MINI & TINY Teams: Skill Requirements

To: All 3K through Elementary School Dancers

Re: 2026-2027 Competition Season

Please complete and submit the Google Form (found on WBD Facebook page) if you're interested in joining one of the WBD Youth Teams.

2026-2027 3K-3rd GRADE

W.B. YOUTH COMPETITION DANCE TEAMS

·         We will be limiting Team sizes.

·         Silverbrook Intermediate School [6 Green]

·         Wear comfortable clothing; have hair tied neatly back

·         No jewelry; no gum.

·         3:45-5:00~ stop in for 15 minutes to get skills checked off or email video submissions to westbenddanceteam@gmail.com before the end of May.

·         See coach’s sheet for list of skills along with video links found on our website, westbenddance.com

·         Youth Team Rosters will be posted by the middle of June.

·         Junior Team Practices throughout the summer… Tuesdays & Fridays 7:45-10 A.M… at Wallace Lake

·         Mini Team Practices throughout the summer… Tuesdays & Fridays 8:00-9:30 A.M… at Wallace Lake

·         Tiny Team Practices throughout the summer… Tuesdays & Fridays 8:30-9:45 A.M… at Wallace Lake

·         Once the school year begins, practices will be held Tuesday evenings at Silverbrook.  Will practice Saturdays to prepare for competitions [as needed].

·         Potential costs include insurance/liability, costumes (parade dress, pom outfit and poms, hip-hop [Mini & Tiny], and jazz [Mini & Pee Wee] costumes), tights, shoes, backpack, t-shirt; warm-up jacket, and competition fees for three-five competitions, depending on the team. [*tentative: Wauwatosa in Nov., WAVE and Watertown in Dec., Menomonee Falls and WACPC STATE in Jan.] *Based on 2025-2026’s season.

·         Registration Form and initial $200 down payment for 1st-year members [$150 for returning members] is due at the first team practice.  Second/final payment is due July 22, 2022. 

·         Please do not accept a spot on a team if you’re not able to commit.  Practices and competitions are mandatory. In addition, there will be fundraising expectations as well as performances at games, participation in parades, and performing at community events.

·         Completed Registration Google Form must be submitted prior to the end of May.

·         THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WBD!!

Video submissions showing the following skills [for Mini/Tiny] are to be emailed to westbenddanceteam@gmail.com [unless you plan to stop in at Silverbrook to get checked off in person].  If you get a message that the attachment is too large, please upload your video to Google Drive and then send the sharing link in an email to westbenddanceteam@gmail.com.  Sign-ups are on a first-come-first-serve basis (dependent upon meeting the skill requirements).

Mini Team Requirements~ Must Haves (THIS IS ALSO THE CORRECT ORDER FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS):  Basic Ballet Positions, Lunge Series, Pony, Single Turn, Double Turn, Straddle Jump, "C" Jump, Scorpion, Split Jump, Chassé step Right and Left Leaps, Arabesque into a Forward Roll, Handstand, Cartwheels, Bridge, straight kicks [around-the-world].  Working on: Splits, leg hold, fouettés, One-Handed Cartwheel, Cartwheels (non-dominant), Back-Walkover, Kip Up. Challenge: Front Walkover, Aerial, Back Handspring.

• WBD MINI TEAM REQUIRED SKILLS~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDK1j2Kb-hQ&t=2s 

• WBD MINI TEAM REQUIRED SKILLS VIDEO TO BE USED WHILE RECORDING [FRONT VIEW] OF DANCER SO THAT DANCERS FOLLOW THE ORDER OF SKILLS IN THIS VIDEO FOR SUBMISSION~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzNPEGxa8gw 

Tiny Team Requirements~ Must Haves (THIS IS ALSO THE CORRECT ORDER FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS):  Basic Ballet Positions, Pony, Single Turn (picking up right knee, turning backwards over the right shoulder), Straddle Jump, "C" Jump, Chassé Step Leap, Forward Roll, Cartwheel, Bridge. Working on:  leg hold, handstand, back-walkover. 

• WBD TINY TEAM REQUIRED SKILLS~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldPHs5fDOM&t=11s 

• WBD TINY TEAM REQUIRED SKILLS VIDEO TO BE USED WHILE RECORDING [FRONT VIEW] OF DANCER SO THAT DANCERS FOLLOW THE ORDER OF SKILLS IN THIS VIDEO FOR SUBMISSION~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2k_7brLRtM 

Pee-Wee Requirements~ Ability to follow instructions.  Working on (or Have): Forward Roll, Cobra, Sitting Leg Hold, chassé, plié, and relevé.