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To "look like a dancer" makes you "feel like a dancer" which means you ARE a dancer! At Center Stage Academy we do our best to give a quality class that offers proper technique as well as fun for the students! Class attire is important in keeping class focus. Please adhere to the dress policies below! 

CREATIVE MOVEMENT | PRECOMBO I & II-GIRLS

  • Any leotard and tights (may have an attached skirt)

  • Pink leather ballet shoes without ties

  • Black buckle tap shoes (Creative Movement will get their tap shoes mid-year so wait to buy them)

  • Hair pulled back out of face

CREATIVE MOVEMENT | PRECOMBO I & II-BOYS

  • T-shirt with gym shorts, sweatpants, or knit pants

  • Black leather ballet shoes without ties

  • Black lace-up oxford style tap shoes (Creative Movement will get their tap shoes mid-year so wait to buy them)

Creative Movement

Precombo I & II

Crew Move & Precombo
Combo-Tap-Jazz Dress

Combo 

Jazz

Tap 

COMBO | GIRLS

  • Any leotard and tights, jazz pants, dance shorts or leggings with fitted tank top. No jeans or pajamas.

  • Black Revolution jazz boots

  • Black buckle tap shoes (Kindergarten Combo & Jr. Combo 1),

  • Black oxford style tap shoes (Jr. Combo 2 & 3)

  • Hair should be secured out of face and off the neck in a bun or tucked under french braid. 

COMBO | BOYS

  • T-shirt with gym shorts or joggers

  • Black Revolution Jazz boot

  • Black lace-up oxford style tap shoes 

BOYS TECHNIQUE | BOYS

  • Black or white t-shirt with gym shorts or joggers

  • Black Revolution Jazz boots 

TAP & JAZZ ATTIRE | GIRLS & BOYS

  • Same dress requirements as combo

  • Hair should be secured out of face and off the neck in a bun or tucked under french braid. 

  • Style of tap or jazz shoes varies by class

TAP & JAZZ SHOES | GIRLS & BOYS

  • Jazz 1-4: Revolution Black jazz boot*

  • Tap 1-3: Revolution Junior or Up Tap Shoe*

  • Tap 4: Revolution Premium Tap Shoe*

  • Tap 5: Capezio CG09, CG19, K543, Bloch S0361L or Bloch S0313L  or S0381L *

* Required shoe will be determined by recital costume.​

Boys Tech

A dress code ensures that a teacher will be able to see a dancer’s alignment and positioning. The teacher needs to be able to see a dancer's mistakes. Baggy clothing can mask bad habits, making corrections impossible.

Ballet Dress Code

Ballet | Pointe

Leaps & Turns

BALLET | GIRLS

  • Kindergarten Combo: solid color leotard in any sleeve length with pink tights. Attached skirts are permitted.

  • Jr. Ballet 1-4: solid color leotard in any sleeve length with pink tights. Sports/dance bras and shorts are not acceptable.

  • Pre-Company Ballet: simple black leotard (no attached skirts) in any sleeve length and pink tights. Sports/dance bras and shorts are not acceptable.

  • Int. Ballet 1-7, Adv. Ballet 1-3 and Leaps & Turns 1-4: simple black leotard (no attached skirts) in any sleeve length with pink tights. Sports/dance bras are acceptable IF necessary. 

  • All Levels: Optional sheer, wrap or pull-on skirts, no shorts

  • Kindergarten Ballet, Jr. Ballet and Pre-Company Ballet: Revolution stretch leather pink ballet shoes.*

  • All other ballet classes: Pink Capezio Hanami canvas split sole ballet shoes.*

  • Hair in bun.

*All shoes worn in the recital must be purchased from Center Stage to ensure a uniform look for the class!​

BALLET | BOYS

  • Fitted black or white t-shirt

  • Black shorts, leggings or tights

  • Kindergarten Combo and Junior Ballet: Revolution stretch leather black ballet shoes.

  • Intermediate and Advanced Ballet: Sansha Pro canvas split sole black ballet shoes.

Hair should be secured tightly against the dancer's head so that she or he may spot freely. Hair that moves is a distraction and could hit you or someone else. Dancers of all ages should keep necessary hair supplies in their dance bag. This includes hair ties/pony tail holders, bobby pins and hair nets.

No jewelry, except stud earrings, is allowed in class.

Hip Hop Dress

Hip Hop

HIP HOP | BOYS & GIRLS

  • Any style dance clothing

  • Sweatpants or similar long pants for floor work

  • Jazz boots OR clean tennis shoes that are ONLY worn in the studio

  • Hair pulled back

 

Hip Hop allows for a more flexible dress code to fit the style of movement!

Lyrical | Contemporary

LYRICAL | BOYS & GIRLS

  • Leotard & tights

  • Dance Shorts or leggings optional

  • Lyrical, Ballet, jazz or bare feet (shoe for recital TBD by costume)

  • Hair pulled back

 

 

Lyrical Dress

ALL PERFORMANCE GROUPS | GIRLS

  • Black camisole leotard purchased at CSA

  • Black dance shorts

  • Tights

  • Neoflex jazz boot (color TBD by costume)

  • Black tap shoes-style determined by level

  • Hair pulled back 

 

ALL PERFORMANCE GROUPS | BOYS

  • Black fitted t-shirt

  • Black gym shorts

  • Shoes determined by level

 

Star Performance Team

Pre-Company

Company

Performance Groups
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