Class Policies

CLASS OBSERVATION: Parents and visitors wishing to watch classes will be asked to make prior arrangements with the instructors. The classrooms are not equipped with a viewing window.

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PLACEMENT FOR CLASSES

• Placement decisions are considered final. Repeated requests to change placement may be considered harassment and could result in administrative action.

• All dancers and tumblers must display excellent behavior and listening skills in class and are expected to be role models for all dancers.

• Placement changes will NOT be initiated unless an instructor has informed an Operations Committee member of the change.

Minimum Ages:

• Ballet, Tumbling, Tap: age 3+

• Musical Theater, Jazz, Hip Hop (Except Mini Hip Hop): age 7+

• Mini Hip Hop: age 5+

• Contemporary: age 8+

• Pre-Pointe/Pointe: age 12+ (must also be enrolled in ballet)

• These age minimums are studio policy to support dancer safety, health, and development.

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CLASS PRE-REQUISITES​

• Tap and Ballet are required for all dance students for at least three full seasons and until the child enters 6th grade. This restriction does not apply to children taking Hip Hop, Musical Theater, or Tumbling. 

• Contemporary, Jazz, Musical Theater, and Hip Hop instructors may require students to be enrolled in tap or ballet as a pre-requisite to their class at their discretion. 

• Students enrolled in pointe must have 5 or more years of completed ballet classes and must also be enrolled in a standard ballet class.

• Students wishing to perform extracurricular dances (such as solos, duets/trios) must be enrolled in ballet for the entirety of the season and have three completed seasons of ballet and tap. Please see our Extracurricular dances policy for additional information and criteria. 

 

​ADD/DROP CLASSES: The Studio maintains a strict policy regarding enrollment.

• Tuition is never prorated

• Adding or dropping a class must be done so in writing by the 20th of the month PRIOR to when you want the change to take place.

• There will be no class drops approved (minus extenuating circumstances) after February 1st.

• Students absent more than three (3) classes in one month without notifying the instructor will be automatically dropped from the class. Tuition up to that point is still the responsibility of the parent.

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WAITLISTS: At times it may be necessary to establish a waiting list for certain classes.

• Waitlisted children will be placed in the order of the waitlist.

• If a spot opens you will be contacted by email and/or BAND app and will have 48 hours to respond. In the event you do not respond you will be placed back at the top of the waiting list and the next person will be contacted.