Getting Started
The WHY
- the dress code keeps us looking like a team (no comparison) and we can take a class photo to commemorate this new season of dance
- there is discipline & responsibility in a dress code knowing that we need to remember to wear the right thing and teaching students to be prepared for class
- this is a way to respect & honor the artform of dance and looking the part is a part of that (firemen don't show up in sweat pants expecting to fight a fire dressed like that-we also need to look the part of the dancer!)
For your convenience, all equipment may be ordered &
purchased at the studio at a reasonable cost. We want to match at performing time! 🙂
Ballet
All Pre-Dance, Beginning, Elementary, and Intermediate
students of ballet are required to wear short sleeved or tank, scooped neck leotard (see color requirements below), pink tights and pink ballet slippers.
Leotard Color Requirements
- Tiny Tots, Pre-Dance, and Beginning -- Royal Blue
- Elementary -- Royal Blue
- Inter. I & I--Sky Blue
- Inter III & IV--Light Pink
- Advanced--Black
Legwarmers, wrap sweaters, elastics, and knee pads for jazz or hip hop are optional
equipment and may be used but not abused!
Skirts are only allowed on visiting weeks or in the pointe classes.
No crop tops allowed!
T-Shirts are not acceptable dancewear. Socks for dance class (in the place of shoes) are
prohibited on our floors.
All required clothing will be their costume base for informal arts concerts & minirecitals & ALL required clothing is available at registration.
**We prefer everyone purchase their dancewear with us so that we can assure it
matches each person for their uniform for classes & performances.
Jazz
- Black leotard
- Black shorts
- Tan jazz shoes
Tap
- Black leotard
- Black shorts
- Black tap shoes
Tumbling
- Black Unibike OR black leotard
- Black shorts
Contemporary
- Black leotard
- black shorts
- Tan 1/2 Soles
Hip Hop
- Tight fitting tank top (any solid color)
- Black pants
- Black hip hop shoes
All other classes may wear any color leotard, but should check with their instructor for tights,
pants & shoes.
Adults
Adults should wear athletic clothing that is stretchy and can allow for full range of movement. Leotards and leggings are suggested but not required. Please wear ballet shoes for ballet, half soles or barefeet for contemporary, jazz shoes for jazz class, hip hop sneakers for hip hop, tap shoes for tap class. For Limbering/Pilates/Yoga classes we require no dancewear, just work out athletic clothing.
Male Students
- Navy shorts
- White T-Shirts,
- White Socks
- Black Shoes
...or appropriate dancewear.
All Students MUST have Hair pulled neatly and securely off the face!
Buns are preferred but braids or ponytails are acceptable. If you have short
hair please use a headband or pins and get your hair off your neck as much as
possible.
Important Dates
Our session goes from September through June and culminates in a Production recital this school year.