Elite Team Pathway (Ages 6+)
For the focused, dedicated dancers who want to be challenged alongside a team of equally dedicated individuals
Registration in the Elite Team Pathway requires attendance in Dance Camp III or IV, Interviews, and Elite Team Auditions
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2025-2026 Elite Team Pathway
Elite Team Pathway
Pathway Opportunities:
Elite Team is designed for dancers seeking a more intensive training and performance experience. Elite Team dancers compete at three regional competitions, attend one dance convention, and perform in EADE's Winter and End-of-Year Trading Floor Showcases.
Elite Team dancers are expected to prioritize their dance training and fulfill all training requirements outlined in the Team Training Requirements section of this handbook.
Training Requirements:
Elite Team dancers are required to take weekly ballet, acro, jazz, tap, hiphop, and flexibility, and dancers rehearse each competitive routine for 30 minutes each week. Elite Team dancers are required to attend four additional fall team rehearsals.
Team dancers have the opportunity to participate in competitive group routines based on audition results, choreography needs, team balance, and casting decisions.
Elite Team dancers are required to participate in a minimum of two group routines and may be offered additional choreography opportunities based on audition results and studio needs.
Entry Requirements:
Team placement is determined through EADE's annual audition process. Audition procedures, requirements, timelines, and evaluation criteria are communicated each summer prior to auditions.
Prior dance experience is recommended for dancers interested in Performance Team or Elite Team opportunities. In most circumstances, dancers are encouraged to complete at least two years of Technique Training prior to auditioning for a team pathway.
Placement within Performance Team, Elite Team, competitive routines, understudy positions, solos, duos, and trios is determined by EADE based on the needs of the choreography, team balance, dancer readiness, and audition results.
EADE evaluates dancers using a variety of factors, including but not limited to:
- Technical ability and skill development
- Performance quality and stage presence
- Work ethic and preparedness
- Ability to apply corrections
- Attendance and reliability
- Leadership and sportsmanship
- Positive attitude and coachability
- Maturity and readiness for the expectations of the pathway
- Team balance and choreographic needs
Placement decisions are final. Dancers and families should not audition for opportunities they are unwilling to accept.
EADE reserves the right to adjust team, class, and choreography placements at any point in the season when necessary to support dancer development, safety, team balance, or studio operations.
Understudy Positions
EADE may offer understudy positions for select competitive routines.
Understudies are responsible for attending all assigned rehearsals, learning choreography, and preparing to perform if needed. Understudies may be asked to assume a performance role due to injury, withdrawal, attendance concerns, or other circumstances affecting a casted dancer's participation.
Understudies are held to the same attendance, rehearsal, performance, and conduct expectations as dancers cast in the routine.
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Elite Team Pathway
Challenge your dance training on a competitive stage alongside a team of dancers
Audition in July!