Dance Attire
· Dancers must wear appropriate dance clothing to class.
· Warm-ups are permitted, but must be taken off after the warm up portion of the class.
· No baggy clothes, shorts or t-shirts will be permitted.
· All dancers are required to wear leotard and tights to classes in order for instructors to properly see the lines of the dancers’ bodies and be given the necessary corrections.
· Jazz pants will not be allowed in the ballet portion of class. Skirts are preferred, but Capri pants or tight fitting shorts may also be worn.
· If your dancer has other activities before or after class, please do not send them in street clothes. Bring a change of clothes in their dance bag. Faculty will ask the student to sit out and observe class if proper dance attire is not worn.
Ballet:
· Black Danzone leotard
· Pink tights
· Ballet slippers (Split Sole Slippers are Preferred)
· Dancer may wear legwarmers, ballet skirt or boy shorts that are form-fitting.
Cheerdance:
· Biketard
· Black Jazz Shoes
Creative Movement/Acroballet:
· Pink leotard
· Pink tights
· Ballet skirts optional
· Black jazz shoes any style
Tap:
· Black Danzone Leotard
· Black tap shoes
Hip Hop:
· Black Danzone Leotard
· Black Dance sneakers
* Black Sweat Pants
Hair
· Hair should be tied back securely, away from the dancer’s face and neck during class.
· Short hair should be pulled back from the face using a headband or pins as appropriate.
· Hair elastics are available in the office for 25 cents.
A neat appearance helps your child feel like a dancer, and realize that dance class is special. Loose hair is distracting to both dancer and teacher. Please place an extra hair elastic in your dancer’s bag. Faculty is not responsible for fixing your child’s hair.
Shoes
· Dancers are required to wear the proper shoes to each class.
· For recital, ballet shoes are pink and jazz and tap shoes are black.
· Other colors are acceptable for class use only.
· If your child dances in a jazz routine, they must have jazz shoes.
· Dance shoes are to be worn inside only. Wearing dance shoes outside will ruin the shoe and bring in dirt to the dance floor.
· Please put your dancer’s name in their shoes as it’s easy to get them mixed up. Masking tape on the bottom of tap shoes and a sharpie marker on jazz and ballet shoes is an easy way to uniquely identify shoes.
· For Hip hop, dance sneakers will be required.
Dancewear may be purchased at the Danzone
Shoes May Be Purchased at:
Danswest Danswear
5633 E Speedway Blvd
721-3082
Hirsch’s Capezio:
2934 E Broadway Blvd
325-3110