POLICIES & INFORMATION
ROS POLICIES
CHOREOGRAPHY-COPYRIGHT( ARTISTIC RIGHTS): No persons shall perform any ROS dance choreography without prior permission from director. Kristine Bremer.
HOW TO REGISTER
Come into the studio to register. ROS staff will go over all policies and answer any questions that you may have. 09 Registration &Open House is Sunday, July 26th & Sunday, August 16th 1-4PM.
DANCER CHECK IN
All dancers need to check in at the front desk for each dance class. Any fees needing to be paid will have to paid before taking class. One week prior to the start of each dance session, the dance parent needs to physically come into the studio to check in their child and make sure all dance fees are paid.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance is required to ensure proper development. Dancers who continually miss class may loose their spot in class. Please call the studio if you will or have missed class. You make take another class during the week to make up for the absence. If only 1-3 students show up for class, the class is 30 minutes long.
CLASS PLACEMENT
ROS reserves the right to determine the proper dance level and class for each student. A student or parent may contradict the philosophy of our program, therefore ROS reserves the right to accept or deny any one into either dance program or/and studio.
CLASS REQUIREMENTS
All classes meet once per week. Ballet Level 4-6 & Pointe dancers in the SPIRIT program are required to take two ballet classes per week.
DRESS CODE
ALL DANCERS: No t-shirts or baggy clothes. HAIR: must be put into a bun or pulled off the neck and out of the face. Dancers will not be allowed to participate if they arrive without a leotard or if their hair is down. NO body piercing or tattos: as they are distracting to the educational environment.
PRESCHOOL & COMBO CLASSES (AGES 3-8YS): Any color leotard and dance tights. Dance skirt or dance shorts allowed. NO PANTS
ADULT CLASS:Any color leotard, tights. Capri or yoga pants. (pants must NOT touch the floor- for safety reasons) Skirt or dance shorts.
TAP & JAZZ CLASSES: (ages 9+)Any color leotard, capri top, or body fitting camisole top. Capri pants, shorts.
BALLET ONLY CLASSES: Pink or white tights. Pink ballet shoes.
BALLET AGES 7-10 YEARS: Black or Pink Leotard.
BALLET AGES 11-14 YEARS: Purple, lilac or Black Leotard.
BALLET AGES 15-18 YEARS: Blue, Burgandy or Black leotard.
DANCE SHOES: Need to be purchased @ ROS Studio & Boutique
BALLET SHOES: Pink split sole or full sole leather ballet shoe. No Isotoner slippers allowed.
JAZZ SHOES: Tan or flesh slip on jazz shoe or tie jazz shoe
TAP SHOES: Black patenleather for children, jazz taps for ages 9+.
All dancers must have on proper dance apparel and shoes in order to take class. Those dancers arriving without proper dance clothes or shoes will not be able to take class and no credits or refunds for that class will be given because you were unprepared.
STUDENT APPRENTICESHIP
Dancers in Grades 6-College who wish to gain experience and leadership qualities by assisting with dance classes may contact the director.
SCHOLARSHIPS
ROS offers a limited number of partial work study scholarships. Please contact the studio for more information or to be considered.
HOW TO PAY
Make checks payable to: ROS and mail to the studio or drop off and place in payment box at the studio. Parents are expected to physically walk into the studio and check in their dancer for each of the 4 Dance Sessions. Dancers with past due accounts will not be allowed in their dance class and credits will not be given because a student sat out. Dance Fees are expected by the 1st lesson of the Session (for that Session for both the Dance Soul and Spirit Dance Programs). Those wishing to make monthly payments are required to sign up for 10 Monthly Automatic Withdrawls from September - June. ROS accepts cash, checks & credit cards. All fees subject to change.
NO REFUNDS: under no circumstances will refunds be issued for any tuition, costumes, recital or registration fees paid or recital tickets purchased.
You will be charged for the entire Session if you fail to notify the studio in writing 7 days prior to the start of the next Session of any class dropped.