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Question: What to expect when trying out for a high school dance team!?
I am going to try out for my high schools dance team next year and I want to practice things ahead of time!. I have 2 years experience of hiphop and this is my first year of ballet and 1 year of tap!. Do you think I could try out I can do a split and high kick and when you lift your leg in the air to do a split and pirouette 1-2!. What else do I need to know and also what should I expect at tryouts!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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ok well!.!.
i'm on the dance team at my high school!. and i'm a senior
so, at our auditions!.!. they learn a dance that the officers teach
and then they try-out!. what i would tell you is to have good technique!.!.
if you have like amazingly kicks but you dont' prep with your feet together and do the infamous running man!.!.!. thats bad!
dance teams when having new girls/guys try-out they look for peple who know that can imporove with help or doing warm ups across the floor everyday!. also big thing!.!. SMILE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING OUT,
the judges and director want some one who can entertain and still keep a smile on there face!.!. FACIALS are good too!.!. what i would tell you is to have good technique and when you mess up!.!. don't make a face!.!. judges dont' like that!

hope i helped!

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good luck on tyring out!!!!
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You should come up with a little choreography just in case they make you really "audition"!. I'd recommend you keep your mind open because they might teach you a short dance too!. It just depends on your school!. Have you seen the team!? If not i'd check them out at games!. because, if you see there not exactly a "hard looking" team then i'd say it might not be as hard to get in!. But, obviously if they look like pro's out there, then i'd try as hard as I can to impress them!.
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You probably know this already since you've done ballet but here's a list:
Jette'
Coupe Jette' aka Capezio
Barrel Turns
Pirouettes
Chasse'
Chaine turns
Sautes
Kicks
Leaps
Leaps in 2nd aka Russians
Attitude Turns
Pique Turns
Kicks
*This is a lot, and hopefully you won't have to do all of it, but if you know most of it, then they'd be stupid not to put you on the team!!!
Good luck! =]]
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you will be fine!.
most dance teams are nothing compared to actual competition dancers!.
ive been dancing for 13 years now!.
im only 15 but have been on a dance team for the past 2 years!.
most school's teams are nothing more than cheerleaders throwing together simple choregraphy!.
and the "lift your leg in the air to do a split" thing is called a leap!.
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you need confidence!. and be very sure of what you are doing!. if you are looking around at the other girls not knowing what you are doing don't expect to make it!.
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