Team members are selected through a dance team tryout process. Taking only correspondence, extension, or UWM Waukesha classes does not qualify a person as a student. The team size ranges from 10 to 18, depending on what the talent pool is during the selection process. All team members must try out each year. Students wishing to try out for the team must:
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Tryouts consist of 2 parts. 1st part is choreography and then final in person tryouts. Candidates who have a conflict with the final in person tryout can continue to audition through video. To qualify to continue the audition through video, the coaches must be notified in advance. The tryouts process is closed to the public.
STEP 1: If interested in the tryouts, please first fill out this interest form: Tryouts Interest Form Email in your application to the coaches and pay the tryout fee through PayPal (PayPal.Me/pantherdanceteam). Be sure to put in the comments "Your Name" with "Tryouts 2025" when submitting your payment. Include in the email:
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There are 2 options for the 1st step: in person or through video. If you want to attend the in person tryout email the coaches with the date you will be attending. If you want to tryout through video email the coaches when you are ready to receive the links for the instructional videos. You will have 7 days after receiving the videos to send your video back.
Please wear a solid black fitted tank top or sports bra with a solid black booty short so that judges can see all your movement. Also please wear nude jazz or half jazz shoes. Make yourself presentable with your hair pulled back cleanly and neatly out of your face in a bun and put on performance-ready makeup (lipstick, eye shadow, blush). Video Requirements:
STEP 2:
Finalists will be sent a hip hop combo that will need to be learned before the final audition. Warm-up will be on your own. There will be a review of the combos with auditions happening immediately afterwards. Please wear a solid black fitted tank top or sports bra with a solid black booty short so that judges can see all your movement. Also please wear nude jazz or half jazz shoes. Make yourself presentable with your hair pulled back cleanly and neatly out of your face in a bun and put on performance-ready makeup (lipstick, eye shadow, blush). Candidates will audition in groups of 2-3. Each candidate will be evaluated on the select skills, hip hop, and jazz combos. Dancers are scored in rhythm, showmanship, skills, memory, endurance, and dance technique. The new members will be announced after all candidates are evaluated. Skills For Finals Are:
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