All Stars Jazz Lesson Plans

JAZZ ALL STARS LESSON PLAN MANUAL All Stars | 1st Grade Mini | Petite Company

Expressions Dance | All Stars | Jazz Curriculum Age Group: 1st Grade Class Description: This is a ballet/jazz combo class for dancers in first grade. Students in this class will build a solid foundation in basic dance skills, develop self-esteem, and improve their dance technique within a challenging and positive environment. 1-hour class: 30 minutes ballet and 30 minutes jazz Attire: Class uniform, pink convertible tights, and pink ballet shoes. Hair must be in a bun. How to Effectively Use the Curriculum: This curriculum builds fundamentals for a kindergarten-aged jazz class. Instructors are expected to ensure quality in classes and material being taught and to fulfill the required skills listed in the curriculum pass off section. Each lesson is to be used for 2 weeks in a row. If you feel you need to start an older class back in an outline for a younger age group, do it. The hope would be that the older class will progress through the lessons faster because of increased development capabilities. This way you will be ensuring that there are no fundamental holes left in a dancer's training. If a class has separate jazz and ballet teachers, you should review ballet skills so you know what is taught in the ballet class. Team teachers are expected to follow outlines to ensure ballet and jazz classes are working together for proper progression (without repeating the same steps in each class). Keep them moving! Add in brain breaks/movement games when the class is beginning to get distracted! Water breaks are not allowed in a 30-minute class. Remind them to get a drink of water when switching between ballet/jazz. Class Timeline: • Take roll! Learn names, make it fun! • 25 minutes Ballet Arts | Pre-Level 3 • 30 minutes Jazz Curriculum • 5 minutes REWARD FOR PASSING OFF A SKILL- STICKER OR STAMP Quarterly Overview: • 1st Quarter: Sept-Oct • 2nd Quarter: Nov-Dec-Jan • 3rd Quarter: Feb-Mar • 4th Quarter: April-May-June Included below: • Quarterly skills overviews • Skills required for recital routine • Lesson Plans, four per quarter

All Stars | Jazz Skills by Quarter Quarter 1 (September/October) Review all Kinderstars skills in Quarter 1 • Warm-up/Center o Isolations: ribs, contract and extend o Butterfly o Sit up, roll down (sit in pike, roll slowly to back then sit up quickly with straight back) o Articulation of the feet o Plie releve o Pivot turn with arms forward and backward • Locomotor o Jazz walk changing directions o Jazz run o Quick runs in parallel • Turns o Prep for a pirouette on flat o Chaine turns slowly on flat hands on shoulders (this was introduced in Starlets) • Jumps/Other Tricks o Parallel pas de chat o Passe jump turned in • Leaps o Hopscotch Quarter 2 (November/December/January) • Warm-Up/Center o Cross touch front and back o Positions of the feet (releve, forced arch, passe in parallel, coupe) o Splits R/L lesson 1, middle lesson • Locomotor o Jazz walk/run with pivot turn (forward and backward) o Grapevine • Turns o Prep for pirouette on releve o Chaine turns on flat with arms • Jumps/Other Tricks o C jump

Quarter 3 (February/March) • Warm-up/Center o Step pivot flick with push through arms o Cross ball change o Kickball change • Locomotor o Jazz walk with arm improvisation/coordination o Chasses forward switching legs o Triplet with a flick • Kicks o Battements through 1st • Turns o Half pirouette o Chaine turns on releve with arms • Jumps/Other Tricks o Donkey split slide through • Leaps o Chasse step leap Quarter 4 (April/May/June) • Warm-Up/Center o Body rolls o Quarter rond de jambe turned out with a straight standing leg o Pas de bourree (back, side, front) o Mirroring – partner exercise o Stage directions • Kicks o Kicks to the side o Leg swings with a freeze to the front • Turns o Single pirouette • Jumps/Other Tricks o Turning, inward parallel pas de chat

