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Registration in the Elite Team Pathway requires attendance in Dance Camp III or IV, Interviews, and Elite Team Auditions
Pathway Definition:
The Elite Team Pathway is a dance training program designed to allow students to compete within the competitive dance industry. This training program requires a weekly block of four and a half hours of technique training in addition to up to three hours of weekly group choreography rehearsals. The pathway is offered for ages 10-13 and ages 14-up. Elite Team competes in four dance competitions throughout the season and performs in both EADE’s Winter and End of the Year Showcase. Students registering for Elite Team are registering for a "season long" commitment. The EADE 2024-2025 season starts August 5, 2024 and ends on the day of the Trading Floor Showcase (scheduled for May 24, 2025).
Pathway Opportunities:
Technique Training III -
Elite Team Dancers (ages 10-13) are required to participate in 45 minutes of ballet, 45 minutes of acrobatics, 30 minutes of leaps and turns, 30 minutes of tap, 30 minutes of combination technique, and 30 minutes of hip-hop technique. (Technique Training III)
Technique Training IV -
Elite Team Dancers (ages 14+) are required to participate in 1 hour of ballet, 1 hour of acrobatics, 45 minutes of leaps and turns, 45 minutes of tap, 30 minutes of combination technique, and 30 minutes of hip-hop technique. (Technique Training IV)
Group Routine Choreography -
Students have an opportunity to participate, learn, rehearse, and compete in group routines depending on casting following audition results. EADE estimates the number of dance routines offered to a Elite dancer will be three routines. Participation in additional competitive group routines is offered but not required and not guaranteed. Placement in these routines will be dependent upon the results of the technique auditions and interviews.
Dancers will receive three hours of one-time choreography rehearsals per group routine, solo, duo, or trio placement prior to the start of the season. Choreography rehearsals will be scheduled following auditions and held 07/16/2024-07/19/2024 and/or 07/23/2024-07/26/2024.. Students are required to attend choreography rehearsals in order to participate in the group routine.
Each group routine, duo/trio, or solo receive a 30-minute weekly choreography rehearsal.
Students are required to compete these routines at four dance competitions throughout the season as well as perform on the Trading Floor in in January 2024 and May 2024.
Pathway Entry Requirements:
Prior dance experience is required to register for Elite Pathway. In most circumstances, students will be required to take two years of Technique Training prior to auditioning for the Elite Team. Students must complete the registration process, uphold EADE policy, and make timely payments in exchange for EADE services. Students participate in Dance Camp III or IV, Elite Team Audition, and Interviews in July in order to be considered for the Elite Pathway and understudy positions. Please refer to the “Assistantship Position” section for entry considerations for Assistantship positions. To be considered for soloist opportunities, dancers must participate in Dance Camp, Technique Audition, Soloist Auditions, and Interviews in July.
The student's age is first used to determine the class placement. Students can request access to upper level classes if able to demonstrate skills listed in the Knowledge Requirement document. Placement is determined following the Technique Audition. Teacher discretion and Knowledge Requirement expectations will be used in determining class placement as the dancer progresses throughout the season.
Routine placement will be based on the following considerations:
Includes but is not limited to:
Dance Camp / Auditions:
Interview and Registration Responses:
Veteran EADE Team Dancers:
EADE offers dancers opportunities to train as an understudy for up to two competitive routines.
Following auditions, EADE will select a dancer--who attended auditions--for each group routine to assume the role of an “understudy” in addition to the total group members.
The understudy is responsible for attending ALL rehearsals associated with the assigned group routine. The understudy is responsible for learning all roles within the routine and stepping into roles as requested. The understudy is responsible for purchasing the group routine costume at the beginning of the season, yet the understudy is exempt from monthly tuition fees associated with the group routine rehearsal unless the understudy is asked to perform in the role indefinitely.
The understudy will be expected to step in and perform for the group routine if a member is unable to fulfill his/her obligations to the Team Pathway. For example, if a casted dancer is injured and is required not to participate by a medical professional, the understudy will step into the injured dancer's role until the casted dancer is cleared to participate. If a casted dancer misses five rehearsals, the understudy will step into the casted dancer's role indefinitely.
