2019-2020 Tryouts
Where:
5/13 @ Ojibwa Elementary School from 5-8pm
5/14 @ Cheyenne Elementary School from 5-8pm
5/15 @ Ojibwa Elementary School from 5-8pm
*There will be a tryout packet available for pickup on day 1 of tryouts. Please fill out marked pages and turn into coaching staff before the final tryout!
How to register?
Log on to:
http://www.chippewavalleyschools.org/departments/community-ed/registration-information/
$40.00 tryout fee includes 3 day workshop and 1 day tryout
OR mail in registration to: 19120 Cass Ave., Clinton Twp., MI, 48038
Skill Requirements:
~(Right) single pirouette
~2 fouette turns into a single pirouette
~Chaines and pique turns
~Working on right, left, and middle splits
~Right and left leg hold
~Right and left kick
~Right and left leap
~Toe-touch
~C-jump
~Pom arm placement (high V, low V, T, check, cheerio, etc.)
-Knowledge of basic ballet skills (first through fifth position, arabesque, ball change, etc.)
*Optional skills we may look for:
-Acrobatic skills (aerial, cartwheel, back handspring, front walk over, etc.)
-Hip hop skills (kip-up, head spin etc.)
-Tilt jump
-Calypso
-Double toe-touch
-Herkie
Here are a few helpful video tutorials on how to execute some of the skills:
Pirouettes:
5/13 @ Ojibwa Elementary School from 5-8pm
5/14 @ Cheyenne Elementary School from 5-8pm
5/15 @ Ojibwa Elementary School from 5-8pm
*There will be a tryout packet available for pickup on day 1 of tryouts. Please fill out marked pages and turn into coaching staff before the final tryout!
How to register?
Log on to:
http://www.chippewavalleyschools.org/departments/community-ed/registration-information/
$40.00 tryout fee includes 3 day workshop and 1 day tryout
OR mail in registration to: 19120 Cass Ave., Clinton Twp., MI, 48038
Skill Requirements:
~(Right) single pirouette
~2 fouette turns into a single pirouette
~Chaines and pique turns
~Working on right, left, and middle splits
~Right and left leg hold
~Right and left kick
~Right and left leap
~Toe-touch
~C-jump
~Pom arm placement (high V, low V, T, check, cheerio, etc.)
-Knowledge of basic ballet skills (first through fifth position, arabesque, ball change, etc.)
*Optional skills we may look for:
-Acrobatic skills (aerial, cartwheel, back handspring, front walk over, etc.)
-Hip hop skills (kip-up, head spin etc.)
-Tilt jump
-Calypso
-Double toe-touch
-Herkie
Here are a few helpful video tutorials on how to execute some of the skills:
Pirouettes:
Fouettes:
Flexibility:
Leaps:
Toe touches: