump

  • Chasse

  • Marching

  • Kicks

  • Heel Digs

  • Jump Out, In

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need to switch lines

    • “Move to your friends dot and go back home!”

Pre-K Dance (4/5 yrs)

• • All Preschool Dance skills

  • Toe Touch

  • Skip

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need to switch lines

    • Make a circle holding hands or a partner part

Ballet Skills

• • Gallop

  • Marching

  • Port de bras with head directions

  • Skipping

  • Demi plie

  • Tendu

  • Releve

  • Saute

  • Parallel pas de chat

  • Polka step turned in

  • Passe

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 2 formation changes, including switching lines

Jazz Skills

• • Isolations (head, shoulders, ribs, hips)

  • Knee pop ups

  • Chasse rock step

  • Jazz square

  • Toe touch

  • Tuck jump

  • Pirouette prep

  • Pivot turn

  • Passé in parallel

  • Heel stretch

  • Step touch

  • 3 step turn or jump cross turn

  • Kick ball change

  • Chaîné turns on flat with hands on shoulders

  • Battement to the front in parallel

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 2 formation changes, including switching lines

Ballet Skills

• • Demi plie in 3^rd

  • Quarter rond de jambe

  • Gallops

  • Port de bras with head directions

  • Ballet walks

  • Polka step

  • Saute

  • Echappe saute through 1st

  • Releve

  • Tendu

  • Skips

  • Passe

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 3 formation changes, including a partner/group part

Jazz Skills

• • Isolations (heads, shoulders, ribs, hips)

  • Knee pop ups

  • Chasse rock step

  • Jazz square

  • Toe touch

  • Tuck jump

  • Single pirouette

  • Pivot turns with arms

  • 3 step turn/slow chaine turn

  • Heel stretch

  • Battement front or side

  • Donkey split slide through

  • Step touch

  • Passe jump or parallel pas de chat

  • Chaîné on relevé with arms

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 3 formation changes, including a partner/group part

Ballet Skills

• • Coupe pas de bourree

  • Chasse to the side and front

  • Polka turned out

  • Port de bras with body movements and head directions

  • Sur le cou-de-pied

  • Rond de jambe

  • Single pirouette from 1^st

  • Balance

  • Spring releve echappe

  • Saute

  • Changement

  • Echappe saute through 5th

  • Pas de chat turned out

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 3 formation changes, including a partner/group part

Jazz Skills

• • Knee pop up

  • Jazz square with arms

  • Toe touch

  • Pivot turn

  • Chasse step leap

  • Chaîné turn

  • Slow pique turn

  • Pas de bouree

  • Kick to front or side

  • Rock step or chaîné fan kick

  • Cross touch

  • Kick ball change

  • Single/double pirouette

  • Heel stretch

  • Layout

  • Spotting

  • Split jump

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 3 formation changes, including a partner/group part

Ballet Skills

• • Needs updating (these are the Mega skills)

  • Coupe pas de bourree

  • Chasse to the side and front

  • Polka turned out

  • Port de bras with body movements and head directions

  • Sur le cou-de-pied

  • Rond de jambe

  • Single pirouette from 1^st

  • Balance

  • Spring releve echappe

  • Saute

  • Changement

  • Echappe saute through 5th

  • Pas de chat turned out

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 3 formation changes, including a partner/group part

Jazz Skills

• • Any megastar skills

  • Knee pop up

  • Jazz square with arms

  • Toe touch

  • Pivot turn flick

  • Chaine

  • Pique and soutenu turns

  • Battement front, side or back

  • Chaine fan kick

  • Cross touch

  • Kick ball change

  • Single/double pirouette

  • Heel stretch

  • Formations/Movement Patterns:

    • Need at least 3 formation changes, including a partner/group part

• Bounces

• Heel Taps

• Jumps

• Shoot Out

• Step, Touch together (step, squish bug)

• Rebound

• Shoulder Brush

• Hip Hop Walks

Routine Elements:

• Do same movement for 1 to 2 full sets of 8

• Instead of counting, refer to steps as how many times they are repeated (example: punch right 4 times, punch left 4 times)

• Repeat step in both directions

• Stick to doing steps that use either arms only or feet only. When using both keep the movement symmetrical.

• Kick, cross out

• Under the fence

• Run, run, slide

• Shoot out

• 3 step turn

• Coffee grinder

• Candle stick or shoulder stand

• V step

• Usher square

Routine Elements:

• Repeat movement for full set of 8

• Use quarter note patterns (change positions every count)

• Repeat step in both directions

• Incorporate both arms and feet simultaneously

• Can switch rows or move in different directions

• Kick cross out (moving step)

• Knee pop up

• Pony step

• Moon walk

• Top rock

• Shoulder roll

• Shoulder stand or stall

• 6 step

• Arm wave

• Include skills from younger levels lists

Routine Elements:

• Repeat same movements for 4 to 8 counts

• Use eighth note patterns (do two positions per count using an “and” count)

• Start patterning (combine two steps but repeat pattern at least once)

• Focus on student’s position in relation to other students (side to side, back to back, moving over, under, or between someone)

• Chugs

• Stall

• 1/2 windmill

• Isolations

• Over shoulder jump

• 6 step

• Snake

• Include skills from younger levels lists

Routine Elements:

• Repeat same movements for 4 to 8 counts

• Use eighth note patterns (do two positions per count using an “and” count)

• Start patterning (combine two steps but repeat pattern at least once)

• Focus on student’s position in relation to other students (side to side, back to back, moving over, under, or between someone)

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