Understudies will be held to the same attendance and performance policy as Team dancers cast in the routine. If unable to meet these expectations, understudies will be relieved of their understudy role.
Soloist opportunities are an extension of the Team Pathway. Soloist opportunities cater to dedicated dancers who want to pursue dance beyond recreational means. Soloists must attend all technique classes required by the Team Pathway and actively participate in the Team Pathway (groups) to remain eligible for solo opportunities.
Soloist opportunities will be relinquished if the soloist is unable to uphold the expectations of both the Team Pathway and soloist opportunities. Soloists agree to attend scheduled meetings during existing rehearsals—an introductory meeting and a mid-year meeting with the dancer’s teacher to review expectations throughout the year.
Soloists receive individual solo choreography along with a 30-minute weekly solo rehearsal. Soloists will receive three hours of one-time choreography rehearsals prior to the start of the season. Choreography rehearsals will be scheduled following auditions. Students are required to attend choreography rehearsals in order to receive soloist opportunities.
Students are required to compete solo routines at dance competitions throughout the season as well as perform on the Trading Floor in January of 2025 and May 2025. Elite Team will compete at two conventions and two competitions throughout the season.
To be considered for soloist opportunities, dancers must participate in Dance Camp III or IV, Elite Team Auditions, Soloist Auditions, and Interviews in July.
Registration Fee: $30
Required Gear: TBD
Trading Floor Fee: $200
Choreography: Varies depending on audition results
Costumes: $100/ group costume
Picture Day Fee: $75
Seasonal Competition Fees: varies by competition and number of routines
Non- Seasonal Competition Registration Fees: $35/ competition
Monthly Tuition:
Recurring monthly fee for services provided by The Team Pathway varies depending upon audition results and number of groups. Monthly Tuition includes all additional EADE-teacher scheduled rehearsals throughout the season (Example: dress rehearsals)
Due: The 1st of each month
See the steps below to calculate monthly tuition.
To calculate monthly tuition, dancers add Technique Training Tuition with Rehearsal Tuition.
Monthly Tuition = Technique Training Tuition + Weekly Choreography Rehearsal Tuition
Technique Training Tuition: EADE uses a sliding scale to calculate techinique training tuition rates. Add up the total amount of time per week of classes, then slide over and find the rate of tuition per month.
Weekly Choreography Rehearsal Tuition: EADE uses a class fee for weekly choreography rehearsals. The fees for each class are outlined below.
Elite Team - Technique Training IV Example with MINIMUM REQUIRED training oppportunitions.
Required 4.5 hours of Technique Training IV = $220
Required 2 group routines = $35*2=$70
Total Monthly Tuition = $290
*Please note these are the minimum requirements for Elite Team dancers to participate on Elite Team. Dancers may potentially add group, solo, duo, or trio routine rehearsals to their tuition.
Student-Oriented Approach to Dance Training:
EADE focuses on the individual dancer and strives to accommodate dancer requests. Priority of EADE resources will be given to dancers who hold themselves accountable for their own dance training.
Competitive Level:
EADE Elite Team competitive routines will compete in the most elite level offered at competitions. Training and program placement at EADE are constructed to prepare and enable dancers to confidently perform at this level.
Costumes:
EADE will order a costume for group Technique Training Trading Floor performances. This will represent the EADE uniform to be worn for all Trading Floor Performance. The price of the costume is included in your “Trading Floor Fee.”
Dancers budget an expense of $100 per dancer per group routine costume. EADE will design and determine group routine costumes. Some costumes will be purchased by dancers through EADE at a maximum of $100.00 per costume. For some costumes, EADE will communicate the expectations of the costume, and the parent and dancer will be responsible for obtaining the group costume. Expectations will be communicated via email.
Soloists and duos are responsible for purchasing and altering their own costumes.
EADE is not responsible for altering costumes. All costumes must be discussed and approved by the EADE owner prior to purchase.