All Stars | Required Recital Skills Jazz: • isolations (heads, shoulders, ribs, hips) • knee pop-ups • chasse rock step • jazz square • toe touch • tuck jump • single pirouette • pivot turns with arms • 3 step turn/slow chaine turn • heel stretch • battement front or side • rock step fan kick • step touch • passe jump or parallel pas de chat • At least 3 formation changes, including a group partner part Ballet: • demi plie in 3rd • quarter rond de jambe • gallops • port de bras with head directions • ballet walks • polka step • saute • echappe saute • releve • tendu • skips • passe • At least 3 formation changes, including a group/partner part

ALL STARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 min Get to know names • Have students all sit in a circle. Hand one student a bean bag/ball. That student will slide the bean bag to another student in the circle. Then everyone in the circle must say that student's name. That student will slide the bean bag to another student and then scoot out of the circle. Continue until no students are left. In the end, don't forget to have all of the students say your name! 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving. This is a great time to incorporate some of the STARlet’s skills to ensure continued mastery • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back), ribs (side to side, forward-back, in a circle), and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pike (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) 15 min Center Floor Skills • Practice “listening position” (or whatever phrase works best for you). Talk about what listening position is, voices quiet, body frozen, arms held behind back, and eyes on the teacher. Have them wiggle around then say “listening position” and they have to freeze and look at you. • Learn the places of the room. Where to go and what to do when you say the following commands: center, line up/across the floor, go to the barre. Talk about what to do when going to each place (voices quiet, bodies frozen, eyes on the teacher, holding onto the barre correctly, standing on dots, etc). Say an area and have them walk/skip/wiggle/crawl to each place • Arm positions standing up using Simon says! Practice them all together first: “V” low and high, “L” low and high, parallel arms up, diagonals, and \"T,\" really focusing on straight arms, shoulders down, palms towards the floor • Spotting with plie releve. Plie releve (in parallel, keeping ankles glued together) small steps to turn to the right, plie releve small steps to turn to the back, spot, plie releve turn to the side, plie releve back to the front. Then repeat to the left. This also is a great exercise to do in the mirror while looking at their nose. • Pivot turns front and back 10-15 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk with claps. Everyone standing in line is clapping to the beat and counting to 4 (not 8). Have 1st person in the line take 4 steps facing the wall, then they will turn and take 4 steps back, looking at the opposite wall. When they begin to walk back, the next person in line begins to walk forward so they are looking at each other. Make sure dancers know they start after counting to 4 • Jazz runs with an arched back. 4 Jazz runs, then step out with right leg to parallel 4th, arch back in layout position (no kick), then small jump into parallel, legs bent hands on hips. Repeat • Passe jump. Three steps and then a passe jump. Arms in 1st when running, then in an L in the passe. 10 Min Combo • Teach a combo using STARlet’s skills Pass Off • Week 1 - Review Classroom behaviors: places of the room, how to line up, listening position, etc and give a sticker for pass off • Week 2 – Spotting

ALL STARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 min Welcome and get to know you • While sitting on a dot, have students go around the room and say a name and their favorite thing to do (other than dancing \" $#%). Don’t forget yourself! Then go around the room and place your hand over each student’s head. As you do, all other students should say that student’s name. 8-10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving. This is a great time to incorporate some of the STARlet’s skills to ensure continued mastery • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back), ribs (side to side, forward-back, in a circle), and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pike (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) 10 min Center Floor Skills • Arm positions standing up with a memory game! Practice them all together first: \"V\" low and high, \"L\" low and high, parallel arms up, diagonals, and \"T,\" really focusing on straight arms, shoulders down, palms towards the floor. Then say 3 arm positions and when you say “go” they have to do those 3 arm positions. Repeat a few times gradually adding on another arm position (4 in a row, 5 in a row, etc). • Spotting with plie releve. Plie releve (in parallel, keeping ankles glued together) small steps to turn to the right, plie releve small steps to turn to the back, spot, plie releve turn to the side, plie releve back to the front. Then repeat to the left. • Pivot turn and heel stretch. Two pivot turns forward (hands on hips), step together to 1st position and heel stretch. Repeat to the left. Then repeat with a back pivot turns on both sides. 10-15 min Across the Floor • Jazz walks changing directions. Have them take 4 steps forward, then turn and 4 steps back. Have them start every 4 steps so that they are looking at the person behind them when the turn. • Jazz walks with arms/prep for a pirouette. Take 3 steps with arms in a T (R, L, R) and then prep with left leg forward, arms in an L. Make sure in prep, shoulders are straight across, back flat, and hip, shoulder, and knee of the back leg (R) are in a straight line. Then passe on flat, with arms in 1st. Then repeat. • 3 steps and a passe jump 10 min Combo • Incorporate skills taught in the first two lessons along with STARlet’s skills. Finish combo the first time teaching this lesson plan and be ready to show parents at the end of class the second time you do this lesson! PASS OFF • Week1 - Arm positions • Week 2 – Jazz walks

