Policies & Procedures

  • Arrival: Please arrive five minutes prior to class start time dressed in the proper attire (see below). Proper technical warm-ups are done at the beginning of class and are vital to preventing injuries. Dancers arriving more than 10 minutes late to class will not be allowed to take the class that day.
  • Attire: 
    1. Youth Girls:  Ballet: Pink or black leotard, pink tights and pink ballet shoes. Hair must be worn in a bun if hair is long enough or pulled off the face if it is not.  Tap/Jazz: Solid leotard, solid tights, black tap or jazz shoes. Hair must be pulled back off the face.  Hip Hop/Modern: Loose, comfortable clothing is recommended.  Tumbling: Solid leotard, athletic shorts or leggings. Hair must be in ponytail if long enough or pulled off the face if it is not.
    2. Youth Boys:  Plain white T-shirt and running shorts for all styles.  Shoes apprepiate to style of class as listed above.
    3. Adult Women:  Solid leotard and tights or dance pants is recomended for all styles.  Fitted tank tops or shirts are also acceptable over dance pants.  Shoes appropiate to style of class is essential and listed above.  Jazz Sneakers are recomended for Zumba.  Pilates and Modern are bare feet.
    4. Adult Men:  Solid T-shirt and shorts or dance pants is recomended for all styles.  Shoes appropiate to style of class is essential and listed above.
  • Behavior: Due to the small space in the hallways, please be courteous to other parents, students and our staff by not allowing young siblings to run around or cluttering the halls in a way that makes other parents or staff not have an open walkway.
  • Absences: You may make-up missed classes in other classes that fit the dancer’s age and skill level. Missed classes are not refundable. Tuition is still due to hold the spot for your student. There are no refunds if you drop a class(es) in the middle of the month, choose other activities over dance class, or simply skip class. We request that a parent call or email the studio to inform the teacher and staff of any absences, illness, or problem a student might be having. If your student has a contagious illness or is injured please keep them out of class until they are recovered and can participate fully without risk or relapse or re-injury. In the case of serious injury, that would require students to miss a month or more of class, tuition might be waived (this is determined by the NorthSide Dance Theatre staff on a case-by-case basis).
  • Class Cancellation: NorthSide Dance Theater reserves the right to combine classes, change times, provide substitute teachers or replacement teachers, and cancel or combine any class with 6 or less students. These decisions will be made by the director.
  • Dropping/Adding Classes:  Youth Classes 
    1. If a student would like to add a class after they are already enrolled, they are welcome to do a free trial class. At which time, they must inform the instructor that they are trying the class. After the free trial, if you’d like to add the class to your schedule you MUST inform the office manager. Any extra tuition associated with the class will be due upon the addition of the class to their schedule, but will be prorated if it is in the middle of the session.
    2. Since Dance fees are charged on a session basis you may drop out of a class at any time. If you have paid a session’s fee and drop during the beginning or middle of the session, you will not receive a refund. You may however, finish the rest of the month and drop at the end of that particular session. To ensure that you do not get billed after you have dropped a class, please make sure to come in and fill out a Drop/Add Form (or mail a letter) so that we may remove you from that class list and our billing records. Remember, until a Drop/add form (or a letter) is completed, Signed and dated we are still saving your student a space in the class and will bill you accordingly.
    3. If you are re-enrolling in the same season, after having dropped all classes from the studio, there will be a re-enrollment fee of $15.

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