Dress Code:
Dancers should attend class with their hair pulled away from their face: ponytail, bun, or securely fastened.
Ballet: To enhance the dance experience students are required to wear ballet pink tights (stirrups recommended), black leotard, and ballet shoes for ballet class. In general, male dancers are required to wear black athletic pants or shorts, a form-fitting shirt, and ballet shoes for ballet class.
For all other dance classes, dancers should wear form-fitting dance attire and the appropriate shoes.
Shoes: Ballet class requires ballet shoes. Tap class requires tap shoes. HipHop requires black, light-weight sneakers. All other technique classes and choreography rehearsals require paws, twylas, jazz shoes, or performance dance socks. Street ankle socks are not allowed during dance class.
Dancers will not be permitted to participate without the proper attire and shoes.
Trading Floor Showcases:
Elite Team Dancers will perform on the Trading Floor in May of 2025 and on the Trading Floor in January 2025. This is an opportunity to showcase the dancer’s dance knowledge learned throughout the season. Dancers must miss fewer than THREE rehearsals in the fall (August – December), and dancers must miss fewer than THREE rehearsals in the spring (January – May) to be eligible to participate in the showcase. Dancers must attend additional “Trading Floor Rehearsals” in order to participate.
Included in your Trading Floor Fee is the dancer’s opportunity to participate in the performance in May 2025, attend additional training rehearsals, wear the Trading Floor costume, access to a professionally filmed video of the End-of-the-Year showcase in May 2025, and receive TWO tickets to the End-of-the-Year Trading Floor Showcase in May 2025.
Pathway Attendance Policy:
Tuition and any additional fees such as Trading Floor Fees, Showcase Tickets, Costume, Choreography, Competition fees, etc. associated with absences, no shows, or missed classes or studio events will not be reimbursed under any circumstances.
For technique classes, dancers are welcome to attend missed classes in similarly offered classes throughout the week. This allows the dancer to receive the missed studio time, but it does not “make-up” an absence. For example, if a student misses a ballet class, the student has obtained one absence. The student is welcome to attend another ballet class during the week; however, the student will continue to have one absence. (Dancers intending to attend classes outside of their age range should request approval before attending these classes).
Missed choreography rehearsals on the students' behalf will not be made-up. EADE is not required to make-up classes canceled due to sickness, school events, inclement weather, and other events outside of the studio’s control. Additional studio training can be provided by scheduling private lessons. Private lessons outside of the studio’s normal working hours will require an additional fee.
Missed choreography caused by studio-decided scheduling conflicts will be made-up and scheduled in advance.
Absences: EADE will proceed with teaching classes without the absent students. Students who are absent will be expected to learn missed choreography and missed technique training independently. The EADE teacher will not be expected to re-teach, to reserve placements, or to make accommodations for students who do not attend class. To enhance the dancer’s team experience and ensure the safety of student performances, it is imperative that dancers attend all classes and rehearsals.
Dancers are allowed TWO missed rehearsals with no questions asked from August – December (Fall).
Dancers are allowed TWO missed rehearsals with no questions asked from January – May (Spring).
Allowed absences do not carry over from the fall to the spring.
After the THIRD missed rehearsal in the fall or in the spring, the dancer will not be permitted to perform in any EADE Trading Floor Showcases.
For Elite Team dancers, students will be removed from all competitive choreography following a third absence in the fall or the spring.
For soloists, dancers will relinquish solo opportunities following the THIRD absence in the fall or in the spring.
EADE will make exceptions with the presentation of a doctor, court, or funeral statement. These statements must be emailed to ellenalvindanceexchange@gmail.com prior to the start of the scheduled class.
EADE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING YOUR DANCER’S ATTENDANCE AND/OR COMMUNICATING YOUR DANCER’S ATTENDANCE WHEN THEY ARE AT RISK OF SURPASSING THE NUMBER OF ALLOWED ABSENCES. DANCERS AND CLIENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANCE.
Dancers' failure to attend additionally scheduled rehearsals, competitions, or events will result in removal from the pathway, and the dancer will be ineligible to participate in all showcase performances.
