TRYOUTS
Auditions for the 2023-2024 Maryland Dance Team are completed.
Auditions for the 2024-2025 Maryland Dance Team will take place in Spring 2024.
LOCATION: Auxiliary Pavilion Gym, XFINITY Center
DATE & TIME: April 28, 2024, 12pm-7pm
What to Bring:
Headshot
Water bottle/snacks
Sports bra/top
Booty shorts (tights if you would like)
Full performance hair (curled)
Full performance make up (red lipstick, lashes)
Performance Earrings*
Sneakers
Closed toe jazz shoes
*If you do not have performance earrings, just wear small studs*
Approximate Schedule:
12:00PM - Registration
12:30PM - Review choreography learned at prep classes
2:00/2:30PM - First round begins (skills and first routine)
Approximately 3:30PM* - Second round begins (remaining routines)
Approximately 4:30PM* - Third round begins (new choreography learned on the spot)
*Starred times are estimates. Tryouts can take as few as 2 hours or as many as 7 hours to complete. Please plan accordingly.*
What to Expect:
Pom/Jazz Routine (from prep class)
Hip Hop Routine (from prep class)
Across the Floor Combinations (from prep class)
Front Leap (Right & Left)
Side Leap (Right & Left)
Calypso (Right & Left)
Fouettes
Double, Triple Pirouettes
Toe Touch
New Choreography (taught day of by our choreographer)
Head spring
Kip up
Flexibility
Special Tricks (front/side aerial, back handspring, tumbling, etc)