The “EXTREME DANCE TEAM ” is a fabulous, fantastic and fun event designed to promote a feeling of good will and friendship between the various schools. This is a competitive event with dancers from different schools coming together on the same team and competing for the honor of being the “Extreme Team” of the 2011 B.C. Annual Dance Competition. The number of teams competing will depend on the number of entries we received.

We want all the dancers to relax and make this an exciting event for the audience. Take this opportunity to display your technique and showmanship. And cheer enthusiastically for all the dancers.

All juniors and seniors will be divided into 2 to 4 teams and will be on the stage at the same time. Combination 1 will be performed one dancer at a time by all dancers on the team. Then combo 1 will be performed 1 dancer at a time by all the dancers on team 2. This pattern will repeat until all teams and all combinations have been executed. There will be 8 counts of music between each dancer’s combinations with the exception of the Musical Interpretation Category where there will be enough time allotted to wait 16 counts so that the dancers can familiarize themselves with the music. There will be a separate song picked for each person in the Musical Interpretive Category.

Dancers should be familiar with the qualifications of this event, but it is not necessary for the dancer to memorize each combination or the order in which they are required. The combinations will be listed on a bulletin board on each side of the stage. These combinations are listed below this information.

The adjudicators will have a sheet with all the combinations on it and each dancer’s number. The range of the marks will be from 1 to 10 for each combination. The winning team will have the highest total marks.

Jazz Productions of B.C. is proud to offer this exciting and unusual event and we know it will be the highlight of the competition. Enter this team event and be eligible to win the exciting prize that we have waiting for the “EXTREME DANCE TEAM 2011”.

Extreme Team Junior & Senior Combinations

Extreme Dance contestants, these combinations are meant as guidelines for you to show us your stuff! Different studios call things by different names. If you can’t figure something out, show us something new. Surprises and fun are what it’s all about. Enjoy yourself!!

Combination 1

• Counts 1-8  Jazz walks to centre [your choice of walks: side, back, struts...entertain us!]
•        ”     1-8  Any stationary jump [russian, backbreaker, scorpion etc.] land it, step and battement front with a layout, then drop to half kneel on the 8
•        ”     1-8  Step up, push turn, walk off.

Combination 2

• Counts 1-8  Chaine, chaine, pas de bouree under, step and repeat on the other side to get to centre.
•     ”      1-8  Seniors: Pique turns in a box with a double pique on every second one
                    Juniors: Pique turns 3 times to the right and hit, repeat to the left.

•     ”      1-8 Chasse step and leap [your choice jete, jete to 2nd, reversal, back jete etc.]
•     ”      1-8  Chaine chaine pas de bourre under, step and repeat to exit.

Combination 3

• Counts 1-8 Seniors: Chaine, any axle turn, drag step chaine hit
                  Juniors: Chasse step retire tuck jump [double up] drag step chaine hit

•            1-8  Seniors: Step place, double piroette, foute, foute
                    Juniors: Step place double piroette, step, saute de basque, saute de basque 

•            1-8 Seniors: Chaine axle turn, drag step chaine hit
                   Juniors: Chasse step retire tuck jump, drag step chaine hit

Combination 4 (If time allows)

•    Cartwheel or walkover (front or back) (1,2,3,4) split roll to tummy (5,6,7,8) 
  Roll onto back (1,2), sit  (3,4) and jazz push up (5,6,7,8), face audience.   Fun exit for up to 8 counts.

Musical Interpretation 

• Take up to 16 counts to listen before you start dancing.  Music will last anywhere from 45 seconds to 1 minute