Our Competition Dance Team was created for dancers who are very passionate about dance. This allows dancers to perform more frequently throughout the year; not only at competitions, but at festivals, charity events and local events. Our goal is to develop dedicated, well rounded and diverse dancers.
Join us for our 2024-25 Dance Team Open Auditions:
Saturday, June 1st
Click here to reserve your audition space! Dancers aged 4-18 are welcome!
If you have any questions about our amazing Dance Team please email Miss Jenna at adagiodanceteam@gmail.com
ADC Dance Team Members are held to a high standard. In order to maintain a level of excellence, ADC Team members have additional classes, rehearsal times and requirements. We require each dancer to be enrolled in at least one ballet class, their level technique class, one class of the genre team they are chosen for, one Acro class and the competition team choreography class. We also require each dancer to enroll in our summer intensive classes and various boot camps!
All dancers MUST audition or be invited before they are selected for the team (even if you have been accepted before you will need to re-audition each season). All casting decisions will be made by the Team and Studio Directors as well as the audition panel to best showcase the dancer’s talents. Your placement is based on your audition and your previous training. If your dancer is currently an ADC Team member they are also being evaluated on classroom work progress, attendance, work ethic, teamwork and on stage performance. The below lists our general guidelines for each age and performance level as we evaluate them for general team placement:
Minimum Requirements for Mini Team (Ages 6 & under)*:
- Working towards a split and straddle
- Working towards a clean single turn
- Working towards clean leaps
- Ability to pick up choreography quickly
- At least one previous year of performing in a recital or in a dance classroom
Minimum Requirements for Beginner/Intermediate Petite Team (Ages 7 – 9)*:
- Working towards a split and straddle
- Working towards clean leaps
- Working towards clean cartwheels and more complex tricks
- Clean single turns
- Ability to pick up choreography with ease
- Ability to apply corrections in class and in choreography
- A minimum of 1 year of ballet or technique training
Minimum Requirements for the Intermediate Junior Team (Ages 9-12)*:
- Full splits and straddles
- Clean single and double turns, working towards clean fouettés and triple turns
- Clean leaps (Full grand jete/second leaps) and working towards more complex jumps
- Working towards clean extensions, but has a heel stretch and tilt hold
- Clean cartwheels and walkovers and working towards more difficult tricks
- Ability to pick up choreography quickly
- Ability to apply corrections in class and in choreography
- A minimum of 2 years of ballet training and a minimum of 1 year of training in the genre you are interested in competing
Minimum Requirements for the Advanced Junior/Teen/Senior Teams (10+)*:
- Full splits and straddles
- Clean single, double turns,and triple turns
- Clean fouettés and working towards more complex turning sequences
- Clean jumps/leaps (Full grand jete, saut de chat, second, calypso, switch leaps, firebirds, etc)
- Clean extensions, working on both sides equally
- Clean walkovers (front/back) and the ability to do more difficult tricks (aerials, kip up, back tuck, handsprings, etc)
- Ability to pick up choreography and changes quickly
- Ability to apply corrections in class and in choreography
- Juniors- A minimum of 3 years of ballet training and a minimum of 2 years of training in the genre you are interested in competing
- Teens/Seniors- A minimum of 4 years of ballet training and a minimum of 3 years of training in the genre you are interested in competing
*Please note all age categories are general guidelines and it is the average age of the group that determines what age division they will compete in.