COMPETITION DANCE TEAM AUDITIONS – 2024/2025 SEASON – SATURDAY, AUG. 24th- Times TBA

COMPETITION HIP HOP CREW AUDITIONS – 2024/2025 SEASON – SUNDAY, AUG. 25th – 2:45-3:15pm

2025 COMPETITION DATES:

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ABSENCES – only 2 allowed during training season Sept. – March. Teams follow studio schedule. NO exceptions!

“NO MISS” DATES – Dancers including crew MAY NOT miss Spirit Day Rehearsal ( Saturday prior to first competition ) IN ADDITION TO the rehearsal weekend between competition 1 and 2. This is a non -flexible policy. Missing theses rehearsals could result in dancer being blocked out of the dance for the upcoming competition

REQUIREMENTS:

• 1 regular ballet class and 1 regular jazz class taken at JDA required to dance on jazz/contemporary/lyrical teams OR solos/duets/trios in this genre.
• Hip Hop Crew – 1 regular hip hop class at JDA required to dance on crew and qualify for hip hop 1, 2, 3 or 4 OR solos/duets/trios in this genre.

Minis Division – Ages 9-10 – Saturday Rehearsals 9:45-10:30am

Junior Division – Ages 11-12- Friday Rehearsals. 5:35- 6:20pm

Teen Division- Ages 13+

Saturdays between 10:30am – 4pm . Exact time indicated when team placement email sent out ( Typically 5 days after auditions)

Additional Teen Division Information:

• Parents need to communicate to their child the number of routines they will allow their child to be in. We require this number on day of audition. We cannot guarantee placement in the number requested or guarantee placement in any piece. We cannot take requests on specific length of rehearsal segments, routines or time. We will place students according to skill and their ability to fit well into selected pieces. Dancers age 12 WITH prior competition experience may audition for the teen division if they like however, they MUST audition for Junior Division as well .
• Please be aware that if your child is on teen division teams their team may rehearse between the hours of 10:30am – 4pm. They may also have a break during the hours of 10:30 and 4pm if they are in more than 1 piece and may have to wait at studio or leave and come back for pieces they have been chosen for. The studio does have wifi available for use for homework and such.
• Students & parents need to be aware that if they request a certain amount of pieces and are placed in all or most all they may not drop any. It is all or none. If a student is placed in only 1 piece and drops because they do not like what they have been selected for, that student may not audition the following year. Resilience and commitment to achieving a higher level of dance are aspects JDA looks for in competition dancers. In addition it completely disrupts the final selection for pieces if a dancer drops.

ABSENCES – only 2 allowed during training season Sept. – March. Teams follow studio schedule. NO exceptions!

MEDIA FEE – Please note that Thunderstruck and KAR charge a media fee ( not optional ) per child or per siblings. Fees will be charged in spring session tuition. All photos and videos are available to families after competition is complete!

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TUITION/REGISTRATION – Dancers need to register for fall AND spring season competition classes. This includes teams, solos, duets and trios.

VERY IMPORTANT! – ALL dancers MUST block off the competition weekends entirely for competition as the competition schedule is not posted until 7-10 days prior to the event. Solos/Duets and Trios may perform Friday afternoon or possibly even during the day on Friday . Groups typically perform Saturdays or Sundays but sometimes Friday after school!

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