Dance Experience
Located at 10310-56 street
Fulton Place Elementary School
780-450-0812
contactus@danceexperience.info
Mailing Address: 6803-102A Ave, EDM, AB,
T6A 0S1
Dance Experience History
Dance Experience was founded in 1974 by Morrie Murray. From the onset
Dance Experience has been dedicated to the idea of establishing a first rate affordable dance school which provides quality
dance instruction. Through hard work and numerous volunteer hours, we are able to achieve this goal. Today the club continues to
thrive through our major fundraising event, a casino, which occurs
approximately every 18-24 months.
This unique studios’ philosophy is that the student comes first. We want
our students to learn about all aspects of dance: the discipline and
dedication, the showmanship, the teamwork, and the etiquette. We want to help
our dancers be enthusiastic and positive in class, to be respectful and
courteous to their fellow dancers and to always encourage those around them.
Most important is that they enjoy themselves, are physically active, and
develop positive self-esteem. The studio hopes to provide support and guidance
to those students who wish to further their dance education and careers in
other schools and organizations.
Our main goal is to continue to service the community at affordable
rates, ensuring that all children regardless of financial situation are able to discover their love of dance.
2020-2021 Season
If you’re interested in joining our dance studio please contact us at: contactus@danceexperience.info
COVID-19 Protocols
and Procedures
Dance Experience
COVID-19 Protocols and Procedures – DRAFT version Aug 20,2020
Daily Screening
Checklist
Prior to entry to the dance studio each day, please complete
the:
Health Screening Questionnaire
2020-2021 Dance Experience Registration
The 2020/21 dance
schedule is now complete. Please read this carefully as it contains important
information about class registration. Due to COVID-19 many policies and
procedures have changed.
Information for
2020-2021 season
Schedule – The full schedule is available on Studio Director. The
classes your dancer is eligible to register in have been pre-approved and you
will be unable to register for other classes. Adjustments to the schedule may
be made up to October 30, 2020. Based on enrollment, some classes may be
cancelled (low enrollment) and additional classes may be added (high
enrollment).
Season start dates – All classes will have an online
welcome the week September 21 - 26. During this session, instructors will be at
the studio and will review the new procedures with each class.
·
Start dates for the in-person season will be staggered for the two
streams of classes (festival and recreational). This will decrease the initial
number of people in the building, allowing us to effectively implement our new
protocols and procedures.
·
Festival classes will begin online the week of September 21 and
will move to in-person the week of Monday September 28.
·
Recreational classes will begin online the week of September 21 and
will move to in-person classes the week of Monday October 5.
COVID-19 – All families are expected to read the Dance Experience
COVID-19 Protocols and Procedures (and all associated
links) and review it with their dancer(s). Families are required to confirm
they have read this document and agree to the protocols and procedures stated.
This is achieved by completing the Dance Experience
COVID-19 Waiver.
Face Masks – Dance Experience will require masks to be worn by all
individuals while inside the building. Individuals will be expected to provide
their own masks however, if required, Dance Experience Staff can provide them at a cost
of $1.00. This charge will be added to your studio director account.
Class Delivery Options – Dance Experience will offer a full
complement of classes in-person for the 2020-2021 season for the continued
development of our dancers. At this time, there is
insufficient interest in online classes. As we monitor the situation and engage
with our families we may start new online or in-person
classes throughout the season.
Class Structure
& Costumes – The focus of in-person classes for the first three months will be
on technique, and in-person classes will not begin choreography for routines
until December. Although our hope is to have a full season, which includes
shows and competitions, this is not guaranteed due to the unpredictable nature
of the pandemic. For this reason, we will not be ordering costumes until
December or January, when we hope to have a better idea of what might be
possible in the spring. This will impact what instructors are able to do with
their choreography and it will limit the options they have for costumes. We
know how disappointed dancers and their families were last
season and we do not want to see choreography and costly costumes unused
for a second consecutive year.
