Children and Teen’s Classes
Basic rules–
* Hair must be pulled back. No hair flopping in eyes or face. Hair that is not long enough for a ponytail but long enough to cover eyes should use a headband or barrettes.
* No costume or play hairbands such as rabbit ears or antennas. No large distracting hairpieces and nothing that falls off the head easily.
* No jewelry of any kind except small earring studs
* Children should not wear fitness app watches. While it’s great to be excited about one’s fitness stats, I have observed students diverting their attention to their fitness watches in the middle of class instruction.
* Dance shoes should not be purchased that are more than a half size big, especially tap shoes. Oversize tap shoes can come flying off the student’s foot and pose a severe hazard including breaking the mirror or hitting someone on the head. The cleats on the bottom of tap shoes are very hard and can hurt another person or damage property. Discretion of shoe size is solely up to the teacher and studio director. If shoes are deemed to large you must replace them with a size that fits properly. We are phasing out all brands of tap shoes except bloch, capezio or so danca. Starting for the summer 2025 season all tap shoes must be from one of these brands.
Clothing
We are phasing out all brands of tap shoes except bloch, capezio or so danca. Starting for the summer 2025 season all tap shoes must be from one of these brands.
Little Feet Classes: Girls-Black or pink leotard, pink tights Boys- Black jazz or yoga pants, white t-shirt. No patterns or logos. SHOES– Please note the styles covered in your class on the schedule Ballet & tap combo, girls need pink ballet shoes and black tap shoes. Boys need black ballet shoes and black tap shoes. Ballet & jazz you only need to have ballet shoes for the whole class. Girls are pink ballet slipppers, boys are black ballet slippers. ballet & Hip Hop– pink ballet slippers for girls and black ballet slippers for boys. School sneakers for the hip hop portion.
Ballet: Girls- Black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes. Skirt or booty shorts optional Boys- Black jazz or yoga pants and a white t-shirt with no logos. Black ballet shoes
Jazz: Girls-Black leggings/yoga/ jazz pants, any color leotard or tan tights & booty shorts with any color leotard. Black Jazz dance shoes Boys- Black jazz or yoga pants and any color t-shirt or tank top and black jazz shoes
Lyrical/Contemporary/Modern/Acro: Girls-Black leggings/yoga/ jazz pants, any color leotard or tan tights & booty shorts and any color leotard and lyrical shoes (acro is barefoot) Boys- Black jazz or yoga pants and any color t-shirt or tank top with no logos and lyrical shoes (acro is barefoot)
Hip Hop- Street clothing as long as it is athletic in nature (such as leggings, sweat pants, tshirts or tank tops). No jeans; skirts are not recommended unless you have leggings under. Footwear-school sneakers.
Adult Classes
Men & Women- We do not have a strict dress code for our adult classes. It is recommended to have the proper dance shoes for classes.
Suggestions-
Ballet– Women are welcome and encouraged to wear the traditional class clothing of a leotard, tights, skirt or dance shorts, and warm up wear. Many students will also wear athletic attire such as leggings, yoga pants, tank/spaghetti strap/yoga tops, or a tshirt. You will be stretching forward, so shirts that do not flop over your head when you bend over are a good idea. Do not wear any pants that you can trip on, (pants with a lot of fabric around the ankles and feet that you can accidentally step on). Men- Athletic pants or shorts such as sweat pants, yoga pants or jazz pants. Any color tshirt or tank top. You will be stretching forward so shirts that do not flip over your head when you bend forward are recommended.
Jazz/Modern/Hip Hop/Tap– Women & Men– Anything athletic such as recommended above for ballet
Footwear
Ballet– Any color canvas or leather ballet slippers
Jazz– Any color jazz booty shoe or split sole jazz sneaker
Hip Hop– sneakers
Modern, Modern/Jazz– on our hardwood floor, students find it comfortable to wear ballet or lyrical shoes for this class
Tap– Tap shoes. Please note we are phasing out all brands of tap shoes except bloch, capezio or so danca. Starting for the summer 2025 season all tap shoes must be from one of these brands.
Hampden Dance Arts
3547 Chestnut Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211
267-909-1697