Performance

Thank you for being a part of our ballet school program. We hope that it is an exciting and positive experience for everyone involved! In an effort to eliminate confusion and last-minute questions, please read all information closely. If you have more than one student or your student is in more than one class, please read the rehearsal schedule carefully.

Mark all clothing, ballet slippers, tights, dance bags, etc. with your dancer’s name and phone number.  Cache Valley Civic Ballet-School and Ridgeline High School are not responsible for lost or stolen items.  Lost items will be gathered up and taken to the Ballet’s Lost and Found in the Dancer's Closet at the Whittier Community Center.

The students will be checked in at main doors to the school by the auditorium for rehearsal/performance.  This door is located on the North side of the building.  PLEASE BE ON TIME.  Punctuality is a must!  Please allow extra time for travel and arrive a little early to the auditorium.  Our rehearsals run on time and being late you run the risk of your dancer not being able to rehearse prior to their performance.

Rehearsals begin on time (if you are late, you risk your student not getting a chance to practice prior to the performance, see schedule below for rehearsal and performance information.

Please go over the theater policy information with your dancer so they know what behavior is expected of them. Specifically address those areas italicized.
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LATECOMERS - Arrive promptly.  Please make sure you find your seat before the performance begins.  Traffic and parking can be challenging, so leave home in plenty of time.  Those who arrive after curtain time will be seated at the first appropriate break or if necessary, at intermission.  Seat locations printed on your tickets are not guaranteed past curtain time.  We accept no responsibility for inconvenience to latecomers or people leaving their seats.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Please turn off all Cell phones, Pagers, iPods, MP3 Players, Laptops, etc. prior to entering the theater.  Patrons expecting an emergency call are encouraged to leave their phone and seat number with our house manager.  Taking photographers or using recording equipment is not allowed in the theater.  Copyright laws prohibit photographing without the prior permission of the presenting organization.

EXITING AND APPLAUSE - Please remain in your seats until the end.  The end means the end of the curtain call.  When the performance is over, our technicians will turn on the house lights for your safety.

BE COURTEOUS - Make this experience enjoyable for others around you by not talking during the performance.  Applauding the artists in encouraged, remember the artists can hear you.  Thank you for your patronage and theater etiquette!

FOOD AND BEVERAGES - No eating or drinking is allowed in the theater (except for bottled water).  Unlike a movie, which keeps going no matter what noise you make, the actors on stage are distracted by what they hear.

DRESS CODE - We have no official “dress code” at the theater.  Our patrons usually dress in business casual attire or in formal business attire.  However, we’d rather you come in casual clothing than not come at all.

Students should arrive for rehearsal dressed in:

Male Dancers — should wear a white shirt, black pants/tights, black ballet shoes, and black socks, and hair should be neatly combed away from the face.  Ballet shoes must have elastics.  Ballet dancers DO NOT wear bows on their shoes.  Please knot the strings, trim halfway and tuck them inside the shoe.  No makeup is required for this performance.
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Female Dancers — should wear their black leotard (NO PANTIES), pink tights (cover their feet), and pink ballet shoes. If the dancer is in multiple classes in the same show we do recommend wearing a nude, pink, or white leo to make the costume change go more smoothly backstage (this is not required but recommended). Hair is pulled back in a neat bun with no bangs, buns should be just below the crown of the head in back.  Use lots of hair gel and hair spray to slick back bangs.  Use a hair net over the bun helps keep the fly-away hairs in place.  A hair piece will be provided with their costumes for each dancer, so please no extra hair “things” in their hair.  Ballet shoes must have elastics and ballet dancers DO NOT wear bows on their shoes.  Please knot the strings, trim halfway and tuck them inside the shoe. No makeup is required for this performance.

Parent Helpers: We are asking for two parent helpers per class. These are adults whose job it is to ensure a non-stressful environment for your dancer before and during the rehearsal and performance. They are not babysitters. Please pick up your child promptly.  Please keep in mind that these parent helpers are volunteers assigned to help keep your dancer safe, happy, and secure. Please respect them. We encourage you to volunteer. Parent helpers do not need a ticket for the performance. You will be given a credential to get you into the auditorium for helping backstage during the rehearsal and performance. This is a great opportunity to see your dancer and the School of Ballet dancers backstage! Sign up to be a parent helper by filling out the Parent Helper Form.

Backstage Helpers: We are also looking for helpers for Backstage (ticket takers, student checkin, etc). If you are interested in helping that way please fill out this form.

Tickets for Clara's Dream are $5 each, sales beginning November 18, 2024. CVCB-School is a non-profit organization and all proceeds go back in to the school to help purchase new costumes, update flooring, and classroom equipment, etc.

Those that do not need a ticket are: Students who are performing, Parent Helpers, and babes in arms.

If you have a student(s) performing in multiple shows you will need to acquire tickets to each show separately.

Clara's Dream Performance is being recorded and all shows will be on the same Digital Video and available for purchase below:

Ridgeline High School has specific areas we are allowed to use and others we are not.  Many productions and crews use the school as well as the School of Ballet.  We are guests in the auditorium and must be respectful of the building and all property in it.  Parents, siblings, and friends are not allowed backstage, in dressing rooms, or in the auditorium during the rehearsal (unless they are parent helpers with the appropriate credentials—which are given the day of the show).  Parents, siblings, and friends are also not allowed backstage and in dressing rooms during the performance.  No running in the auditorium anywhere and talking should be kept to a minimum when in all common areas.