Class Placement – Class placements will be slightly different this season to
decrease the amount of close contact our dancers have at the studio. Dancers
will be placed in cohorts, which will remain the same across all styles of
dance. This may mean that your dancer is not with the same group as last
season. We understand this may be challenging for some dancers as they may move
down a level, but we think this is the best way to maintain the health and
safety of our dance community. Dancers from different cohorts will not interact
with each other at the studio.
Ballet Choreography
and Ballet Technique – This season Ballet Choreography and Ballet Technique will be
combined into one class to decrease the dancers hours
at the studio. The Junior I Ballet class has been split into two classes for
scheduling reasons. Junior I Ballet will be 30 minutes and Junior I Ballet
Technique will be 60 minutes. Junior I Ballet will focus on turns and jumps for
the first part of the season and will later be used for choreography.
Musical Theatre – Current health restrictions on group singing, coupled with our
inability to find an instructor, means that musical theatre will not be offered
this season.
Tumbling Classes – We will not be offering tumbling classes this season due to
implications for sharing of equipment, physical contact with the equipment,
hands on spotting by the instructor, and the requirement not to mix cohorts.
Class Requirements – Some classes have specific requirements associated with them;
please ensure you consider these when registering. Should you not have the
appropriate pre-requisite(s), or be registered in the
appropriate co-requisite class(es), you will be removed from the class. Class
requirements are as follows:
Festival Classes – Festival classes can be recognized by the Beginner, Junior, or
Intermediate title at the beginning of the class name. Open Tap, Open Hip Hop,
and Adult Hip Hop are also festival classes. If your child is registering for a
festival class please ensure you and your dancer have read the Dance Experience
Festival Information & Etiquette before registering.
You and your dancer(s) will be required to acknowledge that you have read and
agree to the festival information by completing the Dance Experience Festival Class ~ Agreement.
2020-2021 Class Fees
– For the 2020-2021 season the yearly fees can be paid in
full at registration or divided over 8 months (last season this was 9 months).
Although we provide families the convenience to pay using monthly installments,
upon registration families accept that this is a season commitment and they are
responsible for class fees for the entire season.
Class Length |
Yearly Fees |
Monthly Installment
(yearly
fees divided over 8 months) |
30 minute recreational class |
$196.00 |
$24.50 |
45 minute recreational class |
$228.00 |
$28.50 |
60 minute recreational class |
$260.00 |
$32.50 |
60 minute festival class |
$280.00 |
$35.00 |
75 minute festival class |
$312.00 |
$39.25 |
90 minute festival class |
$344.00 |
$43.25 |
*Note: Junior I
Ballet will be charged as one 90 minute class. It will
appear as Junior I Ballet Technique $35.00/month, Junior I Ballet $8.25/month.
Payment Options – for the 2020-2021 the preferred methods of payment are:
Festival Fees – Festival organizers have provided studios with festival credits
for the fees paid in the 2019-2020 season. These credits varied between the
different events:
At this time we don’t know if the credits will cover the 2020-2021
festival fees per event. To make the accounting of the fees simpler, and to
ensure we are not collecting more money from families than necessary, we will
not be charging returning festival dancers festival fees at registration.
Festival fees and credits will be applied to each family's Studio Director
account on November 1, 2020. Festival fees ($85.00/class) for new festival dancers will be due at registration.
Those festival
dancers not returning this season, or returning but in fewer classes, will have
their fees assessed on November 1st, 2020. If we are able to use the festival
fees from the non-returning dancers for other dancers
this season we will issue refunds to these families. However, the studio was
only issued credits so we cannot guarantee refunds if we are unable to use the
full credit.
Costume Deposit – We will be taking a $30.00 costume deposit, due December 1,
2020, for each performance class. This does not include: Pre-Pointe and Pointe.
Volunteer Commitment – To ensure all families are involved with our non-profit studio
at a common minimum level we will be collecting a volunteer commitment deposit.