ALL STARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 min Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch, use time during pike stretch to work on demi point (flex, demi, point, demi flex) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Cobra stretch • Frog stretch 15 min Center Floor Skills • Arm positions with arm/body swings. Have them swing arms side to side, letting the body move with arms. Then say 1,2,3 and an arm position, they will hit the arm position as quick/sharp as possible and freeze. Practice them all together first: \"V\" low and high, \"L\" low and high, parallel arms up, diagonals, and \"T,\" really focusing on straight arms, shoulders down, palms towards the floor. Then say 3 arm positions and when you say “go” they have to do those 3 arm positions. Repeat a few times gradually adding on another arm position (4 in a row, 5 in a row, etc). • Pivot turn and heel stretch. Two pivot turns forward with arms (out to a T when stepping, on hips when turning), step together to 1st position, and heel stretch. Repeat to the left. Then repeat with a back pivot turns on both sides. • Parallel pas de chat. Plie, passe, jump passe in plie, close to plie then straighten. • Spring points on the wall. Have them lay on their back with their feet against the wall in parallel. Have them push off the wall without bending their knees. Repeat a few times. On the last one, let them bend their knees and push as far as they can. If needed, put a scarf under their back if they're sticking to the floor. 10-15 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk with jump cross turn with a spot! 4 Jazz walks forward with hands-on-hips. Jump out with T arms, jump cross with hands-on-hips, spot, and turn around. • Jazz walks with arms/prep for a pirouette. Take 3 steps with arms in a T (R, L, R) and then prep with left leg forward, arms in an L. Make sure in prep, shoulders are straight across, back flat, and hip, shoulder, and knee of the back leg (R ) are in a straight line. Then passe on flat, with arms in 1st. Then repeat. • Jazz runs with squish splits to knees, then knee pop up • Chaine turns on flat with hands-on shoulders 10 min Work on Holiday dance Pass Off • Week 1 - Pivot turns • Week 2 – Spring points on the wall

ALL STARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 min Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch, use time during pike stretch to work on demi point (flex, demi, point, demi flex) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Cobra stretch • Frog stretch 15 min Center Floor Skills • Arm positions with marching. Practice them all together first: “L” low and high, “V” low and high, both arms up and straight, diagonals, and “T,” really focusing on straight arms with shoulders down. Combine arm positions with marching steps in parallel retire (students learned retire in ballet during lesson 3). Two marches in low v, two in high V, two in high L, etc. When they have it in place, have them march anywhere they want in the room with the arm positions (you are calling out the arms as they march). • Prep position. Talk about the shoulder, hip, and knee of the back leg make a straight line with the back foot in forced arch. Make sure they are standing up tall. You can practice balancing a bean bag on their head in the prep! • Spring points. Students stand in parallel and spring right foot off the floor to a pointed position, knee bent. Do 4 on the right and then 4 on the left. Then have them start with a little spring and then spring higher and higher with each spring, then switch feet. Repeat but keeping the leg straight. • Hopscotch (jump from two feet to one foot in passe then repeat on the other side). Connect to the spring points on how your feet need to spring off the floor to a pointed position. 10-15 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk with jump cross turn with a spot! 4 Jazz walks forward with hands-on-hips. Jump out with T arms, jump cross with hands-on-hips, spot, and turn around. • Kicks to the front in parallel. Connect how the foot moves off the ground the same way it did in a spring point, but the leg will stay straight. • Chaine turns on flat with hands-on shoulders • Pas de chat and prep for a pirouette. Pas de chat to the right (in parallel), pas de chat to the left in parallel (in parallel). Then step prep, passe on flat. Repeat 1 more time. Then quick runs in parallel. The rest of the way across the floor – keeping legs straight. • Chasse ball change right, chasse ball change left, four jazz walks, layout (without a kick) together. Repeat. 10 min Work on Holiday dance Pass Off • Week 1 - Chaine turns on flat • Week 2 – Prep for a pirouette

