General Information and Policies

Center Stage Dance offers an excellent progressive nine-month dance program for both boys and girls. Our youngest dancers are provided with a learning experience that is grounded in teaching the fundamental techniques of tap, jazz and ballet.

Our basic class, including a "Boys-Only" class, begins to introduce young dancers to appropriate dance terminology and provide students an opportunity to practice some basic tumbling skills. As students progress through the years they have an opportunity to increase the amount of time they focus on different disciplines including the opportunity to add pointe to their learning experience. Special care is taken to assure students receive the very best in dance technique and terminology training. Class size is kept to approximately thirteen students.

Registration
To register for dance, children must be four years old by September 15, 2011 or have completed at least one session of "Tumbling & Fun". Classes begin Monday, September 14 and run through the Annual Spring Performance scheduled for the weekend of May 11-13, 2012. A full dance-year calendar, showing scheduled breaks and important performance dates is available on our calendar page or at any studio location.

Tuition Fees
The dance tuition schedule is established as a yearly fee that is divided into 9 equal payments due regularly on the 1st lesson of the calendar month September through May. There may be calendar months that you have 3 lessons, some months with 4 or 5 lessons. We also provide extra performing opportunities and short practices for such performances throughout the year (i.e. Holiday Performance, Kolacky Days, County Fair, Community Days, Giant Days, etc…) at no additional cost to families. Please do not adjust monthly tuition payments based on the number of lessons received in a single calendar month nor because of your child’s absence from a lesson. All lessons cancelled because of bad weather or by the instructor for other reasons are rescheduled at
a later date.

2011 Dance Tuition
$39 per calendar month: Basic Class: 1 hour ; tap, jazz, some ballet & tumbling; ages 4 & up
$47 per calendar month: Combination Class: 1 ½ hour; tap, jazz & ballet; ages 8 & up
$58 per calendar month: Combination Class w/ pointe: 2 hour; tap, jazz, ballet & pointe; ages 12 & up
(pointe evaluation required)

Shoes
Ballet and tap shoes are required for lessons. New shoes may be purchased through CENTER STAGE DANCE: white ballet slippers are $16; children’s flat black tap shoes are $21; tan leather heeled taps are $48; black jazz shoes are $32; black flat leather taps with teltones are $58; and pointe shoes are $55. Please note that the above stated colors are required for all performances.

Used Shoe Exchange & New Shoe Orders
This annual event provides students of CENTER STAGE DANCE an excellent opportunity to purchase used or new dance shoes, as well as sell shoes that are no longer needed by your dancer. The Used Shoe Exchange & New Shoe Order Day will held on Monday, August 22, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Montgomery studio. Students wishing to order dance shoes through the studio should attend this event in order to have shoes delivered by their first lesson. Teachers will not be fitting or ordering shoes during the first few weeks of lessons.

Costumes
Costumes are ordered in early November for the Spring Performance. Each Basic Class has one costume; Combination Classes have two costumes. Costumes are priced at approximately $70. Costumes include all tights, hair and shoe bows, gloves and the costume itself. A costume deposit of $50 must be made by November 1 with the balance due on December 1.

Parent Watch Days
Parents are welcome and encouraged to watch their child’s dance class the first lesson of each month. Please remember this is a class and respect for the class is expected.

Bad Weather Days
If Montgomery –Lonsdale Schools are cancelled or children are sent home early from school due to bad weather, dance will also be cancelled at the Montgomery and Lonsdale studios. If Le Sueur-Henderson Schools are cancelled or children are sent home early from school due to bad weather, dance will also be cancelled at the Le Sueur studio. Classes cancelled will be made-up at a later date. Cancellation of lessons due to bad weather can be confirmed by calling the studio for a recorded message.

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