Dress Code Success
The color and type of shoes required for class.
What are tan jazz shoes?
The very first thing you do when entering the room.
What is placing your phone in the pouch?
Instead of focusing on absolute perfection, your technical grades prioritize this type of continuous individual improvement.
What is progression?
You must have previous dance experience to survive and succeed in Dance I.
False (No previous experience is required!).
The absolute deadline to have your jazz shoes ready.
Answer: What is August 18th? (Next Friday)
The mandatory grooming procedure that must be completed before starting class to prevent a vision safety hazard during turns and jumps.
What is pulling your hair completely away/up from your face?
The partial credit score you will receive for the day if your dance attire is incomplete, such as having your hair down or missing your jazz shoes.
What is a 50?
True or False: Students are allowed to bring personal drinks into the studio space as long as they leave them on the floor by the mirrors.
False (Drinks are prohibited in the dance room, but if a student brings a drink, they must use the specific, designated drink tray to store it).
Two items forbidden during movement due to safety risks.
What are gum and jewelry?
The exact number of minutes you have to sit in roll call lines after the bell.
What is 10 minutes?
The exact communication step you must take before missing class—not after—to secure your weekly performance grade and avoid an automatic zero.
What is emailing the teacher prior to your absence?
True or False: Dancers are permitted to sit out of daily physical practice if they tell the teacher they have a headache, stomach ache, or menstrual cramps.
False (According to the syllabus, you will receive an automatic zero for the day if you sit out without an official doctor's note).
The local shop offering a 15% discount coupon for gear.
What is Dance Designs on Raynolds?
The final reflective step of the daily routine before dressing in.
What is the 5-minute journal reflection/check?
The exact dates of the mandatory Fall Fire Recital.
What are December 10th and 11th?
True or False: Spaghetti straps and exposed midriffs are perfectly fine for daily dance tops.
False (No spaghetti straps and no exposed midriffs allowed).
The functional reason why dancers are required to wear form-fitting clothes like "a form of dance pants" instead of baggy street clothes.
What is so the teacher can see your body alignment, technique?
The primary physiological purpose of completing the warm-up procedure at the start of every dance session.
What is to increase heart rate, warm up muscles, and prevent physical injury?
The required after-school hours for recital performance days.
What is 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM?
True or False: It is completely fine to miss a recital performance if a student has an after-school conflict, since it is just an elective class.
False (Missing a recital is not acceptable; parents and students sign a binding agreement committing to the mandatory performance dates and times).