This includes teaching them to lift their hips and square them towards the mirror, to keep their ribs tipped downward and their spines lengthened, to keep their knees aligned with their toes, to keep their knees straight or the correct amount of bent, to keep their shoulders low and square, and a dozen other slight corrections.

Without dozens of minute corrections, students simply cannot progress in ballet. There’s a reason ballet is widely recognized as the most difficult form of dance to master!

With proper dancewear, a teacher can tell from across the room whether a student is in proper alignment, allowing them to correct even fast-moving choreography with precision.

Reasons for our Dress Code:

1. It’s far easier for teachers to pick out the one person in a class who is performing something incorrectly if there are not multiple patterns, styles, and colors getting in the way. This maximizes the amount of value your student can get from class.  

2. Students wearing a uniform have less to think about before class or during class. Their minds can focus better on technique when they are not comparing their outfit to their friends’ outfits.

3. A class in a uniform feels like a team, which is the kind of spirit we promote at Heart to Toe Studios. We want students to feel like they are all on the same team, working towards a common goal, a goal none of them could achieve on their own. We encourage our students to support each other, to cheer each other on, to not let others’ success threaten their own sense of worth.