ALL STARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits 15 min Center Floor Skills • Positions of the feet: releve, forced arch, parallel passe, parallel coupe. Freeze dance with leg/arm positions. Have them walk in releve around the room, then when the music stops, they freeze will they balance in releve. Repeat with passe walks/balancing in passe, walks in forced arch/balancing in a forced arch, coupe walk/balancing in a coupe. Mix up the arm positions each time. • Prep position with passe on flat while balancing a bean bag. Talk about standing up tall in the prep and passe to keep the bean bag from falling. Also holding muscles strong with at neck and back. • Back pivot turn 10-15 min Across the Floor • Pas de chat and prep for a pirouette. Pas de chat to the right (in parallel), pas de chat to the left (in parallel). Then step prep, passe on flat. Repeat 1 more time. Then quick runs in parallel. The rest of the way across the floor – keeping legs straight. • Chaine turns on flat with arms • Kicks to the front in parallel 10 min Work on Holiday dance • Work on Holiday routine Pass Off • Week 1 - Releve with straight legs • Week 2 – Passe on flat

ALL STARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Grapevine on flat • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits 15 min Center Floor Skills • Cross touches front and back, mixing up the arms. When they start to get it, mix it up by also turning in a square (two to the front, two to the side, two to the back, two to the front) • Prep position with passe on releve. Talk about pressing into the ground with the standing leg just as they did in the spring points off the wall (but not so hard they jump). At this level, passe should not go higher than the knee to ensure the foot is not sickling. • 2 Back pivot turns then heel stretch. Repeat on the other side 10 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns on flat with arms • Kicks to the front in parallel Work on Holiday dance • Work on Holiday routine Pass Off • Week 1 – Forced arch • Week 2 – Cross touch

ALL STARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Grapevine on a forced arch • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits • Middle splits, make sure legs are turned out 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Positing of the feet quiz: releve, forced arch, parallel passe, parallel coupe • Prep position with passe on releve. Talk about pressing into the ground with the standing leg just as they did in the spring points off the wall (but not so hard they jump). At this level, passe should not go higher than the knee to ensure the foot is not sickling. Practice holding a yoga block with arms in 1st and pressing into the block 5-7 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns on flat with arms • 2 cross touches (week 1 cross in front, week 2 cross in back), plie in parallel, c-jump 25min Work on Holiday dance • Work on Holiday routine Pass Off • Week 1 – Grapevine on a forced arch • Week 2 – Holiday dance choreography

ALL STARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Grapevine on a forced arch • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits • Middle splits, make sure legs are turned out 5 min Center Floor Skills • Knee pop-up. This was taught in STARlet’s, so some students may not have learned or mastered • Passe prep in releve. – this is the last week to master a good prep. In quarter 3, students will begin half pirouettes. Try playing a balancing game. Have students balance with straight leg/good pass/strong arms for 2 seconds, then 3 seconds, knee working up until they can balance for 5 seconds. 10 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns on flat with arms • Jazz run with c-jumps/toe touches. 4 jazz runs, plie c-jump, 4 jazz runs, plie toe touch 25 min Work on Holiday dance • Week 1 Work on Holiday routine • Week 2 use this time to play a Christmas dance game. Examples: “Santa May I” (Mother may I but with dance steps), Dance like Christmas things, or teach a fun Christmas combo Pass Off • Week 1 – Kicks in parallel • Week 2 – Prep for passe in releve – straight leg, attached passe without sickled foot, strong arms

