REQUIREMENTS:​

-Dancers who make the team will have to enroll in a mandatory contemporary & jazz class of their instructors choosing, and potentially a ballet class. 

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-Dancers MUST be available for all practice times and have a maximum of 3 absences allowed. 

 

-Dancers MUST be available February-July/Beginning of August. please don’t audition if you are going to be away for a long period of time for any of these dates. We usually avoid any competitions within school holidays however apart from Easter.

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-Dancers MUST be available for our competition team bootcamp week which is typically 2 weeks before the start of school/dance.

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STANDARDS/EXPECTATIONS:

Being selected to be on the Competitive Team can be one of the best experiences of your life if you are ready to fully embrace the experience. As a team member, we have high expectations of you as you are a representative of the dance company. In entering this next season, we want you to fully understand what we expect of you: 

-           Attendance: Attendance is mandatory for Competitive Team members and we expect that members are always on time and never more than 3-4 lessons (across all classes). Dancers must know this is a commitment to this for the full season and attendances to practices will be crucial. Competitive dance team members often miss school dances, field trips, and other social events because their dance team comes first.  

·         Attitude: We are looking for dancers with consistent focus and positive attitudes. We recruit dancers that are engaged in the learning process, who are always listening and responding to teacher feedback by showing us constant improvement. We also look for dancers who can set an example of positive behaviour in the studio. Dancers who are not coming in with a positive attitude, showing issues with receiving feedback, not knowing their choreography and putting this blame on the teachers will be pulled aside to chat about what it means to be on the team.  

·         Initiative: We choose dancers who work hard to reach their goals and are supportive of their teammates in their effort. Competition Team dancers go above and beyond what their teacher asks.

·         Technique: We want dancers who take their corrections and feedback seriously because we want to see you improve and keep up to your teammates. The best dancers are versatile and precise.

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·         TEAMWORK: We don’t do competitions for the placing or the competitiveness; we do it to create a family! Your team is your family and everyone needs to be included in your family. Dancers who are friends and work together, it SHOWS in your dances. We expect dancers to make effort in getting to know ALL your teammates and include each other in everything. This is our most important expectation. If we do not see this, we will highly consider whether entering your dances as we value teamwork and kindness above all.

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-ZERO BULLYING RULE: we have a zero tolerance rule in regards to bullying or gossiping of any sort. If we hear of this or see it at competitions you will be asked to not attend the next one. This includes anything as minor as whispering about someone else. If you think someone wouldn’t want to hear it, don’t say it.