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Uniform & Grooming

Classical ballet
Pre-school, Pre-Primary and Primary
  • Pink short sleeved leotard
  • Pink tutu or skirt
  • Pink socks or tights
  • Pink cross over jacket (winter time)
  • Pink leather ballet shoes with elastic

Grade 1 - 4
  • Lilac sleeveless leotard with matching lilac belt
  • Pink leather ballet shoes with elastic
  • Pink socks or tights
  • Pink or lilac cross over jacket (winter time)
  • Character skirt (for rent from our Dance Boutique)
  • Black canvas character shoes (recycled at our Dance Boutique)

Grade 6 - 8
  • Lilac leotard
  • Pink canvas or leather split sole shoes
  • Pink tights
  • Lilac georgette skirt (for rent from our Dance Boutique)
  • Character skirt (for rent from our Dance Boutique)
  • Black canvas character shoes (recycled at our Dance Boutique)
  • Silk scarf (for rent from our Dance Boutique)

Intermediate Foundation - Advance 2
  • Black sleeve less leotard
  • Pink tights
  • Pink satin ballet shoes with ribbons (Intermediate Foundation exam), pink soft pointe shoes with ribbons
  • Pointe shoes with ribbons

For all the ballet classes, hair should be securely fastened, preferably into a bun. If there is a problem to do the hair beforehand, please supply the hair accessories needed so that we can do it. No jewelry or watches are to be worn.

How to do a ballet bun 

  1. Wet the hair with gel (for exams only) and pull up into a neat pony-tail making sure the elastic is quite tight
  2. Twist the hair and coil around the elastic to form a ‘bun’ shape and use a hair pin to secure
  3. Put the hair net over the bun and twist and put again several times until it gets smaller.
  4. Shape the bun so it is neat round and quite flat against the head. Secure the net with several U-shaped hair grips around the bun (ensuring that the grips lie flat against the head)

It gets easier with practice!

Jazz / Hip-Hop

  • White jazz shoes or dance sneakers
  • Any style of leotard
  • Cycling shorts or footless tights.
Hair can be loose as long as they are kept away from the face and no jewelry or watches are to be worn.


Contemporary

  • Loose clothing
  • Bare feet


For both the child and the parent

  • Loose & comfortable clothing
  • Socks or bare feet


  • Loose & comfortable clothing
  • Training shoes