Family policies

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

Parents are welcome in the lobby while class is on. Twice a year, in October and March, we hold watch weeks, when families watch their dancer's class from the studio door. Recital seating is open, and recordings of the recital follow the rule printed in the program.

Ballet classes ask for a leotard, pink or skin-tone tights and ballet slippers. Jazz, contemporary and conditioning ask for fitted practice clothes and bare feet or socks. Tap asks for tap shoes. Hair is up for every class, and jewelry stays at home. If you are unsure, a first class in socks is fine.

Please keep your dancer home with a fever, or after being sick until they have been well for a full day. Tell a teacher about any pain, before or during a class, and we will adjust what the dancer does.

The front door opens fifteen minutes before the first class. We hand younger dancers only to an adult on the family's pickup list, and teens leave on the terms the family has written down.

We follow the county schools on weather days and tell families by text and email by midday. Missed classes in a closure are made up in the same session where we can, and rehearsals are moved.

Phones stay in bags during class. Dancers may not record in the studio. Teachers record short clips for correction only, and share them with the dancer and family.

Company dancers commit to the season. If your dancer will miss a class or a rehearsal, please tell the front desk the day before. Repeated absences are a conversation with the director, never a surprise.