HDC's Acro Clinics, 2026

A fun and encouraging introduction to acro for our youngest dancers, focusing on body awareness, flexibility, and beginner tumbling foundations.

Skills may include:
Forward rolls, straddle rolls, donkey kicks, handstands, cartwheels, inside outs, inchworms, and bridges.

Prerequisites: Cartwheel and drop back bridge, both unassisted

Designed for dancers with a beginning acro foundation who are ready to build strength, flexibility, and consistency.

Skills may include:
Round offs, handstands, inside outs, pop cartwheels, bridge kickovers, back walkovers, front limbers, front walkovers, valdez, and chinstands.

Prerequisites: Back walkover, front walkover, and valdez, all unassisted

Designed for dancers ready to move into more intermediate acro work with an emphasis on control, power, and clean execution.

Skills may include:
Round offs, handstands, rolling tinsicas, back handsprings, front handsprings, side aerials, scorpions, chinstands, and elbowstands.

Prerequisites: Back handspring, front handspring, and side aerial, all unassisted

For dancers with strong acro fundamentals who are ready for more advanced progressions and combinations.

Skills may include:
Round offs, handstands, standing multiple back handsprings, rolling tinsicas, gainer side aerials, standing tucks, front aerials, scorpions, and elbowstands.

Prerequisites: Round off tuck and side aerial, both unassisted
Designed for advanced dancers ready to train higher-level tumbling and acro skills with focused technical refinement.

Skills may include:
Round off back handspring tucks, layouts, layout stepouts, vortex, and raiz.