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Dancewear

Dancers should wear their fitted tank top or leotard under their school uniform on dance days to ease transitioning to class in the afternoons.

  • Preschool:  pink leotard or fitted top
  • Grades K-12:  all black leotard or fitted tank top, combined with black spandex shorts, black leggings or skirt; no tights
  • Boys Hip Hop:  t-shirt and athletic shorts, tennis shoes
  • Dance Teams: black fitted top, black fitted shorts or leggings, tan or flesh tone jazz shoes, tennis or athletic shoes (team wear items assigned by coach)

Available through the following providers:

  • Bellisimo Dance Boutique, 790 Jordan Rd #108, Franklin, TN 37067
  • Spell's DanceWear, 4231 Harding Pike #1, Nashville, TN 37205
  • Amazon.com
     

Dance Bag

All dancers should bring a dance bag to class each week with their dance shoes, hair ties, water bottle, notebook/pencil, please leave all jewelry at home.

Shoes

Combined with colors above, NO TIGHTS

  • Ballet/Tap Combo - pink ballet shoes, black "Mary Jane" tap shoes
  • Ballet/Jazz Combo - pink ballet shoes, tan or flesh tone slip on jazz shoes
  • Hip Hop/Jazz Combo - tennis shoes, tan or flesh tone slip on jazz shoes
  • Ballet - pink split sole canvas ballet shoes
  • Jazz - tan or flesh tone slip on split sole jazz shoes
  • Hip Hop - tennis shoes - Recital shoes will be communicated at a later date
  • Contemporary - barefoot, may wear comfortable pants and long sleeves
  • Musical Theater/Tap - black lace up "Oxford" tap shoes
  • Tumble/Cheer - barefoot for tumbling, all white cheer shoes
     

Hair

  • Bun for Ballet
  • Ponytail for Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Tumbling, Combo Classes

Dress Code

Dance at Ensworth High School