Students with the highest attendance of the season will be eligible for a scholarship at the end of the year.
A calendar of the full EADE season is provided at the time of registration.
Pathway Withdraw Policy:
All pathway dancers must notify EADE one month prior to the next billing due date (1st of the month) by completing the “Withdraw Form” if desiring to withdraw from the program. If the dancer decides to withdraw within one month of the next billing cycle, the dancer will be charged the entire month tuition in which he/she withdrew. In addition, withdrawing from the Elite Team requires removal from competitive group routines; therefore, the client will be charged a $500.00 fee for withdrawing from the pathway and releasing previously paid fees to EADE. The completion of the withdrawal form and withdrawal fee of $500.00 is required to release the client from the obligations of the agreement.
Agreement to Uphold EADE Policy:
EADE reserves the right to refuse services to dancers or clients who are unable to uphold the previously stated policies. EADE reserves the right to refuse services to dancers or clients who prevent EADE from upholding the previously stated policies. EADE reserves the right to update or revise this agreement throughout the season.
The EADE dancer will receive a respectful, diverse, individualized, goal-oriented dance education in exchange for tuition fees and cooperation with EADE policy and procedures. EADE staff is committed to uphold its policy and procedures to ensure an environment of quality dance education, inclusion, and client safety.
Summer Season
July 1st, 2024 - July 26th, 2024
2024-2025 Season
August 5th, 2024 - May 24th, 2025
August 2024 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 08/05-08/09
Week 2: 08/12-08/16
Week 3: 08/19-08/23
Week 4: 08/26- 08/30
September 2024 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 09/02-09/06
Week 2: 09/09-09/13
Week 3: 09/16-09/20
Week 4: 09/23-09/27
*We are closed on Labor Day 09/02.
October 2024 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 09/30-10/04
Week 2: 10/07-10/11
Week 3: CLOSED
Week 4: 10/21-10/25
*EADE Fall Break 10/14 - 10/18. We will be closed this week.
*We are closed on Halloween 10/31/2024.
November 2024 Rehearsal Week
Week 1: 10/28-11/01
Week 2: 11/04-11/08
Week 3: 11/11-11/15
Week 4: 11/18-11/22
*EADE will be closed for Thanksgiving 11/25-11/29.
*Studio Picture Week 11/18-11/22
December 2024 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 12/02-12/06
Week 2: 12/09-12/13
Week 3: 12/16-12/20
Week 4: 12/30-01/03
*EADE will be closed for Christmas 12/23-12/27.
*EADE will be closed for New Years 12/31-01/01.
January 2025 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 01/06-01/10
Week 2: 01/13-01/17
Week 3: 01/20-01/24
Week 4: 01/27-01/31
*EADE Winter Showcase 01/18/2025.
February 2025 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 02/03-02/07
Week 2: 02/10-02/14
Week 3: 02/17-02/21
Week 4: 02/24-02/28
March 2025 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 03/03-03/07
Week 2: 03/10-03/14
Week 3: CLOSED
Week 4: 03/24-03/28
*EADE will be closed for Spring Break 03/17-03/21.
April 2025 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 03/31-04/04
Week 2: 04/07-04/11
Week 3: 04/14-04/18
Week 4: 4/21-04/25
May 2025 Rehearsal Weeks
Week 1: 04/28-05/02
Week 2: 05/05-05/09
Week 3: 05/12-05/16
Week 4: 05/19-05/23
*EADE End-of-the-Year Showcase 05/24.
Scheduling Notes
*This calendar shows EADE's openings and closings.
*This calendar does not include pictures, meetings, dress rehearsals, dance competitions, celebrations, billing due dates. These dates will be provided on Google Calendar and communicated via email.
*Some dates will be determined on a month-by-month basis (such as privates). These times will be finalized by the 15th of the month prior. For example, the December schedule will be finalized November 15th for month-by-month scheduled classes.
*Weather cancellations will follow Dickson County School Closings. Cancellations due to inclement weather will not be made up.
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