This comprises a deposit of $100.00 if your family dances 2 hours a week or
less, and $200.00 if your family dances over 2 hours a week (collected at the
time of registration). This deposit can be a cheque post-dated to June 15,
2021, or a credit card authorization with an expiration date of July 2021 or
later. The volunteer deposit must be submitted with the tuition payments the
week of October 5 using the Volunteer Commitment Form.
2020-2021 On-line
Registration
Class registrations
will be entirely online this season and will only be accepted through Studio
Director. We will only be asking parents/guardians to come to the studio to
drop off tuition payment, monthly installment plans, and volunteer commitment
deposits.
Studio Director can
be accessed through the following link:
https://app.thestudiodirector.com/danceexperience/portal.sd
Step 1: Logging In
New and Returning
Families – Login will be the main email address you provided to Dance
Experience. If you encounter issues while trying to login please contact the
studio: contactus@danceexperience.info.
Step 2: Updating
Account & Dancer Information
Once logged into
Studio Director please complete the following:
·
Ensure phone number(s) and email addresses are correct. You can
enter more than one, each should be separated by a comma. Please ensure an
emergency contact is listed.
4.
Update Student Info – go to My Account, Edit Student Info.
·
Ensure dancers' birthdate and gender are correct.
·
Enter any medical conditions, allergies or medications that would
be relevant to their involvement at the studio.
It is very important
that you update this information.
The ‘rates and
policies’ link at the bottom of the home page screen will link you to the Dance
Experience webpage.
Step 3: Class
Registration Process
Instructors have
pre-approved each dancer in classes based on the classes they attended last
season. Some placements have been adjusted to keep dancers in cohorts. Please
use the 2020 Cohort
Registration Guide when selecting your
dancers classes. All classes must belong to the same cohort. To enroll in
classes please complete the following steps through Studio Director:
Class Placement
Questions – If you have any questions regarding your dancer’s class
placement please contact the studio via email.
Additional Classes – If a dancer is interested in a style that they are not
pre-approved for please contact the studio via email. If there is an
appropriate class for your dancer it will be added to
your page.
Step 4: Payments
(week of October 5 - October 10)
During the week of
October 5 - October 10 volunteers will be stationed outside the studio
accepting payment for classes. All payments must be received in a sealed
envelope with a Payment Submission
Form. Debit payments during this week can be made by appointment only.
Payment of all fees
must be arranged during the registration process. The preferred methods of
payment are:
Cash and Debit payments
after the registration process can be made by appointment only.
There are two
schedules families may follow for payment of their dance fees:
·
Post-dated cheques (dated the first of the month November - May)
·
Pre-authorized monthly credit card payments - a service fee of 3%
will be added to all credit card payments
·
Electronic bank transfers - the security question password must be
your eldest dancers full name (capitalized) without any spaces (JaneDoe)
If you pay monthly
by electronic bank transfer, debit, or cash you will be required to leave
credit card information. If payment is not received by electronic bank
transfer, debit or cash by the 30th of each month,
your credit card will automatically be charged.
Installment #1 – due October 10. Registration fees, festival fees
(new festival dancers), and the first month tuition installment. If payment is
not received by this date, your dancer(s) will be removed from their classes.
Installments #2-8 – due the first of the month November - May.
Festival fees (returning dancers) will be charged November 1, 2020.
Costume deposit(s) will be charged December 1, 2020.
All cheques should
be made payable to Dance Experience. Upon receiving an N.S.F. cheque
from a member, they will no longer have cheque privileges.
Understanding your
Studio Director invoice
Tights and Shoe
Sales
To purchase tights
and shoes from the studio please email the studio in advance.
Classes will begin
on Monday, September 21, 2020
Online welcome for all classes the week
September 21 - 26
Should you have any
questions regarding classes, online registration or the changes for this season
please contact the studio at contactus@danceexperience.info