Learn about counter technique, it’s foundational to contemporary movement these days. Videos are on YT.

Yes most companies don't just stick to just Classical so you will need to have at least some contemporary experience

I’d def go to classes if possible— get it in your body. But if you have the physical strength and the artistry you should be in a good position to learn quickly

Musicality is most important, also the fact that you enjoy dancing.. if you don’t have experience - thisbis what the jury will look for. Passion, expression, timing, flow.. It is the school’s purpose to provide the training in the techniques so if people know how to they don’t have a job left :) so I’d say absolutely don’t worry about ‘techniques’ just get in your flow and let them see the joy and determination. 🙌👏. EDIT: contemporary usually is based in story telling, there will always be a stronger discipline, for some that is classical ballet for others that is contemporary but both are always on the program. To be a professional you will likely have to know contemporary.. but it depends the field you will work in that will determine if you need to be ‘good’ at it.. besides what defines good in this. 👍

Thanks guys! I really just want to do it for the experience and for the thrill of getting to perform on stage. But I also don’t want to embarrass myself. My goal this year is to get stronger and improve my musicality and I will see how I am by the end of the year to see if i would even have a chance of getting accepted for auditions. 🤞🏼

Maybe the reason the others look more experienced is because you’re seeing them perform moves that they’ve practiced thousands of times over many months to prepare for the comp. If you trained that specifically, you might be amazed at how good you can look. I think you should give it a try if you really want to compete, and have the time, energy, and funds to prepare reasonably well. If nothing else, it’s a good way to get a feel for the process and see if it’s for you. 

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I think it depends on what your goal is. I've not seen the New Faces, so if you're seeing people who you don't think you can compete with and winning is among your top priorities the answer is probably no. If you just want the experience, then send them an application and enjoy the experience. All they can do is say no, right?

That's pretty similar to our studio. We will also do conventions in the Fall, which is local (within 50 miles from the studio). The competitions we go to, some are attached with conventions, others are stand alone competition. For the competition only, plan to be there for most of the day, as our dancers tend to stay and cheer people on, and all go up for awards. Your child will probably just be on stage for the 3 minutes for the solo or duo/trios, and 4-5 minutes in the groups. There is tons of down time as you wait from your dances to the award show. If your competition is with a convention, then you're there all day long potentially.

We also are local/travel every other year. Local for us anything within 50 miles, and we don't need a hotel room and just commute. A travel national is really traveling, with flights and hotel. We have gone to Florida and Tennessee for Nationals. It's a week of dance but you aren't dancing every day, unless its part of a convention too. We have fundraising opportunities at our studio to help with the expenses, we sell flowers, candy, pizza, restaurant nights, etc.

The answer is D) all of the above. lol It really depends on the studio. Some studios stay very local for all regional competitions and some travel a ways. How close is your nearest big city ? If you’re in or near a big city you’ll probably stay local. If you are 2-3 hours from a big city you are probably going to be doing a lot of traveling. Nationals can be localish or anywhere in the US. They are usually held in popular vacation destinations. Some studios like to stay as close to home as possible.. some like to travel to the opposite end of the country to compete against teams they’ve never seen before. How many times your kid will dance at a comp/ how long you will have to be at the comp depends on how many dances you want her to be in/ you want to pay for. There are kids who are only in one dance and there are kids who are in 25 dances… and everywhere in between. For example right now my kid only has one solo so we only have to be there for a few hours on comp weekend. But if your kid is in a bunch of group dances you can expect to be there longer or even multiple days. As for nationals, they typically do solos duos and trios the first couple of days and then groups during the last few days, so if you are only in groups, you typically only need to be there once those start. So yeah, in conclusion… These are all good questions you need to ask your studio owner before you sign any contracts.

Competitions are drivable at my daughter’s studio. 1.5 hrs away has been the usual driving distance for a competition. We usually get the days she dances a week or if we are lucky two weeks ahead of time. For her since she did a solo it was Friday and Saturday.

Competition is usually an all day thing and you have to be there almost two hours before call time just in case it runs early. So usually it was like 7 am to 6 pm for us on Saturdays.

Nationals they tell you to request the whole week off from work because you will only get the schedule 2 weeks early we got lucky with almost three weeks early. She danced for three days out of the week not including the extra day for call back. Nationals is not only in our state but this year we did it in our state.

I had to pay for a hotel because even tho it was in state it was a far drive. Her call time on Monday was before 8 am so we had to get a hotel for two of the days and on the Saturday for call backs I stayed with a mom friend in her hotel.

Competition dance you have to plan to spend a lot of money. I’m spending thousands upon thousands just so she can compete. It’s definitely not something to take lightly when you are enrolling.

I had adult students who competed in ballet. There’s a small population of adults who compete in dance competitions in my area (not ballet competitions like YAGP, but dance competitions like what you’d see on dance moms). Sometimes they do ballet, or other styles. It’s not super common, sometimes my students were the only ones, sometimes there was more.

