Attendance

Good attendance is key to both individual and class progress. Please notify the studio in advance if you must miss a class. Missed classes must be made up within one month of the missed class. There will be no make-up classes during the month of May or June.

Classroom Attire

Dancing, like many activities has its own characteristic apparel. All shoes, leotards and tights may be purchased at our dancewear shop located within the studio. Our requirements for dress are as follows:

Classical Ballet Level I:
Leotard, Tights, skirts (optional)
Hair in Bun

Classical Ballet II, III:
Leotard, Tights, skirts Hair in Bun

All Other Classes:
FITTED DANCEWEAR
Example: Leotard, tights, crop tops, biker shorts, jazz pants or unitards. Hair pulled back away from face.

Absolutely NO STREET CLOTHES or STREET SHOES PERMITTTED.

Shoes

All dancers must have their correct shoes by the start of their first class. Dancers can be sized and shoes purchased at our Open House. Our studio shoes are:

Ballet: Split sole pink ballets
Tap: Tan Strappy Tap for ages 5 and up
Black Taps ( for boys)
Jazz: Tan split sole jazz shoes age 8 & up
Black split sole jazz shoes (Boys)
Hip Hop: to be determined

Performing Lines

Center Stage Dance is proud to provide the opportunity for dancers to dance at a competitive level. While participating in our competition program our instructors continue to give each dancer a solid dance education while enhancing each dancer’s level of performance technique and showmanship. Our competition staff prides itself on maintaining a positive learning environment while teaching students the disciplines of competition.

• Competition dance requires a higher level of commitment from dancers, parents and staff. Dancers are required to take additional ballet technique, jazz/tap technique, and production classes along with their team class.
• Dancers are required to attend one dance conventions (Mini level teams) two dance conventions (junior & senior level teams) which are held in the Twin Cities. This gives dancers the opportunity to work with professional choreographers from cities like New York and Los Angeles.
• Competition team members will incur additional costs. These include costumes, makeup, competition fees, convention fees and shoe expenses. We work hard to keep these costs as low as possible.
• Performing Lines compete at four nationally rank competitions which are held locally.
• Performing lines go to nationals every other year.
• Placement on a team is by audition only.
• We encourage dancers who wish to audition to enroll in summer technique classes so that the instructors can better prepare your son/daughter for the August competition workshop.

If you have any questions regarding our competition program, please call the Studio @ 952-895-3484.

Pictures

Studio Pictures are taken in May for all classes at the studio by a professional photographer. Parents are under no obligations to purchase pictures. However, we do ask that you allow your son/daughter to participate in the class group pictures. Our specific picture date will be determined at a later time.