MCA students are asked to follow the below dress code. Adhering to this policy promotes safety and injury prevention, allows instructors to view the student's bodylines and placement to make corrections, and provides a sense of tradition, discipline and respect. Please note: no jeans may be worn for any classes. Basic dance shoes and attire may fitted and ordered through MCA's Dance Boutique. If the cost of dance attire makes participation in MCA programs difficult please contact our office at 507-453-5500, we would love to see if we are able to help provide gently used donations.

Ballet:

Students Identifying as Female – pink tights or appropriate skin-toned tights, pink ballet slippers/pointe shoes or appropriate skin-toned shoes, and a black leotard, hair pulled tightly off the face and neck in a bun.  A ballet skirt may be worn for pointe and variations classes. On Saturdays, students may wear a ballet cut leotard in a color of choice.

Pre-Ballet for 4 & 5 Year-olds and Beginning Ballet female students are also invited to wear pink or white leotards and simple ballet skirts, pink tights or appropriate skin-toned tights, pink ballet slippers or appropriate skin-toned shoes and hair pulled tightly off the face and neck in a bun.. 

Students Identifying as Male – white t-shirt, black leggings/tights or shorts, and black or white ballet slippers (dance belt required for teen and adult male dancers). 

Gender Non-conforming Students:  fitted black t-shirt or leotard, black tights or leggings and black ballet shoes (dance belt as appropriate)

Modern:

Students Identifying as Female - Any colored leotard. Leggings, footless tights and or biker shorts may be worn and hair pulled off face and neck. No shoes needed, this class is taken barefoot.

Students Identifying as Male - Any color plain (no logos or design) t-shirt, dance pants, leggings, or shorts. Compression shorts and dance belts are required for teen and adult male dancers, respectively. No shoes needed, this class is taken barefoot.

Gender Non-conforming Students:  fitted black t-shirt or leotard, footless black tights, leggings or jazz pants, and well-fitted socks (dance belt as appropriate). No shoes needed, this class is taken barefoot.

Creative Movement, Dance Adventures, My Grown Up and Me, and Boys in Motion:

All students: Movable clothing (not too baggy so as to hinder the instructor’s view of the student’s body lines), bare feet, hair pulled off the face and neck.

Tap:

All students: Movable clothing and oxford style tap shoes. Hair is to be pulled off the face and neck.

Contemporary Dance and Jazz:

Students Identifying as Female - Any colored leotard, black tights, leggings, or dance pants, black jazz shoes, jazz sneakers, or ballet slippers. Hair pulled off the face and neck. 

Students Identifying as Male - Any colored t-shirt, dance pants or leggings, and jazz shoes or jazz sneakers. (dance belt as appropriate)

Gender Non-conforming Students:  fitted black t-shirt or leotard, black tights, leggings or jazz pants, and jazz shoes or jazz sneakers, and hair pulled off the face and neck. (dance belt as appropriate)

Conditioning and Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) classes:  

All Students - Any colored t-shirt or leotard, dance pants or leggings that can be pulled up to the knee if needed, and bare feet.  Hair will need to be secured very high or very low on the skull so that the dancer can lay flat on their back. 

Dance Technique for Boys:

Students Identifying as Male: White t-shirt, black leggings, tights, or shorts, and black or white jazz shoes or ballet slippers.

Gender Non-conforming Students:  fitted black t-shirt or leotard, black tights, leggings or jazz pants, and jazz shoes or jazz sneakers, and hair pulled off the face and neck. (dance belt as appropriate)

Irish:

Movable clothing (not too baggy as to hinder the instructor’s view of the student’s body lines), shorts or leggings are preferred, and Irish soft shoe Ghillies. Black ballet slippers are acceptable for beginners. Irish hard shoes are also required for dancers in Irish III & up.

Hip Hop

Movable clothing as desired. Hip Hop students wear clean tennis shoes or jazz sneakers. Hair pulled off the face and neck.

Adult & Other Specialty Classes

Oxford style tap shoes required for Clogging and Teen/Adult Tap students. Ballet slippers or jazz shoes for Teen/Adult Ballet. Barre students can be barefoot. Hair pulled off the face and neck.

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