Jazz/Hip Hop classes Fitted leggings/joggers/ sweatpants. Only Spandex shorts approx. fingertip length 2.5+ inch inseam. No loose fitted shorts, nor jeans. Shirts: fitted, no spaghetti strap shirts unless another shirt is over. Belly button covered. A leotard or fitted shirt under loose shirts. No undergarments showing. Proper respect to the body is to be shown and properly covered. Hair is to be in a pony or bun at all times.
REQUIRED: Boys/Girls: Tan Jazz Shoes plus smooth bottom shoes that are soft/flexible or more bendable in the arch work best for hip-hop. (required color: black shoes with white soles) No tennis/gym shoes with grip,No black soled shoes. Please bring separate dance shoes that are not everyday school shoes. This will help protect dance floor and keep dance floor cleaner. Have a “Designated DANCE BAG”.
Ballet classes Girls: Black short sleeve leotards, pink tights, Pink ballet shoes. Black bike shorts can be worn over leotard. Boys: White T-Shirt, Black legging/biker pants, black socks, black ballet shoes.
Creative Ballet Classes All Pink: leotard, tights, and shoes. Black leotard works too. But pink is recommended.
How to Determine Appropriate Class Level
* If you are unsure between two levels, you can take both classes and then drop one with teacher approval, or schedule a private lesson for an assessment.
Technique 1 is for dancers who have not had a ballet class or who do not remember or who are not able to properly perform the basic skills: plie, tendue, degage, passe, grand plie in all positions, arabesque, feet & arm positions, single pirouette, chasse step leap, pique and chaine turns.
Technique 2 is for dancers who have had ballet and who can properly perform all of the above.
Jazz/ hip hop 1 is for dancers who are new to dance, or have had 1-2 years of dance.
Jazz/ hip hop 2 is for dancers who have had at least 3-4 years of dance experience and who can properly do a variety of of leaps and turns that are learned in Level 1 along with level 1 hip hop skills.
Jazz/hip hop 3 is for dancers who have had 4+ years of dance experience and who can properly do Level 2 skills.