Happenings

Costumes are here!

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Paperwork about costume payment will go home with students next week. {Classes with five or more dances have already received their paperwork or will this week.}

Costume payment is due no later than Friday, 11/3. Costumes will be sent home the week of 12/4 at the earliest. {Indigo and Green might receive their costumes before this date.} This year tights are included with costumes.

The costume paperwork also includes upcoming dates for the remainder of the dance season; these are also listed on the Calendar of Events page of this website. Spring and summer programming for our older students can be found in this paperwork, as well.

How to Make a Ballerina Bun

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All students with long hair are required to have their hair in a bun for dance class. Boys and girls who have short hair that cannot fit into a bun must have their hair pulled away from their face.

If you’re not sure how to make a bun for your dancer, there are a couple videos below to help you. {All students who dance two or more days per week should work toward being able to make their own buns.}

What you need:

  • Hair tie
  • Hairnet
  • Hair pins: these are open and look like a V
  • Bobby pins are helpful if your dancer has little hairs that won’t reach the bun

Tips:

  • Hair pins first, then the hair net, then a few more hair pins to finish
  • Insert hair pins around the edge of the bun.
  • Hair pins should enter the bun facing away from the bun. Then, once the pins have touched the scalp just beyond the bun, they should be flipped back toward the bun. This is what keeps the bun really secure.
  • Make the bun at the crown of the head.
  • Twisting the hair at the beginning makes it easier to keep everything contained.
  • Leaving a tail before you put on the hairnet is okay. That’s what the hairnet is there for.
  • These don’t have to be perfect! They get easier the more you do them!