Classroom Attire

General Weekly Dress Code

Step By Step Dance Studio is proud to provide a classroom environment that encourages confidence, discipline, and proper dance technique. Our dress code helps instructors observe body alignment, placement, and movement while creating a polished, professional atmosphere for every class.

Dress code requirements vary by age and dance style. Please refer to the class listings below for the specific attire, tights, and shoes required for your dancer’s class.

All dancewear should fit properly and allow for unrestricted movement. Dance shoes should be worn only inside the studio to help protect our dance floors.

Please label all dance shoes, outerwear, and personal belongings. Step By Step Dance Studio is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

For safety, dancers may not participate in class wearing only socks or footed tights. The appropriate dance shoes must be worn for every class.

Medium to long hair must be securely tied back and away from the face. Hair must be worn in a bun for all Teen Ballet, Pre-Pointe, and Pointe classes.

Performance Tights & Shoes

Throughout the season, dancers may wear different tights or shoes during weekly classes than they will for performances. Certain classes require specific brands, colors, and styles of tights and shoes to ensure a uniform appearance on stage.

To help families spread out expenses, some recital-specific items may be purchased later in the season. Please review your dancer’s class requirements below for complete details regarding recital tights, shoes, and any additional performance attire.

Tiny Tots & Sprouts

Dance Attire: Any solid-colored leotard is welcome. We recommend pink or light blue, but any solid color is acceptable. A solid-colored camisole dress with an attached ballet skirt is also acceptable. Separate ballet skirts, tutus, and tulle skirts are not permitted as part of the classroom dress code.

Tights: Capezio Child Transition Tights – Ballet Pink (Style #1916C).

Shoes: Capezio Hanami Ballet Shoe – Light Pink (Style #2037C).

Kinderdance

Tap • Jazz • Hip Hop

Dance Attire: Any solid-colored leotard is welcome. We recommend pink or light blue, but any solid color is acceptable. A solid-colored camisole dress with an attached ballet skirt is also acceptable. Separate ballet skirts, tutus, and tulle skirts are not permitted as part of the classroom dress code.

Tights: Capezio Child Transition Tights – Skin Tone (Style #1916C).

Tap Shoes: Capezio Slip-On Tap Shoe – Caramel (Style #B150).

Jazz Shoes: Capezio Slip-On Jazz Shoe – Caramel, Hazelnut, or Light Suntan (Style #B80) to coordinate with the dancer’s skin tone tights.

Hip Hop Shoes: Supportive athletic sneaker designated for dance class. A recital sneaker will be required later in the season.

Ballet & Hip Hop Combo

Dance Attire: Solid black leotard in any style. A separate solid black ballet skirt or solid black dance shorts of an appropriate length may also be worn.

Tights: Capezio Child Transition Tights – Skin Tone (Style #1916C). Ballet Pink Capezio Child Transition Tights (Style #1916C) will also be required for recital.

Ballet Shoes: Capezio Hanami Ballet Shoe – Light Pink (Style #2037C).

Hip Hop Shoes: Supportive athletic sneaker designated for dance class. A recital sneaker will be required later in the season.

Tap & Jazz Combo

Dance Attire: Solid black leotard in any style. Solid black dance shorts of an appropriate length or solid black leggings may also be worn.

Tights: Capezio Child Transition Tights – Skin Tone (Style #1916C).

Tap Shoes: Capezio Slip-On Tap Shoe – Caramel (Style #B150). Students who already own last season’s tap shoes may continue wearing them until they outgrow them. However, all dancers will need the Capezio B150 Slip-On Tap Shoe by recital.

Jazz Shoes: Capezio Slip-On Jazz Shoe – Caramel, Hazelnut, or Light Suntan (Style #B80) to coordinate with the dancer’s skin tone tights.

Ballet • Pre-Pointe • Pointe

Dance Attire: Solid black leotard in any style. A separate solid black ballet skirt or solid black dance shorts of an appropriate length may also be worn. Solid black ballet sweaters and black leg warmers are welcome but are not required.

Tights: Capezio Transition Tights – Skin Tone (Style #1916). Ballet Pink Capezio Transition Tights (Style #1916) will also be required for recital.

Ballet Shoes: Capezio Hanami Ballet Shoe – Light Pink (Style #2037W).

Tap

Dance Attire: Solid black leotard in any style. Solid black crop tops with appropriate support and solid black dance shorts of an appropriate length or solid black leggings are also acceptable. For Tween and Teen dancers, the skin-tone Bloch Deva Clear Back Bra (Style #Z3357) is recommended beneath leotards and crop tops.