Peru State College Dance Team Video Submission Requirements
Your video should include:
~Name, age, why you want to be a Bobcat Dancer
Skills Portion
~Chaines turns
-Pique turns
-Front leap or Developpe leap (both sides)
-Calypso or Turning back attitude leap (both sides)
-Firebird leap
-Any switch leaps that you have
-Open leap
-Turning disc or turning toe touch
~Toe touch
-Firebird
-Herkie/Hurdler jump
-Leg holds (side, front and back extensions)
-Splits (front,back, middle)
ACRO:
-Back/Front walkover
-Kip up
-Rubberband
-Stalls/Freezes
-Front/Back Handspring
-Head spin
-Headspring
-Aerial Cartwheel
-Front Aerial
TURNS:
~Pirouettes (triple on the right; double on the left) more if you can
~16 counts of open turns into a double pirouette
~Open turn combination of your choice (ex. 4 open turns into a double pirouette into 4 more opens into double pirouette then land)
~Open changing spot turns
if able to do so (either direction is fine)
Please add any other skills that you possess that are not on this list
Routine Portion
At least 6 eight counts of each style listed:
JAZZ/CONTEMPORARY/LYRICAL
HIP HOP
POM
You may substitute the routine portion with videos of your high school dance team or studio performances.
Please also answer the following interview questions in your video:
- Dance experience
- Do you feel you would be able to balance the team commitment along with school, work, and social life?
- Are you prepared to follow the rules and guidelines that will be presented to you after you have been asked to join our team?
- Are you prepared for the time commitment of the team along with extra practices leading up to UDA Nationals in January (if allowed to attend) and NAIA competitions in February and March?
- What are you most looking forward to if you are asked to be a member of the team?
- Are you looking to try this for a year or are you wanting to be a long-term member?
Send video files to Head Coach, Noah Roddy, at nroddy@peru.edu
If you have issues with sending videos over email you can try to upload it to google drive, a YouTube account, Dropbox or you can text me the video at 763-442-1501, if the file is able to be sent that way.
Dance Team Tryout Participant Agreement