ALL STARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10-15 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Sit up roll down (sit in pike, slowly roll to flat back, sit up fast, roll down again, repeat) • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 15 min Center Floor Skills • Review any skills from 1st half of the year your class needs some extra practice with • Introduce “T-back”. Grab a stretchy t-shirt with a logo from the office (if there is one or bring one from home). Pull out on the shoulders and ask them what happens to the logo (it should raise). Then have them push on the logo while holding the shirt loose 0 ask them how strong it was. Then, repeat while pulling the should out, ask them how much stronger it was. Then let them know this is how they need to stand like a dancer. Have them stand and practice their \"t-back\". Shoulders out, back/torso lifting tall. Challenge them to maintain at-back all class long. You can call it out/recognize it when you see dancers doing it. • Step to the side, step back to prep, balance in passe. Make sure they are using their t-back • Week 1 – introduce half turns beginning with how a sport is what makes them turn. Have them all stand facing the back. Then when you say front, have them look at their face in the mirror and freeze. Most people will have slightly turned their torso to look. Tell them how the spot is what makes the turn, nothing else. • Half pirouettes – have them do their step prep facing the back. Talk about how the elbow of the front arm always points the way they will turn, and they pick up their back foot. Then move onto half pirouettes. Do 4 on each side. 10 -15 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns on releve with arms. While in 1st position releve, open arms to 2nd and close to 1st twice, then do 1 slow chaine turn. Repeat across the floor. • Kicks to the front in 1st. Have them stop in first before kicking. Step, 1st, kick, touch • If there is extra time, do a combo involving jazz walks, pivot turns, squish splits, knee pop up, etc. Pass Off • Week 1 – T-back • Week 2 – Straight legs in chaine

ALL STARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10-15 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 5-10 min Center Floor Skills • Review any skills from 1st half of the year your class needs some extra practice with • Review t-back • Half pirouettes – have them do their step prep facing the back. Talk about how the elbow of the front arm always points the way they will turn, and they pick up their back foot. Then move onto half pirouettes. Do 4 on each side. 15 min Across the Floor • Begin having students count themselves in every set of 8 • Chaine turns on releve with arms. • Kicks to the front in 1st. • Chasses froward through 1st, switching sides. Arms should be in an L and then transition through 1st • Jazz walks facing the front (walking sideways) with arm improvisation. Make sure they always cross in front • Triplet with a flick (up, up, down – on the down back leg flicks up) 10 min Combo • Teach a jazz combo including skills from Starlets and 1st half of year. Try to also include 2-3 skills not yet mastered. Pass Off • Week 1 – Turned out legs in chaine turns • Week 2 – Chases switching sides

ALL STARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10-15 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Review skills not yet mastered • Half pirouettes – mix it up this week and split the group in half. Have them prep facing away from each other and turn to face each other in the pirouette • Donkey kick in straddle, start and finish in a squat (this is a prep for thread the needle) 15 min Across the Floor • Students should continue to count themselves in every set of 8 • Chaine turns on releve with arms. • Kicks to the front in 1st. • Chasses froward through 1st, switching sides. Arms should be in an L and then transition through 1st • 4 walks forward on a forced arch, 2 kickball changes 10 min Combo • Teach a musical theatre combo including skills from Starlets and 1st half of year. Try to also include 2-3 skills not yet mastered. Pass Off • Week 1 – Kicks to the front through 1st • Week 2 – Kick ball change

ALL STARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 5 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 5 min Center Floor Skills • Review skills not yet mastered • Half pirouettes – begin stressing that this is a big pass off for week 2. If they pass it off, they get to move onto single pirouettes. You can add in a balancing game to see who can balance in passes the longest without hopping at the end of the pirouette • Donkey kick in straddle, start and finish, if this class is ready, add a slide through at the end called thread the needle. Make sure to practice both sides and that they are getting their hips over their wrists and shoulders 15 min Across the Floor • Students should continue to count themselves in every set of 8 • Chaine turns on releve with arms. • Kicks to the front in 1st. • 4 walks forward on a forced arch, step pivot flick. Begin with hands-on-hips, as they get it, add various arm skills • Chasse step leap 10 min Combo • Teach a musical theatre combo including skills from Starlets and 1st half of year. Try to also include 2-3 skills not yet mastered. Pass Off • Week 1 – Donkey kick, slide through – thread the needle • Week 2 – Half pirouette

