Thank you for looking into our dress code. At DPU, we strive for professionalism and training of the whole person. Our dress code assists in setting an environment of excellence in our everyday studio culture. Please see the respective classes below.

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Sprouts & Seedlings: We welcome any color of leotard and tights and require pink canvas ballet shoes and black tie up tap shoes. Hair should be secured back and no jewelry will be permitted in class.

Cheer & Tumbling: Students should wear athletic wear and no shoes.  Hair should be secured back and no jewelry will be permitted in class.

Blossoms: We welcome any color of leotard and tights and require black jazz shoes and black tie up tap shoes, hair should be secured back and no jewelry will be permitted in class.

Junior/Teen/Adult Classes: We welcome dancewear of different varieties such as but not limited to: crop tops, leggings, booty shorts, tighter athletic wear. No street clothes are permitted in class; please always wear undergarments under tops and bottoms. Hair must be secured back and no jewelry will be permitted in class. Junior/Teen classes will differ in shoes based on style – tap, ballet, jazz and tennis shoes may all be used in classes depending on style chosen.

Ballet: Black leotard, pink tights, pink canvas ballet shoes and hair secured tightly in slicked back, proper bun. Failure to abide by dress code after first warning will result in student being asked to sit out of class.

Acrobatics: Leotard with either tights, booty shorts or leggings, hair must be secured back and no jewelry. *Must have on bottoms if only wearing leotard.

Contemporary: Dancewear of different varieties such as but not limited to: crop tops, leggings, booty shorts, tighter athletic wear, etc – no loose fitting t-shirts or street clothes; no shoes required but may wear pirouettes or contemporary socks. Hair must be secured back and no jewelry.

Aerial: It is highly recommended to wear leggings and a tight fitting top or leotard for safety purposes.  We welcome any color leggings, booty shorts, crop tops, leotards etc – but absolutely no loose fitting clothes.  Hair must be secured back and no jewelry will be permitted in class.

Mini Classes: For our Mini Hip Hop, Mini Musical Theater, Mini Acro & Mini Cheer & Tumble, we welcome any color of athletic wear like shorts, leggings, t-shirts, etc.  We ask that our dancers wear clean tennis shoes for hip hop only. Our Mini Musical Theater, Mini Acro & Mini Cheer & Tumble do not need any shoes.

Male Dancers: For our male dancers we welcome athletic clothes of any color like shorts, tshirts, etc for all classes.  For Hip Hop they should wear clean tennis shoes, for Tap they will need black lace-up tap shoes, for Ballet they will need canvas ballet shoes, for Jazz they will need black jazz shoes.  For all other classes (Aerial, Cheer & Tumbling, Acro, Contemporary, Musical Theater) dancers will be barefoot.