BALLET AND POINTE CLASSES
Any color leotard (preferably solid or 2-tone) may be worn. Short ballet skirts of a conservative style and pattern may also be worn. However, no tutus, shorts, pants, biketards, or tee shirts are allowed. Warmers may be worn if they are close fitting and are solid in color, preferable pink or black.
SKIRT INFORMATION: The length of the skirt that a child or teenager is worn no longer than mid-thigh. Covering the legs is counter productive in achieving the best possible training and corrections.
SHOES AND TIGHTS: Pink ballet slippers (preferably Bloch or Sansha brand), pink pointe shoes - as required. Pink tights for the legs. Note: Please do not buy your childs ballet slippers at a regular shoe store. They are very inexpensive, but the shoe is not made of leather and it does not bend at the arch. Therefore your child will look like he/she is wearing the shoebox instead of the shoe. Please invest in a proper pair of ballet slippers so your child may point their foot properly without a flat cardboard sole inhibiting the arch of the foot as well as inhibiting their full releve. If taken care of, proper leather ballet slippers last all year unless your child has an unusually big growth spurt.
JAZZ, TAP, and MODERN CLASSES
Biketards, Leotards, Jazz Pants and other jazz wear may be worn as long as it is MOSTLY SOLID in COLOR AND NOT WILD. No overdone stripes, sequins or patterns will be allowed.
SHOES AND TIGHTS: Pink, black or suntan tights may be worn on the legs.
For Pee-Wee and Elementary 1 and 2 Jazz Classes - Suntan Leather Slip On Jazz Shoes.
For Elementary 3, 4, 5, and 6 Jazz Classes - Black Leather Jazz Shoes, either Slip On Leather or Tie Sneakers.
Karen Cleighton's Jazz classes - Black Leather Jazz Shoes.
Clyde Evans's Hip Hop Classes - Black or White street sneakers.
For Modern Dance - Nude Footies.
For Pre-Dance Division Tap - Tan Tap Shoes.
BOYS
Boys studying ballet at The Dance Center will wear black tights, black ballet slippers and a white tee-shirt. Boys studying jazz, tap or modern will wear the same as ballet or they may wear loose fitting shorts and a white tee shirt. Jazz shoes or tap shoes are required as needed. Bare feet for modern dance.