ALL STARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 10 min Center Floor Skills • At this point, the t-back should be consistent with shoulders out, spine long. Now introduce pulling the tailbone down to the ground to keep back flat and bottom in. It is best to introduce while laying on the floor so they can feel their spine pressing against the floor. Then move to stand facing sideways. • Step to the side, step back to prep, balance in passe. All of the components of t-back are: o Tailbone pulled down to the floor o Head stretched to the ceiling o Shoulders pulled out to sides as wide as possible o The belly button pushes towards the spine to \"lock\" everything in place • Pivot turn, pivot turn, heels stretch squish 15 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns on releve with arms. While in 1st position releve, open arms to 2nd and close to 1st twice, then do 1 slow chaine turn. Repeat across the floor. • Kicks to the front in 1st. Have them stop in first before kicking. Step, 1st, kick, touch. • 4 walks forward on a forced arch, step pivot flick. Begin with hands-on-hips, as they get it, add various arm skills • Chasse step leap 10 min work on recital dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pivot flick • Week 2 – Toe touch

ALL STARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 10 min Center Floor Skills • Continue practicing a single pirouette. Next lesson this will move to an across the floor combo • Mirroring exercise. Split them into partners and practice following/mirroring their partners. Assign who leads first and then switch. After the exercise, connect this to how they can work on dancing together/moving at the same speed when going across the floor, learning choreography, etc. 15 min Across the Floor • Leg swings with a freeze. With hands-on the hips, they will swing back, front, back then to the front, and freeze at the top. Then tow battements to the front. Then repeat on the other side. Connect this who a battement gets thrown up (without hips twisting) and then stops at the top and floats back down. • Chasse step leap 10 min work on recital dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Chasse step leap • Week 2 – Battements to the front with an accent at the top of a kick

ALL STARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) ribs (side to side, forward, back, in a circle), and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 5 min Center Floor Skills • Quarter rond de jambe. Starting in the first position, tendu to the front rond de jambe to the side and close to 1st. Then tendu to the side, rond de jambe to the front then close to first. Once they get it, begin adding in arm patterns with the rond de jambe (1st to 2nd, 1st to L, high V to low V, etc. • Basic pas de bourree (basic side front on forced arch) 15 min Across the Floor • Rock step forward, ball change, step prep pirouette • Chaine turns on releve • Leg swings with a freeze. With hands-on the hips, they will swing back, front, back than the front, and freeze at the top. Then tow battements to the front. Then repeat on the other side. Connect this who a battement gets thrown up (without hips twisting) and then stops at the top and floats back down. • Chasse step leap (saut de chat). 10 min work on recital dance • Make sure dance is DONE by the first week of April Pass Off • Week 1 – Single pirouette • Week 2 – Quarter rond de jambe en dedans and en dehors

ALL STARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 10 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic work up to get students’ heart rate up. Make it a fun “dance party.” Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin doing 1 condition exercise with a warm-up (arm circles, pushups, crunches, etc) • Grapevine on a forced arch • Jazz square • Pivot turn • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) ribs (side to side, forward, back, in a circle), and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge right/left • Butterfly stretch • Articulation of the feet in pink (demi point, full point, toes out/bevel, toes in/sickle) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Right and left splits and middle splits 5 min Center Floor Skills • Basic pas de bourree (basic side front on forced arch) • Battements to the side – Make sure to talk about kicking to the diagonal/imaginary line and keep hip under (using an ice cream scoop analogy works great) • Turning inward pas de chat slowly. Begin without jumping (step passe to the back, step passe to the front, close). As they get it, jump to the back to passe, then to the front. Then move to the whole jump. 10 min Across the Floor • Six step pirouette • Chaine turns on releve • Kicks to the front and side. Two kicks to the front, two kicks to the side • Chasse step leap (saut de chat). 20 min work on recital dance Pass Off • Week 1 –Pas de bourree • Week 2 – Battements to the side