Jazz Curriculum

Jazz

Skills, Goals, and Development Timelines for Jazz classes. Reminder that each level can last up to 3 or 4 years for some dancers. You will always have a range of experience even within one level that you will need to work with and progress. Understanding which dancers are close to moving up to the next level vs. which dancers are newer and have more time to work on particular skills will be key.

NOTE: This site is still a work in progress. We will continue to add and develop timelines and what we want to work on as a studio each month of the year. Your input as teachers is always valuable. If you see something that can be added or improved upon please bring it to a head teacher or director’s attention. 

 

List of skills that need to be mastered before moving up to Level II. Skills that need to be introduced but not necessarily mastered also included. 

 

Mastered Skills Introduced Skills
  • Arm Positions
  • Tuck Jump / Double Tuck Jump
  • Plié / Relevé / Elévé
  • Jazz Square
  • Lindy
  • Parallel / External Rotation
  • Pivot Turn
  • Battement
  • Spotting
  • Leap vs Hop vs Jump
  • Travel Steps – Skips, Gallops, Chasses (Lateral & 4th)
  • Jazz Walks / Struts
  • Pas de Bourrée
  • Floor Rolls
  • Positions of The Feet
  • Grand Plié in 2nd
  • Grapevine
  • Demi Plie
  • Grande Plie
  • ChaÎnés
  • Pirouettes
  • Pony
  • Développé
  • Splits

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List of skills that need to be mastered before moving up to Level III. Skills that need to be introduced but not necessarily mastered also included. 

 

Mastered Skills Introduced Skills
  • Single Pirouette
  • Splits
  • Kick Ball Change
  • Grand Battement En Croix
  • Compass Turn
  • Pas De Chat (Parallel / Turn Out)
  • Pencil Turn
  • Sout De Chat / Jeté
  • ChaÎnés – Double Time / Variation
  • Jazz Walks / Changing Direction
  • Soutenu Turns
  • Tombé Pas de Bourrée
  • Piqué Turn
  • Fan Kicks
  • 6 Step Prep
  • Double Stag Leap
  • Floor Middle Split Roll
  • Shoulder Roll
  • Double Pirouette

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List of skills that need to be mastered before moving up to Level IV. Skills that need to be introduced but not necessarily mastered also included. 

 

Mastered Skills Introduced Skills
  • Extensions
  • Cartwheel / Elbow Cartwheel
  • Handstands
  • C Jumps
  • Piqué Turns
  • Turning Leaps / Calypso / Double Stag
  • Illusion
  • Outside Illusion
  • Back Leaps
  • Floorwork Combos
  • Kick Combos
  • Footwork Combos
  • Axel
  • Hitch Kick
  • Elbow Forearm Stands
  • Fish Flop
  • Pas De Chat Turn
  • Leg Hold Catch
  • Second Leap / Side Leaps
  • Triple Pirouettes
  • A La Seconde Turns
  • Fouetté Turns
  • Renversés
  • Leg Holds
  • Tour
  • Inverted Splits On Hands
  • Tilt
  • Scorpion

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List of skills that need to be mastered before moving up to Level V. Skills that need to be introduced but not necessarily mastered also included. 

 

Mastered Skills Introduced Skills
  • Toe Rise
  • Turns Changing Spots
  • Leg Hold Tilt Turn
  • Firebird
  • Leg Hold Turn
  • Illusion Outside Renversé
  • A La Second Turns
  • Coupé Turns
  • Layout
  • Double Piqué
  • Drill
  • Quad Pirouette
  • Switch Leap
  • Flare
  • Float
  • Scorpion
  • “V” Split to The Ground
  • Hinge
  • Barrel Turns

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List of skills that need to be mastered by the time dancers leave level V. Skills that need to be introduced but not necessarily mastered also included. There is no level VI.

 

Mastered Skills Introduced Skills
  • Master Switch Leaps
  • Combo Turns
  • Attitude (Devant / Derriére) Turns
  • Over Splits
  • Floats
  • Leg Hold turns
  • Fouetté Turns
  • Difficult Directional Changes
  • Renversés
  • Foutte Jumps
  • Penché
  • Syncopated Rhythm Combos
  • Cabriole
  • Lateral T’s
  • Tour Jeté
  • 540 Turns
  • Needle (Center Straight Leg Scorpion)
  • Valdez

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