Uniforms

PERFORMING ARTS

Clothing:
Pupils aged 4 – 13 should wear their CentreStage T-shirt with tracksuit bottoms, leggings, or jazz pants (Please note NO Jeans). Pupils aged 14-18 may wear their own choice of top, but they must be appropriate for a dance class.

Footwear:
All pupils aged 7-18 must wear jazz shoes or jazz sneakers. Pupils aged 4-6 years, who find tying laces difficult, may wear either flexible trainers or jazz shoes.

Hair:
All long hair must be tied neatly off the face

JAZZ AND TAP

Girls:
Black polycotton camisole leotard with black leggings
Black Jazz shoes for Jazz
Black Tap shoes for Tap

Boys:
Black Jazz pants and black vest top
Black Jazz shoes for Jazz
Black Tap shoes for Tap

Hair:
All long hair must be tied neatly off the face

BALLET

All pupils attending ballet classes are expected to wear the uniform appropriate for their class. Please note that the following are also the required uniforms for pupils taking their Royal Academy of Dance exams.

Please note that for reasons of safety, no jewellery may be worn in class and for reasons of hygiene hair must be tied up in a bun.

Girls:

Baby Ballerinas & Pre-School:
Pink tutu, pink ballet socks or pink ballet tights and pink full soled leather ballet shoes.

Pre-Primary & Primary:
Lilac plain short-sleeved cotton lycra leotard (Freed RAD Chloe style), Freed RAD lilac georgette wrap-over skirt, pink ballet socks or pink ballet tights and pink full soled leather ballet shoes.

Grade 1:
Lavender plain sleeveless cotton lycra leotard (Freed RAD Aimee style) with matching waist elastic, pink ballet socks or pink ballet tights and pink full soled leather ballet shoes.
Black character skirt (Little Ballerina with Pink combination ribbons) and black low-heeled character shoes.

Grade 2:
Mulberry plain sleeveless cotton lycra leotard (Freed RAD Aimee style) with matching waist elastic, pink ballet socks or pink ballet tights and pink canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes.
Black character skirt (Little Ballerina with Pink combination ribbons) and black low-heeled character shoes.

Grade 3:
Teal plain sleeveless cotton lycra leotard (Freed RAD Aimee style) with matching waist elastic, pink ballet socks or pink ballet tights and pink canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes.
Black character skirt (Little Ballerina with Brights combination ribbons) and black Cuban heeled character shoes.

Grade 4:
Port sleeveless meryl leotard (Freed RAD Faith style) with matching waist elastic, pink ballet tights and pink canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes.
Black character skirt (Little Ballerina with Brights combination ribbons) and black Cuban heeled character shoes.

Grade 5:
Purple sleeveless cotton lycra leotard (Freed Bethany style) with matching waist elastic, pink ballet tights and pink canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes.
Black character skirt (Little Ballerina with Brights combination ribbons) and black Cuban heeled character shoes

Grades 6 - 8:
Royal Blue cap sleeve microfibre leotard (Roch Valley Arioso style), Little Ballerina RAD royal blue poly chiffon mid-calf length skirt, pink ballet tights and pink canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes.
Black character skirt (Little Ballerina with Brights combination ribbons) and black Cuban heeled character shoes.

Intermediate Foundation:
Black leotard of each student’s own choosing, convertible ballet tights, canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes with matching satin ribbons; pointe shoes with matching satin ribbons.

NB. In line with RAD policy, all pupils may choose to wear socks, tights and shoes to match their skin tone. 

Hair:

Baby Ballet & Pre-school:
All girls may have their hair tied neatly off their faces in pleats, bunches or a ponytail.

All other grades:
All girls MUST have their hair tied back neatly in a ballet bun.

Boys:

Baby Ballet & Pre-School:
Navy shorts, white neatly fitted T-shirt, white socks and black leather ballet shoes.

Pre Primary, Primary, Grades 1 & 2:
Navy shorts, white short-sleeved leotard, white socks and black leather ballet shoes. Grades 1 & 2 also need black Oxford lace up character shoes.

Grades 3 - 8:
Navy cotton/lycra stirrup tights or leggings. Short sleeved white leotard.
Black canvas or leather split sole ballet shoes and short white socks. Black Oxford, lace-up character shoes.

All uniforms, including character skirts are available from Soul2Sole, Swinfens Yard, Stony Stratford Tel: 01908 260909.