Levels for Workshops and Competitions
SwitchOn Seattle, Dec. 11-14, 2025
​We ask that you choose your own level with our cookie types below as your guide.
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There will also be non-leveled Secondary Role Intensives
to help get beginners ready for switch and steal Basics.
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Our Levels
Cookie Dough (Getting to Level 1)
These wonderful dancers have a basic foundation in all of the basics in their primary role and minimal experience exploring their secondary role. They also may have little or no experience with switch and/or steal. They probably have taken WCS lessons at least 3 months in their primary role. They may or may not have taken any workshops at events
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No one will be excluded from being "cookie dough". :-)
You are welcome to attend Sugar Cookie/Basic/Level 1 workshops and competitions. We suggest you step out and observe if you feel you're not ready to keep up. See how it goes.
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Sugar Cookies (Level 1 - Basic)
Dancers who are able to dance their primary role in all of the basics with some variations and at least some of the basics in their secondary role and some experience with switch and/or steal. These dancers will probably have had at least 6 months of WCS lessons and may have danced WCS socially 6 months or more.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies (Level 2 - Intermediate)
Dancers who are able to dance both lead and follow roles and are comfortable in all of the basics with some variations and are somewhat fluent with a few switch and/or steal skills. These dancers may have taken WCS lessons extensively for more than a year 1 and have taken a number of workshops at events.
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Snickerdoodles (Level 3 - Advanced)
These dancers are proficient in both lead and follow roles as well as having strong skills in switch and steal. They may have been taking WCS lessons and workshops for a number of years and competed in both roles. They probably have taken a number of lessons in switch and/or steal.
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