Dance Commitment Form
May 04, 2024 01:30 PM
Dance Team Family Commitment
By paying your monthly tuition you are enlisted into a membership, meaning if you fail to bring your child to any practices or events held that month or should any practices be cancelled, we are NOT entitled to give out any refunds or credit to your account. Students may also have oportunities to do solos, duets and/or trios at any upcoming Competition, this is an Option and a privilege given to the student by a coach, and based on the agreed practice time set aside for your child additional fees may be required.
1. FULL YEAR COMMITMENT. Dance team members are committed to a full dance season when they sign on to be a team member. Quitting mid-year is detrimental to everyone on the team, so please consider this carefully before committing to the program. Our year begins September 5th,2020 and ends May after the Recital.
2. EXCLUSIVITY POLICY - IMPORTANT
For all competition level dancers- “Competition Level” students are representing Star Attractin and may not perform or compete for any other studio, competition team or dance company unless discussed with the instructors.
Taking Master classes, Workshops, or strictly technique classes elsewhere is acceptable, WITH PERMISSION, as long as students aren’t performing, competing or representing another studio, and as long as they are meeting all of their class requirements at our Studio. We feel that it is a conflict of interest for any student to represent two studios simultaneously. Conflicts could arise if the two different teams had incompatible practice schedules or competitions on the same weekend. We practice the week prior to a competition and conflicts could occur at that time, as well. Please be sensitive to this issue as you have others on the teams who have dedicated their time. Please clear any other classes taken with the Director.
3. ATTENDANCE.
The most important issue for team members is attendance. We understand that things do happen– a dancer gets hurt, there is a family emergency, etc. but a family emergency is not a birthday party, an outing to the zoo, or another family member’s sporting or other event. If you are not at a team practice, the whole team suffers. If you miss a team practice, you are not improving your skills, and you will fall behind the other dancers on the team. If you miss a team practice, you are not learning the routine. Partnering, formations, synchronization, and all other components of the routine can only be properly rehearsed with all dancers in the piece. If you are missing at a performance or a competition, the whole dance has to be restaged.
The commitment to competition teams means attending all scheduled competition team classes and being available for ALL competitions and ALL performances. If you are involved with other programs that require specific time commitments, we will need to know about any other commitments you may have. Most school programs, such as dance teams, cheerleading, sports programs, etc. have dates available at the beginning of a season.
Practice times are also usually established at the beginning of the season. Sometimes this type of involvement can be accommodated. However, if they will consistently create absences for team commitments, the directors may require a decision regarding a choice between SBDC and other programs.
If you are involved with other school or sports programs, please schedule a meeting with the directors before signing and returning your team contract in order to determine if your other commitments will conflict with our competition program.
The dancer or the parent must call/email/text to notify the instructor of an absence prior to the missed competition team class. This is a courtesy to the choreographer so they may plan accordingly. This is also a studio safety policy.
Dancers are allowed to miss a team practice for the following: illness, school, religious
holiday/event, family, and injury. Any other reason for missing class is unacceptable.
· For planned family events/school trips, seven (7) days notice is expected
· For illness/emergencies, two (2) hours notice should be given.
If our director feels a dancer is falling behind due to missing rehearsals the dancer may be asked to schedule a private lesson to catch up.
Note: School (academics) comes first! We understand that things come up that may occasionally conflict. Competition Teams emails are sent to you continually during the year. If you receive a performance calendar with a practice/performance date where you have already scheduled something important (vacations, school academic activities), let us know IMMEDIATELY (by the next day) and we can work with you. If we do not hear from you, it is assumed that you will be there.