School Policies

Student Conduct

• Conduct yourself at all times in a positive, cooperative way and follow the rules of the school.
• Give your full attention to the teacher in class, without talking or socializing.
• Refrain from hanging on or leaning on barres, touching the mirrors and touching the stereo equipment.
• Students may not enter a studio without the permission of a teacher.
• You may not sit down or leave the studio without the instructor’s permission.
• Please use the restroom before and after class to avoid leaving class for bathroom breaks.
• Show respect and encouragement for all fellow dancers in the school.
• Act as a role model for younger dancers.
• No running through hallways.
• Do not use, touch, or play with others’ belongings without permission.

Attendance and Punctuality

• Please notify the front desk ahead of time if a dancer will be late or needs to be dismissed early. The front desk will notify the instructor.
• Due to risk of injury, students may be asked to observe if they arrive more than 10 minutes late to class. This is for your student’s safety.
• Gala attendance requirements are strictly enforced and are outlined in our Gala information packet, which is distributed in January.

Visiting the Facility

• Please drop off and pick up students on time. Students may not stay unsupervised at BNC more than 15 minutes before or after class.
• Siblings and friends must be supervised at all times by an adult.
• Parents are welcome to accompany students to the door of the classroom, but please do not enter the studio unless invited by the teacher.
• Visitors–please do not stand or sit in hallways outside of classrooms.
• Visitors who cause a disruption in the facility may be asked to wait elsewhere during class time.

Observing Classes

• Minimal distractions are essential for an optimal classroom experience. Therefore, viewing windows are kept closed during all classes, with the exception of viewing weeks.
• Viewing weeks are the first full week of every month and are listed on our school calendar.
• Parents are welcome to observe through the observation windows during viewing weeks.
• Please “check in” from time to time, rather than standing at the window for the full length of the class to avoid crowding and blocked hallways.
• Do not pull chairs or other furniture up to windows.
• Our walls are not soundproof – please keep conversations quiet while observing.
• Blinds on viewing windows will be closed during non-viewing weeks.
• School Director must give permission to videotape or photograph classes.

Use of Facilities

• Use the dressing rooms for changing – do not change in the restrooms.
• Parents of young dancers, please help your dancers change in the dressing rooms – do not change in the lobby or hallway.
• Dads with daughters and moms with sons who need help dressing – please use the family restroom for changing in order to avoid discomfort and embarrassment of other students.
• Do not enter the office or vacant studios without permission.
• If your teacher is not in the studio, wait quietly in the hallway until he/she arrives.
• Students may use the courtesy phone in the lobby for emergencies or unusual circumstances. Please arrange rides in advance and limit calls to 3 minutes.

Food and Drink

• Please be sure to eat healthy meals and snacks prior to arriving for class.
• You may bring food and drinks into the dressing room as long as you clean up all crumbs, papers and spills and throw away your trash.
• No gum, candy or food inside the studios.
• No drinks, except for water bottles, in the studios.

Personal Belongings

• Keep personal belongings in tidy order and keep the dressing room, lobby and restroom neat.
• Mark all belongings (including shoes and dance bags) with your name.
• Do not use, take, or touch others’ belongings without permission.
• Leave valuable items and large amounts of money at home to avoid any risk of loss or damage.
• Ballet Nouveau Colorado is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged property.

Lost and Found

• Unclaimed clothing items are collected nightly and added to the lost and found box, located in the female dressing room.
• Valuable items and pointe shoes are held at the reception desk.
• Unclaimed items will be donated to charity periodically throughout the year.