Policies
Expectation of Dancers
Children who attend class regularly and respect themselves, as well as their peers, will learn valuable life lessons along with advancing in their dancing ability. It is important to all teachers, that the studio creates a fun atmosphere where the student feels safe.
Studio Space
Please be respectful of items that are not your own and clean up your area after dance class. Please do not wear street shoes on the dance floor. Dancers should mark all their items and place their items in the cubby areas in the front and back entrances of the building in order to leave seating available for observers.
Observation
Parents are allowed to stay at the studio while their child is at class. Parents and other children are not allowed to enter into the studio/dance classrooms during or between classes. We have seating, tables, and wi-fi for our dance families while their dancer is in class. Please supervise any younger spectators that may be accompanying you. Do not allow your younger spectators to distract or disrupt the students in class by tapping on the glass or running by the windows.
Dance Attire
Wearing proper attire and shoes for dance class is important. Being able to see body alignment makes it easier for the dance instructor to make corrections. Females should have their hair pulled off their face and wear minimal jewelry. Males are expected to wear dance pants or shorts with a t-shirt as well as proper dance shoes. Girls Requirements are listed below.
- Ballet: any color leotard, tights, pink leather or canvas ballet shoes, ballet skirt or tight leggings are optional.
- Pointe: any color leotard, tights, ballet skirt or tight leggings are optional. Pointe shoes have to be fitted by the pointe shoe specialist from Mark’s Dancewear
- Jazz: any color leotard, tank-top, dance pants, tan jazz shoe
- Hip-Hop: any athletic leisure clothing, can be tight or loose fitting. Black Jazz shoe for level 1 & 2. Black tennis shoe or black jazz shoe for level 3, 4 ,5
- Tap: any color leotard, dance pants or shorts, tan tap shoes. Any dancer in Tap 4 will need tan High Heeled Tap Shoes
- Modern: any color leotard, dance pants or shorts and dance paws or foot undeez
- Acro: any tight fitted athletic tank-top, t-shirt, shorts or leggings; leotard or biketard, barefoot (no shoes or tights over the feet for this class.) Boys: athletic wear
Weather Cancellations
If the Oelwein Community School District cancels school or dismisses early due to weather, classes scheduled for that night will be cancelled. The first two classes missed due to weather will NOT be made up. The third class and any after that cancelled due to weather will be made-up at the discretion of the instructor.
Absence and Make-Up Lessons
If a student misses class, it is their responsibility to make up the lesson. They are able to attend other classes to make up the missed lesson but it must be approved by the instructor. They can’t make up classes during the months of April and May.
Registration/Recital Fee.
A $100 Registration/Recital Fee will be billed to your account at the beginning of each 9-month dance season. The fee includes Registration, 1 Recital DVD, 1 Recital T-Shirt and the Recital Facilty and Personnel Fees. A $15 charge will be added for each additional child registered within a family...so, for example, if you have 2 children registered for classes, the Registration/Recital fee would be $115.00, 3 children would be $130 and so on. Additional Recital DVD's can be purchased for $35 and additional Recital T-Shirts can be purchased for $15.
Tuition
(Payment for lessons will be taken in cash, check or credit card)
- Option one is to pay the annual amount of tuition plus sales tax at registration and receive a 10% discount off tuition. The 10% discount will be revoked if not paid in full by October 10, 2021.
- Option two is to pay monthly. The monthly amount will be calculated at registration. Monthly payments will be due by the 10th of every month. There are 9 payments starting in September and ending in May. A $10 late fee will be applied to all payments not received prior to the 10th of the month. *If there is an outstanding balance by recital your child will not be able to perform.
Recital and Costume Payment
Recital will be held at the Williams Center at the end of May each year. Times of Recitals will be announced at a later time. Please know that there is a costume fee for each class. The cost of each costume will range somewhere between $70 and $95 for each class. Costume costs will be billed to your account around the first of December. This cost will include costume, accessories (if needed), and tights. It does not cover alterations.