Danceroots Competitive Program

Full-Time Competitive Team Dancers: Weekly Class Training (6+ hours weekly):

Weekly Classes:

• Dancers competing in a certain dance style are required to attend a weekly class in that same dance style. For example, those competing in Tap at competitions, must actively participate in their weekly tap class at their level. These specific discipline style classes provide class instruction in this specific style for technique, fundamentals and style specific progressions.
  * Exception will be for hip hop – see below

Ballet Class:

• All full-time competitive dancers are required to attend 2 ballet classes per week. Ballet class provides the foundation for technical proficiency across all dance styles. Ballet training is fundamental to a competitive dancer’s overall technique and performance.

Jazz Class:

• All full-time dancers are required to attend 2 jazz classes per week. The 2 classes will incorporate jazz technique, down the room progressions, jumps, turns and combinations incorporating different jazz styles.

Contemporary / Lyrical Class:

• All full-time dancers are required to take 1 contemporary/lyrical class per week. These classes will explore movement and music expression quality in both the contemporary and lyrical dance forms. Dancers competing in the contemporary or lyrical dance style will also have to take ballet and jazz weekly class.

Acro Class:

• Full-time dancers competing in acro are required to attend 1 acro class a week. Dancers competing in acro will also have to take ballet and jazz weekly class.

Hip Hop Class:

• Full-time dancers competing in a hip hop small or large group are required to take 1 hip hop class per week. Full-time dancers competing in a hip hop team routine are required to attend hip hop workshops when offered throughout the season. Full-time dancers ages 14 years and under competing in a hip hop duet, trio or solo are required to take 1 hip hop class per week. Full-time dancers ages 15+ years competing in a duet, trio or solo are required to attend hip hop workshops when offered throughout the season. Dancers competing in hip hop will also have to take ballet and jazz weekly class.

Tap Class:

• Full-time dancers competing in tap are required to attend 1 tap class per week. Dancers competing in tap will also have to take ballet and jazz weekly class.

Stretch and Strength Class:

• Full-time dancers ages 12+ years are required to take 1 stretch and strength class per week.

All full-time dancers must participate in mandatory routines each season.

Hip Hop Team Routine, Jazz Line, Lyrical Line, Tap Line (subject to which options are provided on your offer).

Full-time dancer offers will include up to 3 mandatory group routines.

Solo, duet and trio dancers must also participate in a group routine matching the style of their solo/duet/trio.

For example, if you want to compete in a jazz solo, duet or trio, you must also participate in a jazz group.

Full-time dancers will begin solo, duet, trio choreography in August for those available. The remainder of routine choreography will take place the first 2 weeks of September in the evenings before the weekly classes start up for the season and in September and October on the weekends.

Choreography schedules will be released in August once all offers are back.

Assessment/Placement Session:

• New dancers to the team register and pay for a competitive assessment. Successful candidates will then receive a formal offer letter.

Team Season Deposit:

• All successful candidates invited to join our competitive team will have a non refundable $250 deposit added to their account. Deposits will be used to start planning the season to secure CYD (showcase) venue, entry space at competitions, book custom costuming, secure choreographers etc.

Routine Base Fee:

• Each routine a dancer participates in will have a “base fee”. This fee is per routine and includes, choreographer fees, studio operations/administrative fees, routine rehearsal time, in studio dress rehearsal and fees associated with having coaches at each competition event.
  * Each routine may have a different fee associated with it depending if it’s a solo/duet/trio/group and if a choreographer has travel expenses.

Competition Entry Fees:

• Each routine will pay for an entry fee for each competition event we attend.

Costume Fees:

• This includes costume measuring and fitting, costume, team earrings, hair piece and possible rhinestone work done on costumes. Dancers may also have to purchase specific tights and shoes for their competitive routine(s).

Props:

• On occasion a choreographer will require props for a routine. The cost of props and possible transportation to and from events may be an additional charge to dancers and divided up between the team.

Team Gear:

• In November competitive gear order will go out. All dancers are required to have a DanceRoots competitive team jacket.

Professional Team and Individual Photoshoot:

• The cost of the photoshoot will be divided up by team members. All team members receive digital files of the photos.

Competitive Team Showcase:

• The cost of the venue and stage for the daytime stage rehearsal is divided up by the dancers on the team to make up a stage rehearsal fee. Tickets are sold for the afternoon showcase to cover the cost of the venue for the remainder of the day and to donate proceeds to a choice charity each season. Each competitive family is required to purchase minimum 5 tickets to the showcase.

Workshops:

• In studio workshops will be offered throughout the season and are mandatory for full-time team dancers and optional but encouraged for our part-time dancers.

Year End Banquet:

• We will plan a formal banquet event with a sit down meal, awards and dance for our team to close out the season. Each person attending the event will buy a ticket.

Competition Team Showcase “Chase Your Dreams Charity Showcase”:

• This event is held at Algonquin College Commons Theatre. We run a group routine stage rehearsal during the day then take part in a team potluck event and then take to the stage for a full costume, hair and makeup stage performance of all our competitive routines (minus solos).

Both Full-time and Part-time teams attend the same events together as a team.

We participate in 2 local competitions and 1 away competition during the months of March/April/May.

Dancers who have a solo, duet or trio will also participate in an early competition in February/early March to receive early feedback as solos are not in our competitive team stage showcase.

In June we plan to hold a year end competitive team banquet to close off our season.