Costume / Show Policies

Participating in the annual recital is for fun and exciting for students and parents alike. Following these rules has proven success in the past and that is why they have been put into place. So let’s continue to have many more successful and fun performances for all.  Most rules come from venue regulations as well as insightful parents like you!   

Basic Recital Rules & Policies:

• No gum, candy, sticky drinks, or food in the theater, back stage, or dressing rooms.
• All recital packages fee must be paid in full for ticket sales to open.
• Dress Rehearsal are mandatory.
• All monthly fee are due leading up to scheduled performance.
• outstanding balance is paid in full! This includes summer tuition balances.
• Dance Factory of New Smyrna Beach, Inc. reserve the right to use all media from their recitals such as video and pictures for future advertising purposes.   Class Attendance:
• All students participating in the annual recital are required to attend class on a regular basis through the date of the recital.
• All studio rehearsal are the week of the recital are mandatory for all dance participating in the show.
• Please do not commit your student to the recital if you can not commit 100%. It is not only your performer preparing for the recital, and if you decide a week before
  the show to make other plans this effects the rest of the class in their spacing, ripples, across the floor, grouping and their overall performance that they have been rehearsing toward. It’s just not fair to them and is unacceptable, the recital is not required so please only participate if you know you can commit.
• All important dates for pictures, meetings, dress rehearsal and the shows are posted online at our website and in the studio lobby, so please plan ahead if you want your student to participate.

Picture Day:

• No cameras are allowed at picture day.
• If you want to take pictures of your dancer in costume, please do so on your own time at a different location.
• No parents allowed in the picture room during photo sessions.
• No eating or drinking in your costumes or in the hall during picture day or at any time while your child is in their costume.
• Your dancer needs to be in little to light make-up. Not stage make-up or glitter, just a normal everyday application for all.
• Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your first picture shoot time.
• Picture purchase is not required.
• No men are allowed in the Girls dressing area or near the doors or entrances to the girls changing area!

At Dress Rehearsal:

• Dress Rehearsal is MANDATORY.
• Anyone who is not a student or an assigned helper will need to stay in the audience during rehearsals!
• During rehearsals absolutely no children other than performing students are to be at rehearsals in the theater or backstage.

Show Staff & Volunteers:

• Only parents who are working should be backstage or in the dressing areas once students are dressed and in the care of their assigned helpers. We appreciate all the
  help we can get, but if you are not assigned to a special task, you are in the way of those who are.
• Parent Volunteers are accepted on a first come first serve basis.
• Parents must fill our the volunteer form available online in our show information or monthly newsletters leading up to the event.
• Please DO NOT volunteers unless you can attend the Dress Rehearsal on Friday and the full Show on Saturday.

Dressing for Dress Rehearsal and Performances:

• No undergarments are to be worn under tights.
• Performers should come with hair and make done for show.
• Shoes can be changed into once at the theater. Do not let dancers wear their dance shoes outside.
• All hair should be secured away from face.
• All students are to wear make-up; eye shadow, lipstick, and blush is the minimum.
• All strings in ballet shoes should be knotted, cut to about an inch in length, and tucked into the shoes so they cannot be seen.
• Names should be put in absolutely every item before the Studio Rehearsals.
• No Jewelry, studded rhinestone earrings are the exception.
• YES, full costume and make-up must be done for pictures, dress rehearsal and the performance.

At the Performances:

• Students are not permitted in the auditorium during the show. There are dressing rooms designated for our students. Those rooms are staffed with specific people
  who are in charge of the students in each room.
• Please make sure that all costume pieces (socks, gloves, etc. are clearly marked with the child’s name or initials).
• Parents and guests are not permitted to run in and out of the auditorium during the show as it is very distracting to others.
• in their dressing room we will provide crayons and color paper for them to draw on. They will be able to watch the show via closed circuit along with the movie station.
• All students are to stay through the finale unless otherwise instructed by studio director. Please do not leave with your children during the show. Also please do not come
  backstage or to dressing areas during the show if you are not working in those areas.
• All parents should enter through the front doors of the auditorium only. NO ONE IS TO USE THE BACK DOOR OF THE AUDITORIUM; this is for student drop off only.
  After checking in your students, parents should proceed to the front of the auditorium and wait for the doors to open.

All tuition fees and any other charges must be paid to date before recital or the student will not be allowed to participate in the rehearsals or performance.