Head Coach: Kathryn Brasfield
Faculty Sponsor: Tosha Jenkins
All athletes and parents must attend a Pre-Tryout Informational Meeting on Wednesday April 2nd at 6:00pm in the WVMS Library. **If an athlete attended the Pre-Tryout Clinic on March 12, the athlete is not required to attend the meeting. Parents of all athletes must attend regardless.** Here, athletes and parents will meet the coaching staff and receive all relevant information for tryouts and about the team. Then, athletes and parents must review the information on the Required Paperwork section of this site, and then fill out a tryout application. These are requirements to proceed with tryouts. If you are unable to attend the parent/athlete meeting, please contact Kathryn Brasfield by email at k.guion3@gmail.com to set up an alternate time.
Team Requirements statement of understanding and Application
Copy of Insurance Card, front and back
Insurance Waiver form
Academic eligibility information (current grades)
*All of these are included in the digital tryout application form. See the Required Paperwork page of this website for a link to the application form.
The WVMS Tryout Clinic will be held on Monday, April 7 and Tuesday, April 8 from 3:45-5:45pm in the WVMS Lecture Hall. At this clinic, Coach Kath will teach all potential applicants the tryout material and will review the tryout process. Please ensure that all digital tryout paperwork has been submitted prior to the clinic and bring hard copies of your physical form and concussion form and your $40 tryout fee to the clinic.
Tryout fee $40.00 (check payable to WVMS or cash in an envelope labeled with applicant's name)
Pre-Participation Current Physical Evaluation (2 pages, front and back) and includes:
History form
Physical Evaluation form
Clearance form
Consent for Athletic Participation and Medical Care
Athlete with special needs (only necessary if it applies to the student)
Concussion forms
See the Required Paperwork page of this website for PDFs of these documents.
A panel of 3 or more judges will select members of the 2025-2026 team on Wednesday, April 9. Tryouts will be held in the WVMS Lecture Hall starting at 4:00pm until all tryouts have finished. Applicants must wear black-on-black dance wear with hair secured in a bun. No midriffs or jewelry are allowed. Tryouts are closed to the public. Names of the new team members will be posted on the team website shortly after the conclusion of tryouts.
See below for a list of skills that will be evaluated at tryouts. Know that the judges will not be looking for perfection with these skills, but coachability and potential. Coach Kath will review these on Day 1 of the tryout clinic and will go into more detail on the acro and skill of choice sections.
Pirouettes (double, triple, and above)
Turns in Second (three turns, and three turns into a double pirouette)
Leaps- calypso, saut de chat, leap in second
Standing jumps- toe touch, sissone, hurdler
Leg extensions
Acro (aerials, walkovers, tumbling)
Skill of choice (any skill not showcased previously)