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What are we looking for in a potential dancer?

Jazz/Lyrical/Contemporary/Ballet/Pointe
*Skills
       - Splits
       - Battements/kicks
       - Grande jetes/variety of leaps
       - Pirouettes
       - Fouettes
       - Calypso/capezio
*Quality of movement
      - Pointed and turned out feet
      - Extension and flexibility
      - Body placement/control
      - Showmanship/performance
      - Musicality
      - Jumps: height, placement, and flexiblity
      - Turns: proper body placement and number of rotations
      - Ability to pick up choreography

Hip Hop
    - Strong movement
    - Body placement/control
    - Showmanship/performance
    - Energy/endurance
    - Musicality
    - Ability to pick up choreography

Tap/Irish
- Correct number of sounds
- Clarity of sounds
- Body placement/control
- Musicality
- Ability to pick up choreography

Forms for Auditions
character assessment
File Size: 72 kb
File Type: pdf
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audition_form_14-15.doc
File Size: 27 kb
File Type: doc
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workshop_waiver.doc
File Size: 29 kb
File Type: doc
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Neuqua Valley High School Orchesis Dance Company, Naperville, IL