Be sure to place your student’s name on ALL dance shoes, bags, and apparel. No loose clothing is to be worn during class.
Combination Classes
- Girls: Ballet pink tights, black leotard, black patent leather tap shoes (ties removed and black elastic loops in place) and pink ballet shoes (full or split sole). Ballet skirts optional. Hair in a bun. Short hair styles need to be pulled out of the face and secured.
- Boys: Black patent oxford boys tap shoes and black ballet shoes. Black sweat pants and a white close fitting t-shirt.
Ballet
The LE Dance dress code for Ballet is designed to encourage discipline and unity among its students. Pink leather or canvas ballet shoe with elastics sewn correctly is required. Dancers who take pointe should be wearing their shoes in both their ballet classes weekly. FOR ALL BALLET CLASSES: Hair is to be pulled back in a bun or French braid for class.
BEGINNING BALLET – Solid Light Blue / Pink ballet tights (full foot or transition), Pink ballet shoe with sewn elastics.
BALLET II/III– (meets twice a week) Lavender solid colored leotard / Pink ballet tights (full foot or transition tight), Pink ballet shoes with sewn elastics
BALLET III – (meets twice a week): Navy solid colored leotard / Pink ballet tights (Full foot or transition tights)/ Pink ballet shoes with sewn elastics
BALLET IV – (meets twice a week): Maroon/black cherry/ burgundy solid colored leotard / Pink ballet tights (Full foot or transition), Pink ballet shoes with sewn elastics/ Pointe Shoes
BALLET VI – (meets twice a week): Black solid colored leotard / Pink ballet tights (Full foot or transition tights), Pink Ballet shoes with sewn elastics/ Pointe Shoes
BALLET SKIRTS may be worn in Level IV and higher only.
HAIR needs to be in a bun or french braid (no ponytails) There are MANY clips that will secure hair to head.
**Ballet IV and ADV BALLET VI- pointe shoes **
Dancers will observe ballet class if they are not in proper attire for ballet class (All dancers need to be in proper attire by mid September). Dance bags should have correct ballet attire within.
Jazz
- Girls/Boys: Jazz pants or biker shorts, dance top or leotard, black Leo’s or black Capezio slip-on gore jazz shoe (full neoprene around instep). Black dance sneakers can be worn in upper level jazz classes but not in recital. All hair secured back.
- SHOES – Bloch LOW rise neoprene arch slip on jazz shoe, tan in color.
Hip Hop
- Girls/Boys: Same attire as jazz. Capezio canvas black dance sneakers are preferred. All hair secured back.
- SHOES – Beginning and Hip Hop I will wear the Canvas low black hip hop split sole sneaker
- SHOES – Hip Hop II and higher will wear the ADIDAS all black RALEIGH high top sneaker (only to be worn in the studio, they may not be worn on the street, otherwise they cannot be worn for dance!).
Tap
- Girls/Boys: Same attire as jazz. Level I,II,III Bloch jazz oxford #301 black tap shoes. Level IV Capezio CG09 black tap shoes.
Modern
- Girls/Boys: Leotard, dance top, tights or jazz pants can be worn for modern. Attire must be of a dance material. Modern technique utilizes the articulation of body parts, so it is extremely necessary to be in true dance wear, in order to see the body moving.
Appearance
Legwarmers & body warmers may be worn as long as they do not hide the body line. ABSOLUTELY NO t-shirts or sweats may be worn in ANY class. Jewelry is to be kept minimal for safety reasons. It should not be distracting. Hair needs to stay out of the face — in a bun or clipped up to stay secure. Students who have issues of hair continually coming out of place, will be asked to go to the restroom and fix it securely. It becomes distracting and takes away from instruction when students are continually readjusting their hair.