Policies
Shoes & Dancewear
We contract with Curtain Call, a mail-order dance supply company, to provide all of our shoes and dancewear. They are competitively priced and a much better quality than that of a discount store. To order the required shoes for your class (see below) or dancewear (with FREE shipping), go to www.curtaincallforclass.com and select “A Dance Place” for the studio."Dress Code
- Preschool & Level 1 Classes - leotard, tights, Capezio Jr. Tyette or Mary Jane tap shoes, and Capezio pink ballet shoes. Please replace laces on tap shoes with elastic so the child can slip the tap shoe on and off her foot.
- Ballet - Leotard, pink tights, Capezio pink ballet shoes, and hair pulled back preferably in a bun. Check with your instructor about skirts and other warmups.
- Tap - Form fitting dancewear and tap shoes with Capezio Tele Tone Taps (i.e. Capezio's Mary Janes for young kids and Capezio's Tele Tone Extreme for older kids). Pants must be rolled up and hair must be pulled away from face.
- Jazz, Poms, Lyrical - Form fitting dancewear and jazz or ballet shoes. No pajama pants or baggy t-shirts. Hair must be pulled away from face.
- HipHop - Comfortable dancewear and jazz shoes or clean athletic shoes. No jeans.
Registration & Sessions
We have “ongoing” sessions and open enrollment at A Dance Place. This means that once you are registered, you remain registered until you opt to discontinue or until the the Spring Recital. Tuition is charged on a monthly basis, however, so if you begin a month, you are billed for the entire month. Students beginning in the middle of the month, however, will receive prorated tuition for their first month.Tuition
You have 4 options in how to pay your monthly tuition. The first two options give you the best tuition rate while the second two options are a little bit higher.- Pay monthly by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) - your monthly tuition amount will be automatically debited from your checking or savings account, on the 1st of each month;
- Pay by semester with check or cash - your session tuition amount will be payable September 1st for months September - December (4 times your Monthly tuition amount) and January 1st for months January - June (5 1/2 times your Monthly tuition amount)
- Pay monthly by cash or check - your monthly tuition amount will be be payable by the 20th of the month, but you will pay a $5/month service fee if your monthly tuition is less than $80/month and an $8/month service fee for tuition more than $80 per month.
- Pay quarterly by cash or check (Spring Semester Only)- Three times your monthly tuition will be payable by January 1 for Quarter 1 (months Jan - March) and April 1 for Quarter 2 (months April - June). Note that you do pay for 6 full months vs 5 1/2 if you pay the semester upfront.
If you wish to pay by EFT, please print and complete the EFT Authorization Form, and return it to:
955 Hawkridge Ct
Eaton, CO 80615
as soon as possible.
Class Absences
Makeup classes are available if students miss class due to illness, emergencies or bad weather. Prorated tuition or "pay per class" is not available. Please ask your instructor for a suitable makeup class. Occasionally, instructors will also miss class due to personal emergencies or bad weather, in which case every effort will be made to find a suitable substitute. In the case a suitable substitute cannot be found, class may be canceled with a makeup class scheduled at a later time. If you cannot attend the scheduled makeup class for any reason, you can attend another class for a makeup, but prorated tuition nor refunds will be issued. No exceptions.In the case of class cancellations due to instructor emergencies or bad weather, I will post such news on the website, send all affected students an email, and leave a voicemail message on the studio telephone line.
Communication
A Dance Place communicates virtually 100% via email. Please add "farrah@adanceplace.com" to your address book and make sure we have a current email address for your family on file. Also, please check your email frequently (this includes your junk mail, in case your Email provider puts my messages in there) as important information regarding upcoming events and your dance account will be sent to the email address on file. Lastly, notify Farrah immediately if you are not receiving studio emails.Schedule
A Dance Place will close for the following holidays:- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Week (Tuesday - Friday only, Monday classes will be held)
- Christmas Break (December 22nd - January 4th)
- Spring Break - Windsor Studio (March 23rd - March 29th)
- Spring Break - Eaton Studio (March 30th - April 5th)
- Memorial Day
Visitors
In order for all students to receive the best training possible, the teacher must have their complete attention. Visitors, including parents, are not allowed inside the dance studio. Guests of the Windsor location are welcome to observe class via the observation window. Unfortunately, there is no waiting room at the Eaton location. We ask that Eaton parents drop off their child but do not stay to watch.Performances
We hold at least 2 performances per year: an informal Holiday Open House in December for students to showcase what they've learned to their family, and a spring recital held in June at the Union Colony Civic Center Monfort Theater in Greeley. More information on specific dates for these performances will be given as each approaches.The 2008 dance year begins Monday, August 18th. We truly THANK YOU for your business and look very forward to meeting our new students and reaquainting with our returning students.