Dress Code

Females in Parent and Tot and Tap, Twirl and Tumble wear the following shoes, which must be purchased through ArtWorks Academy:

Ballet: Pink Stretch Ballet Shoe

Tap:  U-Shell Black Tap Shoe

Students in Parent and Tot will start the year with ballet shoes and begin wearing tap shoes at the end of the first semester.  Students in 8-week sessions of Parent and Tot will not need tap shoes  

Males in Creative Movement and Tap, Twirl and Tumble wear the following shoes, which must be purchased through ArtWorks Academy:

Ballet: Black Stretch Ballet Shoe

Tap: Black Intro Stretch Tap Boot

Students in Creative Movement will start the year with ballet shoes and begin wearing tap shoes at the end of the first semester. 

All females in Parent an Tot and Tap, Twirl and Tumble must wear leotards and tights.  There are several styles of leotards available to purchase at ArtWorks Academy.  Girls in this level are allowed to wear a dance skirt (NO tutus). 

All males in these levels must wear the following:

Black pants or shorts with a white or black t-shirt

Females in Children’s Level classes wear the following shoes, which must be purchased through ArtWorks Academy:

Ballet: Pink Stretch Ballet Shoe

Tap:  U-Shell Black Tap Shoe

Hip Hop: Black converse style shoes (can be purchased at your local shoe store)

Males in Children’s Level classes wear the following shoes, which must be purchased through ArtWorks Academy:

Ballet: Black Stretch Ballet Shoe

Tap: Black Intro Stretch Tap Boot

Hip Hop: Black converse style shoes (can be purchased at your local shoe store)

All females in Children’s Level classes must wear leotards and tights.  There are several styles of leotards available to purchase at ArtWorks Academy. Girls in this level are allowed to wear a  dance skirt (NO tutus). Spanx style shorts or leggings may be worn for hip hop only.

All males in these levels must wear the following:

Black pants or shorts with a white or black t-shirt

Junior, Intermediate and Senior Level dancers wear the following shoes, which must be purchased through ArtWorks Academy:

Ballet: Stretch Canvas Ballet Shoe (females wear pink and males wear black)

Jazz: Premium Slip-On Jazz Shoe (females wear tan and males wear black)

Tap: Black Intro JT Shoe (females and males) – a more advanced tap shoe may be purchased

Lyrical: Canvas half-sole

Hip Hop: Black converse style shoes (can be purchased at your local shoe store)

All females in Junior, Intermediate and Senior Levels must wear the following:

Ballet: leotard, tights (skirts or fitted dance shorts will be allowed, no leggings)

Jazz and Tap: leotard and tights.  Optional –  fitted dance shorts or  leggings

Hip Hop: same as Jazz and Tap, but you may also wear a fitted tank over your leotard

There are several styles of leotards available to purchase at ArtWorks Academy. 

All males in Junior, Intermediate and Senior Levels must wear the following:

Ballet, Tap and Jazz: black dance pants (please wear dance belt underneath), white or black fitted t-shirt

Hip Hop: workout pants with fitted shirt

The following shoes are required for each level:

Beginning Musical Theatre:  Black ballet shoes (girls and boys) or black jazz shoes (boys)

Junior Production Company and Junior Players:  Tan Grecian sandals (girls); black jazz shoes (boys)

Senior Production Company:  Tan character shoes (girls); black jazz shoes (boys)/black dress shoes for shows (boys).  

ArtWorks Academy sells the black ballet shoes, jazz shoes and tan Grecian sandals.  We do not sell the tan character shoes.  You can purchase them from a dance store or online.

It is important that students in musical theatre wear clothes they can dance in.  We do not require certain colors for each level, as we do for the dance classes.  

Guidelines for females:

• Do NOT wear jeans or dresses
• DO wear form-fitting clothes, such as leggings and a fitted tank top or shirt. We need to be able to see your lines when you dance and baggy clothes do not allow for that.  A leotard and tights with spanx style shorts would be a great option.  
• If you wear shorts, please make sure they are form fitting and are not loose.  

Guidelines for males:

• Do NOT wear jeans
• DO wear athletic pants or dance pants with a t-shirt or tank top.  Senior Production Company boys wearing dance pants should wear a dance belt under their pants.
• You may wear athletic shorts

All females must purchase tan dance tights and a nude camisole leotard (pictured below).  This will be worn under their costume during the performance.  It can be purchased from ArtWorks Academy.

For some musicals, we do require the boys to provide black slacks, black socks and a white button up shirt.  We will let you know each semester if this will be needed for their costume. We will provide all other elements of the costumes.