Dress Code

Innovative Dance Dress Code

We understand that you like to give your child growing room. Please don’t go up more than half a size bigger than needed. It is too difficult to dance in shoes that do not fit. We also know that some shoe brands don’t work for every foot. These shoe style are the ones we prefer.

Ballet levels Princess Plie, Pre-Ballet, Ballet I-II:

Bloch pink ballet shoes style SO205G
Pink tights (not required for Princess Plie)
Black leotard (skirted leos OK for Princess Plie & Pre-Ballet)
Hair must be in a bun (not required for Princess Plie)

Ballet levels III-VI:

Capezio Hanami split sole slipper preferred in either canvas (preferred) or leather
Pink tights
Black leotard
Hair must be in a bun

Boys/Men:

Black bike short or tight/footless legging
White short sleeved leotard or crew neck fitted tee
12+yo nude or black dance belt
Black or white split sole slippers
Hair styled out of face

Clothing for Tap/Turn/Tumble, Tap/Jazz, Acro, Aerial and Lyrical:

Tights not required for class
Jazz pants, dance shorts, capris all ok
Leotards preferred but dance tops ok
Please NO shirts, NO running shorts, street clothes or baggy clothing
If it was not designed for dance class, it’s not dance clothes
Hair must be tightly up and out of the face, ponytail preferred

Hip Hop & Hippity Hop:

Clean sneakers, black converse needed for recital
Baggy clothes such as sweat pants, basketball shorts and t-shirts
Hair should be out of the face
Knee pads required
Absolutely NO jeans, please

Lyrical & Contemporary Shoes:

Capezio Pirouette II H061

Jazz Shoes:

Pre-school through third grade
Capezio #205 Black Daisy ballet shoes
Fourth grade and up
TAN Bloch neoflex slip on jazz shoes SO495L

Tap Shoes:

Pre-school through third grade
Capezio black tap shoes #625, jr. tyette
Fourth grade and up
Bloch, SO321L Sync Tap (approx. $85)
Bloch, SO361L respect (approx $113)
Bloch, SO327L Chloe and Maude (approx $90)
Bloch, SO313L Jason Samuels Smith (approx $250)
Capezio, 960 Roxy (approx. $180)