General Studio Policies & Procedures

Storm Dance Alliance is a dance studio that exclusively teaches school aged children 18 and under.

Dance Dress Code: Required dancewear and dance shoes must be worn to all classes. Failure to wear required dancewear to class could result in students being asked to sit out the class. Repeated failure to wear required dancewear could result in termination of lessons. Students are not permitted to wear jeans or shoes worn on the street or outdoors, to any dance class. For safety reasons dancers are not permitted to wear jewelry. Long hair must be tied back.

Ballet/Pointe (Summer Session)

Solid black leotard with pink tights (Pre-school & Kindergarten classes can do a pink or black leotard)
Solid black or pink ballet skirt may be worn over leotard. No Shorts Please.
Boys: Black Pants or Shorts, Black or White Tank Top or Form Fitting T-Shirt
Pink canvas ballet shoes- female, Black Canvas Ballet Shoe- Male, Pointe shoes are individual and need to be approved by the director.
Hair: If the child’s hair is long enough, a gelled bun. If the child’s hair is not long enough yet, please pull back as much of the hair away from the face as possible. For level 1 and up, bobby pins and hairnets expected. No “wispies” in the face.

Ballet/Pointe (Fall & Spring Session)

Ballet Uniform (Pre-school & Kindergarten classes can do a pink or black leotard)
Boys: Black Pants or Shorts, Black or White Tank Top or Form Fitting T-Shirt
Pink canvas ballet shoes (female), Black canvas ballet shoe (male). Pointe shoes are individual and need to be approved by the director.
Hair: If the child’s hair is long enough, a gelled bun. If the child’s hair is not long enough yet, please pull back as much of the hair away from the face as possible. For Junior Beginning and up, bobby pins and hairnets expected. No “wispies” in the face.

Ballet Uniform
Each ballet class (levels junior beginning and up) will now require a Ballet Uniform that will be worn to class each week. During recital registration your dancer will be fitted for their class uniform. Each leotard will cost $30.00. You will be responsible for your own pink tights. White ballet skirts will also be available for purchase for $20.00 at the studio and are the only skirts that will be approved to wear to class. Each dancer will also need a white hip alignment belt in ¾ inch that can be purchased at discountdance.com.

Storm Dance Alliance will be participating in the IDA Ballet Awards! For this event, each ballet will perform in a small show in May at Thompson Middle School in Oswego.

*Please note this is a separate performance from recital

Tap

Pre-school, Kindergarten, and Beginer Tap Classes, Dance Combo: Black strappy tap shoes.
Intermediate and Advanced Tap: Black slip on or tie tap shoes. No mary jane style for this level.
Hair: All hair must be completely pulled back. Buns and ponytails are accepted. No “wispies” hanging in the face.
Leotard, or form fitted dance top. No baggy tops or t-shirts will be accepted.
Dance shorts, skirts, or leggings are acceptable for bottoms.

Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern, Acrobatics

Leotard, or form fitted dance top. No baggy tops or t-shirts will be accepted.
Dance shorts, skirts, or leggings are acceptable for bottoms.
Jazz: TAN slip on jazz shoes are required.
Contemporary & Lyrical: dance paws (nude only) or bare feet.
Acrobatics/Tumbling: Bare foot, hair in ponytail or bun at nape of neck.
Boys: Pants or Shorts, Form Fitting solid colored tank top or t-shirt.
Hair: All hair must be completely pulled back. Buns and ponytails are accepted. No “wispies” hanging in the face.

Hip Hop

Tank Top or Dance Top, T-shirts are fine. No inappropriate words on shirts.
Leggings, sweat pants or warm-up pants, long basketball shorts. NO jeans will be accepted.
Hip Hop sneakers or CLEAN tennis shoes with non-marking soles.
Boys: Warm-up pants or basketball shorts, sweat pants, t-shirt, hats are allowed.
Hair: All hair must be completely pulled back. Buns and ponytails are accepted.

Registration: All students are assessed an annual membership fee of $20.00 per student, or $30.00 per family. All students registering for the Spring Recital Term will also be assessed a $25.00 recital / trophy fee. These fees are payable at registration.

Payment of Fees: Tuition must be paid in full or by automatic bank account debit or automatic credit card payment. Tuition will be debited from your bank account on the 1st day of each month from January through May, or charged to your credit card the 1st day of each month. The month of January is non-refundable. Once you have started classes, tuition is nonrefundable for any reason, and may only be returned in the form of studio credit. Credit card or bank debit payments are not accepted for in-person payment on a monthly basis. Payment must be made by pre-authorized automatic monthly payment. All charges will appear on your bank statement or credit card statement as being from Storm Dance Alliance.

NSF Payments: I hereby authorize the school to electronically debit my bank account for the amount of any NSF paper check or auto-debit transactions plus a $25.00 NSF fee.

Withdrawal and Refunds: NO REFUNDS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM ANY CLASS!

In the case of a parent withdrawing their child after the start of the session, the unused tuition will be available as a credit as their account or we are happy to transfer the child into another available class. In the case that a class is cancelled by Storm Dance Alliance a full refund will be given.

Storm Dance Alliance reserves the right to terminate lessons to any students without notice. In such a case a refund for unused lessons will be given. In the case of a parent cancelling enrollment after the start of the session, the unused tuition will be available as a credit. No refunds will be given for cancellation.

Extreme Weather or Unexpected Interruption of Classes: If the school must cancel classes due to extreme weather or events beyond our control such as power outages, the missed lessons will either 1) be given a make-up pass or 2) a scheduled class make-up date will be set. Notification will be made via email, and if possible, all students will be called. Please make sure we have a current home and cell number on hand.

Substitutions: The school reserves the right to provide a substitute teacher if the regularly scheduled teacher is ill or otherwise unable to teach classes. If a teacher is ill and the school cannot arrange a substitute any missed classes will be made up.

Missed Private Music Lessons and Make-up Lessons: Make-up lessons for dance classes will be limited to 2 per teaching session, and must be used within that session. No refunds are given for missed lessons.

Dance Class Attendance and Lateness: The school reserves the right to have students who come late to class, sit out the class. Repeated lateness may result in termination of lessons. A minimum attendance level will be required. If a student misses more than 4 classes without written notices, the school reserves the right to terminate lessons.

Parent’s Responsibility to be Aware of Dates and Events: It is the responsibility of the parent to be aware of all school activities, such as viewing days, recitals, extra classes, and dates the school is open or closed. Notices will be sent via email and also posted on social media (facebook, instagram, etc.). It is the parent’s responsibility to regularly check email to ensure they are informed. It is the responsibility of the parents to inform the school of any address or telephone number or email change.

Care of Students: The school is not responsible for providing before or after class care for students. Parents with students under the age of 5 are to remain in the school during classes. Students are not to be left at the school for excessive time before or after class.

Injuries/Illness/Pandemic: Parents, legal guardians of minor students waive the right to any legal action for any injury sustained on school property resulting from normal dance activity or any other activity conducted by the students before, during or after class time.

Photo Release: The school is hereby granted permission to take photographs of the students to use in brochures, web sites, posters, advertisements and other promotional materials the school creates. Permission is also hereby granted for the school to copyright such photographs in its name. A waiver release is signed electronically or in person upon registration.

Virtual Zoom Classes: In the event of a government shutdown or poor weather, classes will transition to the zoom platform for online/virtual class.