SAFER STUDIO GUIDELINES: The health of our staff, students, and families has always been our highest priority. Expressions Dance & Preschool follows the Safer Studio guidelines, which prioritize a hierarchy of safety and wellness measures. As a reminder as we are going into regular cold and flu season, it is important that we continue our combined efforts to follow these guidelines. Please continue to monitor your children and do not send them to class if they have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose, etc. Thank you so much for everyone’s enhanced awareness and efforts in keeping our dancers healthy.
Sending a child with symptoms to class in a mask is not an acceptable solution. Please keep children home when they are sick.
OCT 12-14: (WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY) *NO CLASSES FOR FALL BREAK*
OCT 27: 6:30-8pm DRIVE-THRU TRUNK-OR-TREAT @ Bountiful
We are so excited for our Trunk-or-Treat on Friday, October 27th! We are accepting candy donations all month long; you can drop off candy at either studio. This is a really fun event for our students! See you there!
If you would like to decorate your car, click HERE to reserve a parking stall!
OCT 31: HAPPY HALLOWEEN
No classes will be held after 4:00pm on October 31. Have a fun and safe Halloween.
THE RECITAL: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? You’ve heard us talking about it. You’ve seen it mentioned on our website and in our emails. You know there’s a lot of excitement around it… but what exactly IS the recital? Find out more HERE.
JUNE RECITAL-JUNE 8, 2024: A big part of dance training includes learning through performance! Our June Recital offers our students a professionally directed performance that allows them to present to their families and friends the results of a year’s hard work, dedication, and progress. The Parent Guide includes all performance details.
When starting class this season, you should have submitted the waiver that included details about our June Recital. All students are automatically enrolled in participation of the year end recital and/or the tumble exhibition. To see your child’s participation schedule, go to your parent portal HERE. Select "View All My Classes" in the top left navigation. Your child’s registration for events in which they are participating will show there. The automatic performance deposit of $75 for dancers or $45 for tumblers only will process on Oct 15. The remainder of the performance package will be processed as installments with tuition from November-June.
If you have not submitted your form, you can do that here: https://app.hellosign.com/s/beLmPihu
If you need to review the information, head here: https://online.pubhtml5.com/noax/zvqs/#p=1
IN-STUDIO HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE: SATURDAY, DEC 16, 2023 @ CENTERVILLE STUDIO
Our in-studio Holiday Performance offers students a low-key, fun, and simple performance that allows dancers time in front of an audience to help them become more comfortable performing! Participation includes a cookie (of course), and a simple costume accessory rental (skirt, tutu, hat, etc.) put on dancers when they arrive. Female dancers in stars classes will wear their class uniform as their base costume. Preschool/Pre-K girl dancers need a black leotard for their base costume. Boys will wear blue jeans or black pants and a red or green tshirt.
Participation is $30
Families sign up online for a show time in the parent portal HERE.
Select “Enroll in a class” and select the special events season.
Scroll through to Dec 16th and find your child’s class type and teacher name. (Not sure of your class name or teacher? See the list below or view your currently enrolled classes in your parent portal.)
Participants can have up to 4 spectators attend (free admission).
Tumbling classes, Tiny Tots, and Diaper Dancers do not participate in the Holiday Performance.
FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL DANCERS: We are excited to have a new section each month just for preschool dancers! We love the month of October…This month our theme is “Itsy Bitsy Spider!” We will be making an alphabet brew in our classes this month! The last week of October we will be celebrating Halloween in class by wearing our costumes to dance! We encourage you to get involved and have them practice their skills at home! This month we are focusing on: running, rolling our wrists, heel digs, grand battement, scared face, doughnuts and our scary faces!
Preschoolers and Toddlers can wear Halloween costumes to class the week of October 24-28th!
FOR PARENTS OF SCHOOL AGED TUMBLING/ACRO STUDENTS
October Stretch of the Month- Shoulders | Strength Challenge- Plank: We are so excited this year to have a “stretch of the month” and a “strength challenge” in our acro/tumbling classes! Encourage your child to work on these skills at home to help them improve even faster! Be more involved by printing off the at home practice tracker HERE.
CHRISTMAS CHARITY PROJECT: We are collecting PJ’s to donate to those in need of a comfy new pair of jammies this holiday. Get your dancer involved by watching for PJ’s at a good price. All the proceeds and PJ/books collected will be donated right here in Utah. More information to come!
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ONLINE PARENT PORTAL
The account you created online can be updated at any time. Log in on the website to update contact and billing information, register for new classes, and make payments. You can also reset your password any time.
All studio event details are posted on the “newsletters” page that is on the parent portal page of the website. Please notify us if you aren’t getting our newsletters by email.
STARS CLASS UNIFORMS/DRESS CODE: STARS classes have a uniform and required dress code. This helps to create a more disciplined atmosphere, which allows for faster progress. Thanks for your patience as we await the arrival of our leotards. They should be here in the next few weeks. Please make sure your dancer is attending class each week in the following attire:
Stars leotard (any leotard until then)
Pink tights
Pink ballet shoes
Hair in a clean, tight bun. Our bun tutorial can be found HERE
SOUTH DAVIS RECREATION SPOOKTACULAR: Our company and academic preschoolers will be providing the entertainment at the Rec Center’s Spooktacular Carnival on October 28th from 5:00-8:00pm. This is a fun event for families! Carnival tickets go on sale at the Rec Center the week before, and you can purchase performance tickets HERE.
BALLET WEST NUTCRACKER: It is a studio tradition to go to Ballet West's Nutcracker at Capitol Theater every year! This year we have two dancers cast in the Nutcracker! Congratulations to Gwenyth T. and Kallie P. We will be attending as a studio on December 9th @ 7pm to support them! Tickets can be purchased HERE.
2023-24 CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
September 5: Classes start
October 18-20: Fall Break, no classes
October 27: Studio Trunk or Treat @ Bountiful
October 31: Halloween, no classes after 4pm
November 21-24: Thanksgiving Break, no classes
December 16: Holiday Performance @ Bountiful
December 21-Jan 3: Winter Break, no classes
January 15: MLK Day, no classes
February 3: Valentine Ball @ Centerville
February 19: President’s Day, no classes
February 23: Skipping Party (for preschool/pre-k)
March 29: Mom & Me Paint Night @ Centerville
April 1-5: Spring Break, no classes
April 8-19: Parent Participation Week & Rollover Rally
April 16: Pathways for Dancers Meeting
May 27: Memorial Day, no classes
May 30: Banana Splits Pass Off Party
May 31: Last day of classes
May 31 & June 1: Tumble Exhibition
June 3-5: 2023-24 Company Auditions
June 3-6: Recital Picture Day @ Centerville
June 8: Recital
June 10: Family Appreciation Pool Party
