Registration Process for 2023-24 Dance Season (Aug-June)

In order to register for the 2023-24 Dance Season, your current/past JDA account must be paid in full. There is a $45.00 per dancer annual registration fee to hold your dancer(s) spot in class(es). Once class selection(s) have been approved, tuition owed for the first month of classes will be billed to your JDA account. Payment is due by the first day of class(es). Please see below for more important information.

Tuition

• Our studio accepts cash, check, debit, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover as forms of payment. Autopay for Tuition/Fees/Merchandise is preferred.

• Tuition is due the first class of each month. If payment is received after the 10th of the month, there will be a late charge of $35.00.  Tuition autopay payments will be processed on the 5th of each month. 

• Tuition is an annual fee divided into equal monthly payments. The monthly fee will not be prorated but remain the same (August-June) regardless of holidays or weeks in a given month. Tuition is non-refundable, but make-up classes are encouraged. 

• Accounts deliquent of 2 months will result in suspension of dance priviledges.

• Withdrawal from classes must be done via email.  

• Classes with less than 6 students may be cancelled or combined with another class.

• There is a $35.00 fee for returned checks or declined charges.

 

Monthly Tuition Schedule for 2023-24

*Our studio is proud to offer a family plan for Tuition. For example: 1 dancer takes two classes/week, monthly tuition is $125.00 (instead of $140.00), or 2 dancers within the same household can take one class each with a monthly tuition of $125.00 (instead of $140.00).

1 class weekly                     $ 70.00

2 classes weekly                 $125.00

3 classes weekly                 $180.00

4 classes weekly                 $230.00

5 classes weekly                 $275.00

6 classes weekly                 $300.00

7 classes weekly                 $325.00

8 classes weekly                 $350.00

9 classes weekly                 $375.00

10 classes weekly               $400.00

11+ classes weekly          please inquire

                                 

General Information

• Our annual recital is held in June at the end of the dance year. Participation is encouraged but not required. There are 2 fees associated with recital, a Costume Fee and a Recital Production Fee. More information about recital is announced during the Dance Season.

• It is the responsibility of the parent or adult student to be aware of all dance activities such as Christmas Party Week, extra rehearsals, Recitals, etc. as well as dates that we are open or closed. We email all such notices to families as well as post on the bulletin board in the lobby and on social media. 

• Please check our website for immediate notice of studio information, such as Holidays, studio closures due to extreme weather, etc.

 

Studio Rules

Please...

• No food or drink (except water bottles) in the studio. 

• No street shoes in the studios.  Please help keep our studio floors clean and free from damage; dancers should change into their dance shoes in the lobby.

• No chewing gum anywhere in the studio.

• Student cell phones should be turned off during class. 

• Students should be dropped off and picked up promptly before and after class. JDA is not responsible for providing before or after class care for students.  For safety reasons, students must remain inside until they are picked up.

• Only dancers should be in the studio during class. During the first few weeks of class, parents may come into the classroom to encourage their dancers if need be, but once the dancers are comfortable, please enjoy watching your children from the comfort of our lobby. Both studios have full color, high definition cameras, which are streaming live video to the two flat panel televisions hanging in our lobby.

 

Dancewear

Dance class requires certain clothes for freedom of movement.  This includes a leotard, tights and appropriate dance shoes.

• Bitty Ballerina Classes/Mommy & Me: pink ballet shoes; any color leotard with or without skirt; tan or pink tights.

• Combination Classes: Ballet/Tap Classes: tan tap shoes (remove ribbon laces and replace with elastic closures); pink ballet shoes; any color leotard with or without skirt; tan or pink tights.

• Jazz Classes: tan jazz shoes; solid color leotard; tan tights; dance shorts or jazz pants. Hair should be neatly pulled back from the face. 

• Tap Classes: tan tap shoes; solid color leotard; tan tights; dance shorts.  NO street clothes and no long pants. Hair should be neatly pulled back from the face.

• Ballet and Pointe Classes: black leotard; pink tights; pink ballet shoes or pointe shoes. All ballet students need to have hair secured in a bun. It is imperative that Ballet students dress appropriately.  This ensures that the teacher can observe the body lines and make appropriate corrections!

• Clogging Classes: black clogging shoes; solid color leotard; dance shorts. NO street clothes. Hair should be neatly pulled back from the face.

• Hip Hop Classes: black jazz shoes or black jazz sneakers-NO street shoes; Comfortable clothing for dancing such as a leotard and leggings or tight fitting shirts, dance shorts and tights. 

• Contemporary Classes: leotard and tights; twyla's or ballet shoes.

• Male Dancers: black close fitting pants or tights, close fitting t-shirt in solid color (white for ballet), all appropriate shoes need to be black.