Fall & Spring Dance Class Dress Code

Dress code will be worn as the foundation for performance costuming.  

We believe in an inclusive environment that respects young people’s gender identification and preferred expression. All dress code notes below can be applied to students’ self-identified gender. Please speak with your Program Director if you have any questions or concerns regarding this or another aspect of dress code.

Hair must be secured off the face and neck for all classes. Ballet students with long hair must wear a bun.

• Girls Creative Movement: any color leotard, short skirt/tutu optional, any color tights or leggings, bare feet or ballet shoes.
• Boys’ Creative Movement: any color shirt, any color leggings, bare feet, or ballet shoes.
• Girls’ Ballet and Mini-Movers: pink or skin tone tights, black leotard, pink ballet shoes. *Girls 12 and older should wear a sports bra.
• Girls’ Jazz, Tap, and Hip-hop: black jazz pants or leggings, black leotard or camisole, black jazz or tap shoes, sneakers for hip-hop.
• Girls’ Modern: black leotard and footless/convertible tights, bare feet.
• Boys’ Ballet, Modern and Mini-Movers:  black tights, leggings or biking shorts and a white close-fitting shirt. Black ballet shoes, bare feet for modern. *Boys 10 or older should wear a dance belt.
• Boys’ Jazz, Tap, and Hip-Hop:  black jazz pants or leggings, a solid white close-fitting shirt, jazz or tap shoes, clean sneakers (any brand) for Hip-Hop. *Boys 10 or older should wear a dance belt.
• Remember to also pack in your dance bag:
  • water bottle
  • hair ties and pins

Repeated violations of the dress code will prompt a meeting with the family and can be grounds for dismissal from the program.

Whenever possible, dancers should arrive with their dress code under their clothes. If a dancer needs to change their clothes, they can use the bathrooms.  Locker rooms are used in a limited way for advanced team dancers only, and we discourage use of the locker rooms for the student body at large in order to ensure privacy and safety.

Dancers will take different disciplines of dance each day of the week during our Summer Program.

Hair must be secured off the face and neck for all classes. Ballet students with long hair must wear a bun.

Please arrive each day in the following uniform:

• Creative Movement  
  Girls: any color leotard, short skirt/tutu optional, any color tights or leggings, bare feet or ballet shoes.
  Boys: any color shirt, any color leggings, bare feet, or ballet shoes.
• Pre-Ballet
  Girls: black leotard, pink or skin tone tights, ballet slippers.
  Boys: white shirt and black shorts or leggings, ballet shoes.
• Girls’ Ballet: pink or skin tone tights, black leotard, pink or skin tone ballet shoes. Pointe shoes if on pointe.  *Girls 12 and older should wear a sports bra. 
• Boys’ Dance: black tights, leggings or biking shorts, a white close-fitting shirt, black ballet shoes. *Boys 10 or older should wear a dance belt. 

Additional pieces to have in your dance bag:

• Girls and Boys: Black leggings or jazz pants for Jazz, Tap, Modern, and Hip-Hop. These can be changed into after Ballet or put on over tights. Bare feet and footless tights for Modern. Clean sneakers (any brand) for Hip-Hop *Girls 12 and older should wear a sports bra and boys 10 or older should wear a dance belt. 

Remember to also bring: 

• water bottle
• towel
• small snack