Dance Festival 2016 – Information for Parents

Gold Card

A Gold Card is given to you when you have made your child’s final tuition payment for the year, and paid the costume fees (by April 9th) for your child’s performance in Dance Festival 2016. In order to purchase tickets for Dance Festival 2016, you must mail your Gold Card along with your ticket order and payment. The Gold Card will be returned to you with your tickets, so that you can send it along with your child’s registration for classes, beginning in September 2016 at Coupé. Gold Cards are now available at the desk.

Tickets

Ticket order forms have been mailed to families of registered students, and can also be downloaded here. Please read the details carefully. Orders must be postmarked on or after April 7, 2016, so that your order can be promptly processed. Orders received before this date will be returned.

Costumes

The costume rental fee is $25 per costume. Costumes are to be paid for at the desk with your final tuition payment by April 9, 2016. Female students must provide their own tights, a skin-colored, camisole style leotard, and all students must have the dance shoes required for their dress rehearsals and performances. Costumes are provided by the Studio. Costumes are never taken home.

Dress Rehearsals

Rehearsal schedules for all performances of Festival 2016 will be posted on the callboard, emailed to you in an e-newsletter and posted on this website. (Check back for updates.)  Each class will be assigned a rehearsal time slot between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. for their rehearsal. Dress rehearsals will take place at North Rockland High School. ALL Performances (1-10) will be at North Rockland High School May 20th, May 21st & May 22nd.

Photography

A professional photographer is scheduled to photograph students at dress rehearsals. If you choose to have your child photographed in his or her costume at theclass dress rehearsal, completed forms and payment (cash or check) must be submitted to thephoto desk in the auditorium at dress rehearsal. Forms will be distributed in class.

Please Note: No one is permitted to take personal photographs outside the auditorium, as this distracts students, and causes delays in the photography process.

Video

Flash photography and video-taping are permitted at dress rehearsals only.

You may order professional video tapes of each performance from our NEW professional videographer who specializes in shooting dance performances. A video order form will be available during every performance as well as at the Studio desk.

 

Please join us to become part of the Coupé Production Family.

Sign on to help backstage at dress rehearsals and performances.

As you may know, our year-end Dance Festival is a large undertaking. A stipend of $25 is given to parents for each 3-hour rehearsal shift or full show and pre-show they work backstage. This reimburses your child’s costume fee, and is offered as a thank you for helping to secure the students’ well-being, and ensuring a smooth backstage experience for your child(ren). A backstage sign-up form is appears at the bottom of the mail-in ticket order form. Please complete the form and return it with your ticket order, or drop your completed form in the backstage box at Coupé. A Studio representative will contact you to confirm your availability.

As always, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
And once again, we look forward to a wonderful year-end performance.