Dance Effects

Why a Dress Code???

A dress code helps promote a controlled and productive learning environment. Proper shoes are essential for the safety of your dancer.

General rules:

• Appropriate dance basics such as leotards, tights, exercise shorts, jazz pants, sports bras, etc. must be worn.
• Warm-up clothing such as sweat-shirts and sweat-pants can be worn over appropriate basics. Extra layers are important in assisting muscles throughout the warm-up process, but must be removed when the warm-up process is completed.
• Excessive baggy clothing is not acceptable.
• Street clothes are not acceptable.
• NO JEANS, KHAKIS, OR SKIRTS.
• Hair must be worn up and out of the face.

Young Dancers

Combo

Creative Movement; Pre-ballet

• Pink leotard (with or without skirt), pink tights
  
• Pink ballet shoes
• Hair should be pulled back off the face

Ballet I-IV & Pointe

• Black leotard, pink tights, pink split-sole ballet shoes
• Black ballet skirt or ballet shorts acceptable but no tank tops or exercise shorts
• NO TAN COLORED TIGHTS!
• Hair must be secured in a BUN!!!
  

Hip Hop

• Plain sneakers
• sweat-pants and sweat-shirts acceptable
• No street clothes, jeans, or skirts
  

Jazz

• Jazz pants or exercise shorts
• Split-sole jazz shoes (black or tan)

Lyrical

• Appropriate dance basics
• Lyrical shoes

Modern

• Appropriate dance basics
• Bare feet
  

Tap

• Appropriate dance basics
• Tap shoes with a low heel (black or tan)

Pilates

• Exercise clothing
• Exercise mat

Ballet Fit

• Form fitting exercise attire
• Socks or ballet shoes
  

Zumba

• Exercise clothing and tennis shoes