Twin Cities School of Dance / Twin Cities Ballet / Bloomington, IL

		Parent Information Packet We have prepared this packet as a means to provide the information you need for this year’s Spring Ballet and Spring Recital performances. Remember tickets are on sale at the BCPA boxoffice - call (309) 434-2777 or toll free 1-866-686-9451 or order online at www.artsblooming.org - reserved seating only. Spring Ballet - Cinderella May 9th 10:00 am (school) and 7:00 pm (public) Spring Recital 2008 - Dancing through the Years May 10th at 2:00 pm Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA) 110 East Mulberry, Bloomington - map Use north parking lot entrance behind the BCPA (not the east doors) The schedule for the final week of rehearsals (tech week = May 5 - 10) is given below. There will be NO SITTING IN THE AUDITORIUM AT BCPA DURING THE REHEARSALS. You may wait in the dressing rooms with your child until it is their turn to rehearse. One assigned parent will escort the group to stage and then back upstairs after they are done performing. It is important that all parents help with not entering the auditorium because Twin Cities will incur additional costs for rental of the facility. No one will be allowed to use the downstairs ballroom. There is limited space backstage at the facility, but we will have designated parent volunteers to assist. Parents will not be allowed to remain backstage. The dressing room is directly off the backstage area. Please be respectful of the directions given by the volunteers. It is necessary to keep the noise level down backstage. The shows are being professionally videotaped by Wolfhaven Productions; and order forms are available at the studio, online, or at the performances. Orders can be turned in any time between now and the end of the performance on May 10th. Please make checks payable to TCSD Parent Guild. No videotaping will be allowed during dress rehearsal As always, for the safety of all of our dancers, flash photography is not allowed at any time. When you pick up your dancer from rehearsals, please take time to clean up any trash, bobby pins, or other items you brought with you. Dress Specifics Unless specifically stated otherwise, all female dancers should wear a nude leotard (also known as a “nudie”) under their costumes. Nudies are available at Flying D Dancewear, (Peoria) or Act 1 (Stacy's Dance Studio - Bloomington). Please do not allow your child to eat or drink in their costume! Pre–ballet and Ballet 1: Girls – pink tights, pink ballet slippers Boys – black tights, black slippers Hair – Hair should be worn in a bun (bangs pulled back - no middle part in the hair, please). If your child has short bangs, please pull them back and secure with styling gel, hairspray, and pins. With stage lighting, short bangs can cast a shadow on the face. Makeup – This is a small facility and as such, minimal make up is needed. A bit of mascara, light blush and a hint of lipstick is sufficient. Tap Students: Girls - Tan tap shoes and tan tights Boys- Black tap shoes Jazz Black jazz shoes, any style Hip Hop Black split-sole jazz shoes Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday May 8... There will be two days of recital rehearsal at Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts beginning at 4:30 pm on May 7th and 8th. We will also have a full run through of the recital Saturday, May 10th at 10 AM in full costume and makeup. To help us accomplish this please have your child at the auditorium, ready to rehearse, 15 minutes prior to their scheduled rehearsal time. Teachers will usually run through each number twice. Click here for the recital rehearsal schedule for each class. Please bring your child to the designated area of the dressing rooms, in full make up and costume, no later than fifteen minutes before they are scheduled to perform. The Cinderella rehearsal at BCPA will start promptly at 7:00 PM with cast call at 6:30 both Wednesday and Thursday. Company barre begins at 6:00 PM, so company dancers must be present at 5:45 PM. All other cast members must be present at 6:30 PM. Greg Linder will also take stage shots of the performances and these will be available to view on our website shortly after the shows. Friday, May 9 - Cinderella Performances Cast call at BCPA will be 8:30 AM for the school show and 5:30 for the evening performance. Saturday, May 10 - Recital Rehearsal and Public Performance All recital students should be at the BCPA at 9:30 ready to dance in full costume and makeup for a complete run through of the whole show. Then, everyone must be back at 1:30 for the recital public show, which begins at 2 PM. After her/his performance, your dancer may sit with you in the auditorium for the remainder of the show if you have purchased a ticket for them.

We have prepared this packet as a means to provide the information you need for this year’s Spring Ballet and Spring Recital performances. Remember tickets are on sale at the BCPA boxoffice - call (309) 434-2777 or toll free 1-866-686-9451 or order online at www.artsblooming.org - reserved seating only.

Spring Ballet - Cinderella May 9th 10:00 am (school) and 7:00 pm (public)
Spring Recital 2008 - Dancing through the Years May 10th at 2:00 pm

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA)
110 East Mulberry, Bloomington - map

Use north parking lot entrance behind the BCPA (not the east doors)

The schedule for the final week of rehearsals (tech week = May 5 - 10) is given below. There will be NO SITTING IN THE AUDITORIUM AT BCPA DURING THE REHEARSALS. You may wait in the dressing rooms with your child until it is their turn to rehearse. One assigned parent will escort the group to stage and then back upstairs after they are done performing. It is important that all parents help with not entering the auditorium because Twin Cities will incur additional costs for rental of the facility.

No one will be allowed to use the downstairs ballroom.

There is limited space backstage at the facility, but we will have designated parent volunteers to assist. Parents will not be allowed to remain backstage. The dressing room is directly off the backstage area. Please be respectful of the directions given by the volunteers. It is necessary to keep the noise level down backstage.

The shows are being professionally videotaped by Wolfhaven Productions; and order forms are available at the studio, online, or at the performances. Orders can be turned in any time between now and the end of the performance on May 10th. Please make checks payable to TCSD Parent Guild.

No videotaping will be allowed during dress rehearsal As always, for the safety of all of our dancers, flash photography is not allowed at any time.

When you pick up your dancer from rehearsals, please take time to clean up any trash, bobby pins, or other items you brought with you.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, all female dancers should wear a nude leotard (also known as a “nudie”) under their costumes. Nudies are available at Flying D Dancewear, (Peoria) or Act 1 (Stacy's Dance Studio - Bloomington). Please do not allow your child to eat or drink in their costume!

Hair – Hair should be worn in a bun (bangs pulled back - no middle part in the hair, please). If your child has short bangs, please pull them back and secure with styling gel, hairspray, and pins. With stage lighting, short bangs can cast a shadow on the face.

Makeup – This is a small facility and as such, minimal make up is needed. A bit of mascara, light blush and a hint of lipstick is sufficient.

Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday May 8...

There will be two days of recital rehearsal at Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts beginning at 4:30 pm on May 7th and 8th. We will also have a full run through of the recital Saturday, May 10th at 10 AM in full costume and makeup. To help us accomplish this please have your child at the auditorium, ready to rehearse, 15 minutes prior to their scheduled rehearsal time. Teachers will usually run through each number twice. Click here for the recital rehearsal schedule for each class.

Please bring your child to the designated area of the dressing rooms, in full make up and costume, no later than fifteen minutes before they are scheduled to perform.

The Cinderella rehearsal at BCPA will start promptly at 7:00 PM with cast call at 6:30 both Wednesday and Thursday. Company barre begins at 6:00 PM, so company dancers must be present at 5:45 PM. All other cast members must be present at 6:30 PM.

Cast call at BCPA will be 8:30 AM for the school show and 5:30 for the evening performance.

All recital students should be at the BCPA at 9:30 ready to dance in full costume and makeup for a complete run through of the whole show. Then, everyone must be back at 1:30 for the recital public show, which begins at 2 PM.

After her/his performance, your dancer may sit with you in the auditorium for the remainder of the show if you have purchased a ticket for them.