Dress Code

Ballet dress codes are necessary to ensure the safety, technique evaluation and uniformity of dancers. Students are responsible for coming to class prepared with appropriate dress at all times. If a student comes without following the dress code, the instructor may ask them to leave.

Female Students:
– Hair must be worn in a traditional ballet bun at the crown of the head. No bangs allowed. If a female student has short hair all hair including bangs must be clipped back and gelled away from the face. The goal is to have the hair off the neck and face to create an elegant line in a style that cannot move around.
– An exception for Beginnings Ballet dancers: may wear their hair in a traditional ballet bun or in a neat high ponytail with any bangs clipped off the face.
– Ballet tights and leotards must be free of holes.
– Fashion accessories of any kind, including plastic headbands and bandanas, are not allowed. (Stretchy circular fabric headbands may be worn to control wispy hair.)
– NO jewelry (except small stud earrings). Dangling earrings and hoops are strictly prohibited due to safety reasons. NO hair ties or rubber bands are allowed on wrists. NO watches/bracelets, necklaces, or rings.
– As applicable by age, female dancers should wear appropriate support undergarment under leotard. Please wear skin tone or leotard color undergarments, if you must wear undergarments under tights, to ensure they are not visible.
– Pointe shoes for beginner pointe dancers should NOT be purchased until they are given guidelines by the teacher. Elastics and ribbons must be properly sewn to the pointe shoes once they are approved by the teacher. A tutorial on how to properly sew pointe shoes will be given by NBT staff as needed.