Covid-19 Policies
We are currently back to normal! As such, the below guidelines are simply for reference in the event that a new strain of the virus requires a return of covid protocols. Masks are optional for all dancers and visitors unless recovering from covid or a covid exposure. If your dancer has been exposed to Covid or is showing covid-like symptoms, please follow the current CDC guidelines.
* Please note that the studio reserves the right to reinstate the below guidelines due to extenuating circumstances or the potential of a new pandemic.
* Please note that the studio reserves the right to reinstate the below guidelines due to extenuating circumstances or the potential of a new pandemic.
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Before Class
1. Ensure that your dancer and all members of your family are healthy! Please keep your dancer at home if they or a family member is feeling ill or has been potentially exposed to Covid-19.
2. Make sure that your dancer has a mask that fits properly in their dance bag at all times.
Classes will follow the CDC's covid tracker for mask guidelines.
* Green: masks optional
* Yellow: masks required for entering, exiting and in shared spaces (hallway, dressing room, waiting area), optional once in the classroom and the previous class has left
* Orange: masks required at all times
Any dancer recovering from Covid-19 should follow current guidelines for mask use during the recovery period.
*** Based on current research, normal face masks are requested instead of neck gaiters or face shields.
2. Make sure that your dancer has a mask that fits properly in their dance bag at all times.
Classes will follow the CDC's covid tracker for mask guidelines.
* Green: masks optional
* Yellow: masks required for entering, exiting and in shared spaces (hallway, dressing room, waiting area), optional once in the classroom and the previous class has left
* Orange: masks required at all times
Any dancer recovering from Covid-19 should follow current guidelines for mask use during the recovery period.
*** Based on current research, normal face masks are requested instead of neck gaiters or face shields.
Arriving at the Studio
1. Dancers should be dropped off 5 to 10 minutes prior to the official start time of class. This helps avoid congestion in the entryway during the changeover period between classes.
2. Baby Ballet and Pre Ballet Parents may enter to help their dancer get on shoes. Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early to do so.
Parents of new and trial dancers are also welcome to enter with their dancer the first week of class (please arrive 10 minutes prior to class start time).
3. All dancers (and parents) must follow the mask guidelines when entering the studio. These will be posted on the colored sign (green, yellow or orange) on the door from the parking lot. Please have siblings wait for you in the car.
4. Please adhere to 2 people or one "car" of people in the hall at a time.
2. Baby Ballet and Pre Ballet Parents may enter to help their dancer get on shoes. Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early to do so.
Parents of new and trial dancers are also welcome to enter with their dancer the first week of class (please arrive 10 minutes prior to class start time).
3. All dancers (and parents) must follow the mask guidelines when entering the studio. These will be posted on the colored sign (green, yellow or orange) on the door from the parking lot. Please have siblings wait for you in the car.
4. Please adhere to 2 people or one "car" of people in the hall at a time.
During Class
1. Dancers should use hand sanitizer when returning from the restroom and after blowing their nose, etc.
2. Dancers will be asked to continue distancing during water breaks when we are in the orange zone, but otherwise will be allowed to return to class as normal.
3. At this time, we are unable to accommodate parents watching class.
4. Waiting areas are currently open for dancers who arrive early for class. Please keep these areas limited to dancers only.
5. Coming soon! Baby Ballet parents may use the waiting area during class. Please continue to wear a mask at all times in the building if we are in the yellow or orange zone, and leave non-dancing siblings with another family member. Please note that this is not open yet. You will be notified as soon as it is!
2. Dancers will be asked to continue distancing during water breaks when we are in the orange zone, but otherwise will be allowed to return to class as normal.
3. At this time, we are unable to accommodate parents watching class.
4. Waiting areas are currently open for dancers who arrive early for class. Please keep these areas limited to dancers only.
5. Coming soon! Baby Ballet parents may use the waiting area during class. Please continue to wear a mask at all times in the building if we are in the yellow or orange zone, and leave non-dancing siblings with another family member. Please note that this is not open yet. You will be notified as soon as it is!
After Class
1. Please wait for your dancer outside. This minimizes congestion in the hallway, and allows all dancers to leave the studio faster.
2. Baby Ballet parents should line up outside the door. Dancers will be released in the order that parents are lined up so they can come in to help with shoe changes. We have a limit of one family in the hall at a time when parents are helping.
2. Baby Ballet parents should line up outside the door. Dancers will be released in the order that parents are lined up so they can come in to help with shoe changes. We have a limit of one family in the hall at a time when parents are helping.
Masks
There has been a lot of debate over wearing masks during physical activity. Research shows that wearing a mask is safe as long as the following conditions are followed:
1. The dancer wearing the mask is able to put it on and take it off by themselves.
2. Rest and water breaks are given as needed.
3. Dancers gradually increase the amount of aerobic activity done in a mask each week to get used to it.
As such, please be aware that our class structure will be adjusted if we go back into the orange zone to give the dancers time to reacclimate to dancing with a mask.
Dancers have been wearing masks without ill effects for many decades (for example, the Nutcracker prince and Rat King often wear full head masks while doing large jumps and fast steps in the battle scene).
1. The dancer wearing the mask is able to put it on and take it off by themselves.
2. Rest and water breaks are given as needed.
3. Dancers gradually increase the amount of aerobic activity done in a mask each week to get used to it.
As such, please be aware that our class structure will be adjusted if we go back into the orange zone to give the dancers time to reacclimate to dancing with a mask.
Dancers have been wearing masks without ill effects for many decades (for example, the Nutcracker prince and Rat King often wear full head masks while doing large jumps and fast steps in the battle scene).