ClassPacer for dance studios
Every step, in every style
Levels 1 to 5 in ballet, jazz, tap and hip hop. Teachers check off skills in class, and parents see their dancer's progress and certificates.
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A dance school starts with these. Change any of them on the Skill charts page.
In class and at home
Teachers tap, families see it
Teachers open their class on a phone and move each skill from introduced to mastered. When a dancer has every skill in their level, award a certificate and move them up, or set a level test day.
Want a separate level for each style? Make a skill chart for ballet, one for jazz and so on. Each dancer then has their own level in each.
The starter chart
5 levels, 120 skills, ready to use
This is the chart a new dance school gets. Keep it as it is, or rename, add and reorder anything to match how you teach.
Level 1Ages 5–7 · First year24 skills
BALBallet
- First and second position
- Plié in first
- Tendu front and side
- Relevé
- Sauté in first
- Chassé across the floor
JZJazz
- Parallel and turned-out positions
- Jazz walks
- Ball change
- Chassé
- Jazz square
- Freeze on the beat
TAPTap
- Toe tap and heel drop
- Stamp and stomp
- Brush forward and back
- Shuffle
- Flap
- Ball change
HHHip hop
- Bounce and rock
- Two-step
- Counting in eights
- Body wave (arms)
- Freeze pose
- Learn 16 counts of choreography
Level 2Ages 7–9 · Has Level 1 skills24 skills
BALBallet
- Third and fifth position
- Demi and grand plié
- Dégagé
- Retiré balance (3 sec)
- Glissade
- Port de bras
JZJazz
- Isolations: head, shoulders, ribs, hips
- Kick ball change
- Pivot turn
- Straight-leg kicks
- Pas de bourrée
- Jazz run
TAPTap
- Shuffle ball change
- Flap ball change
- Cramp roll
- Single time step
- Buffalo
- Heel-toe walk
HHHip hop
- Running man
- Cabbage patch
- Kick ball change
- Body roll
- Isolations
- Learn 32 counts of choreography
Level 3Ages 9–11 · Has Level 2 skills24 skills
BALBallet
- Rond de jambe à terre
- Frappé
- Pas de bourrée
- Changement
- Arabesque
- Quarter pirouette prep from fourth
JZJazz
- Chaîné turns
- Single pirouette in parallel
- Fan kick
- Hitch kick
- Jazz leap
- Split (one side)
TAPTap
- Paradiddle
- Double time step
- Maxie Ford
- Riff
- Shuffle hop step
- Wing prep
HHHip hop
- Toprock
- Six-step
- Popping: the hit
- Waving
- Spin on the spot
- Learn 64 counts of choreography
Level 4Ages 11–14 · Has Level 3 skills24 skills
BALBallet
- Fondu
- Développé
- Single pirouette en dehors
- Grand battement
- Sissonne
- Pas de chat
JZJazz
- Double pirouette
- Calypso
- Center split
- Switch leap prep
- Turning disc
- Jazz fouetté
TAPTap
- Triple time step
- Single pullback
- Irish
- Cincinnati
- Drawback
- Wings on one foot
HHHip hop
- Locking: lock, point, wrist roll
- House footwork basics
- Baby freeze
- Tutting basics
- Groove to changing tempo
- Freestyle 16 counts
Level 5Ages 13+ · Advanced24 skills
BALBallet
- Double pirouette en dehors
- Grand jeté
- Piqué turns across the floor
- Fouetté prep
- Adagio balance in attitude
- Petit allegro combination
JZJazz
- Four fouetté turns in a row
- Switch leap
- À la seconde turns
- Toe touch
- Turning leap
- Combination with musicality
TAPTap
- Double pullback
- Wings on two feet
- Buck time step
- Riffles
- Eight-bar improvisation
- Break with syncopation
HHHip hop
- Freeze variations
- Windmill prep
- Combine three styles in one routine
- Freestyle 32 counts
- Teach 8 counts to the class
- Perform with stage presence
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