There’s also the adult ballet competition which I think is is California, and run by Broche Ballet. It seems pretty cool.

We do get to do ballet, that’s kind of the point.

I started ballet in my 20s, since I wasn't allowed to do it as a kid. I think you missed a word and maybe meant ballet exams? If so, yes, I've done a ballet exam. I don't want to do them every year, but it was an interesting and challenging thing to do once. I've also done exams in another dance style.

Idk, I doubt it because i love competing but in enjoying ballet regardless. I do wish there were more options for adults

i can watch his fancams and dance along bcos it's this clean aka hand movements during the dance break.

Someone left a review on the choreography of each of the trainees on DCgall, and they said that Park Hanbin is the best at using his lower body among the trainees in this team.

I think switch is the hardest followed by supercharger and the other 3 are pretty comparable with their own difficulties.

Switch/Supercharger have the most details. Didn’t help that they had the least time. Switch team did really well in nailing the details . It is obvious that for Supercharger they didn’t have time to iron out the little details (i.e. the uneven heights for the chorus move where they lean back, the bridge part where they line up behind Seo won is quite uncoordinated too) however, imo both had really difficult dance breaks that both teams did really well for.

En Garde’s difficulty comes from its big moves in the chorus that dominates the song. Maybe it's the easiest because it’s easier to learn? (idt the team gets to rest during Seunghwan’s parts, it’s the opposite if anything?)

SMN’s choreo is difficult because of how tiring it is with all its hops, i agree. Add the fact that they have to maintain their high + positive energy and it's much harder.

I disagree that over me is the easiest. They have to go back and forth from being tense (the spins, ricky/jeonghyeon’s verse where they're punching, first half of chorus) and back to being graceful/sultry. Easily the most demanding in terms of facial expressions along with SMN. They also have the most floorwork and can’t let their fatigue show. And their ribbon prop adds another layer of difficulty demanding more synchronicity.

Over me is one of those dances/ songs I think is deceptive.

Fun fact: when looking at a group, your eyes will actually average out whatever it sees because the body is designed to compensate.

Oftentimes when people are dancing fast unless you’re trained to look for differences, the eyes will average out the movements (unless someone is blatantly wrong/ odd). I sometimes have to watch a performance multiple times to see the little things someone does wrong or different.

With slow dances, you have more time to process because you’re not being as overstimulated so synchronization is even more important. Also, as a dancer, sustained movement is a lot harder to make look good/ interesting. Which is why a dance genre like ballet is so hard. They movements look simple but the effort and work that goes into it is astronomical.

I used to do a lot of dancing in my younger years. It's Switch.

Oh my God (Gosh) that dance break is insane.

asked my dancer friend the same thing and they said Switch or Supercharger! i’m not a dancer but these two look super hard

Perfect

God dammit 😍😍

Perfect body

Actually the one that they attended when they were toddlers was in Modesto. That particular studio you're talking about was the one they attended since they moved.

Is Lilia quitting dance too? I thought it was just Addie. What is she going to do instead?

I’ve wondered the same because sun kissed is leaving too right?

They haven’t been attending since toddlers only since they’ve moved. And it’s odd Amanda and Dane haven’t been in videos lately.

This wouldn’t be the reason either. The tumbling studio is even further away from their house in the opposite direction. The only real options for cheer are that tumbling studio or close to the dance studio. In either case it’s at least an hour of travel time.

I don’t know I just assumed because they are both at tumbling

Such strength. Such poise. Stunningly elegant and beautiful.

So wonderful, incredible body, so toned

Absolutely perfect in all the right places

Excellent muscle tone, good form, love pictures by the sea :)

Not a dancer myself so I can’t properly articulate how much I love their choreographies but I can watch them dance for hours. They really are so versatile and their formations >>>>>

I love watching these videos! For anyone who wants to watch more there’s also one for Call Call Call (Woozi @ 1:26 ������), Thanks and top angle fancams like this Fear one really make me frustrated with shows and their camerawork sometimes because they can be so bad at showing off the choreography

I truly wished people would see SVT as more than just „Kings of Synchronization“. While that is something that I also love about them, as it does make the viewing experience very satisfying and they also practice very hard for it - they are so much more than that.

What I personally like the most about them is their usage of formations and especially (especially!) floor usage. Granted it is easier with many members (to create interesting formations), but there are still so many groups with 7+ members, who never or barely use the floor fully or in an as intriguing way that SVT does.

The fact that they don’t only focus on choreography, but also all the things mentioned above - to create a great overall performance - is what is so great about them. Also that most, if not all of them, also show facial expressions even if it is not their center part! It brings so much life to a performance (especially live without cameras as you usually don’t only see the center person).

omg i forgot how much i loved watching those position videos!! thank you for this post OP, i love the observations you made (what you said about 24h - if only we could turn the clock backwards? that’s so clever! i never thought about it that way) and i think you perfectly articulated one of the reasons seventeen’s choreography is so special. also that last sentence �� i’m saving this post just for that lol