How tuition works

What sets tuition

Tuition is set by the level and the number of classes a dancer takes each week. Higher levels take more hours, so tuition rises with the level. Our figures are in the enrollment packet.

Registration

Registration covers a dancer's file, the studio's insurance and the parent portal account. It is due when you accept a place in the fall, and again each summer.

Billing

Tuition is billed monthly through the parent portal, and families can choose autopay. Extras are billed on their own dates, set out in the enrollment packet.

Siblings

If a second dancer from your family joins, ask at the placement visit and we will go through how billing works for two.

Missed classes and make-ups

A missed technique class can be made up in another class of the same style and level, within the same session. Rehearsals cannot be made up, so please tell us early.

Uniforms, costumes and other costs

Beyond tuition, a year has extras. Costumes are ordered in the fall and billed before the spring performance. The performance has a production cost and tickets for guests. An audition at the studio is part of the placement visit, but an outside audition or workshop has its own entry fee and travel, which the family pays. Shoes and the dress code are bought separately. You get each one named in writing, with its purpose, before you register.

Withdrawing

We ask for a month's notice before a dancer leaves. A costume that has been ordered for the performance stays with the family, and we explain how a term in progress is settled when you ask.

Help with tuition

Ask us whether assistance is open this month. We talk with families privately and never in front of a class.