CenterStage Academy of Ballet 2025 Costumes
At CenterStage, we spend the fall measuring and selecting our costumes for our recitals in May of 2025! To ensure costumes arrive in time for pictures in the spring, they must be ordered in November of 2024.
To try and spread out the cost of costumes, we schedule a deposit of $50 per costume, due September 15th. The remainder of the costume balance will be posted October 1st and must be paid by November 4th. Any costumes unpaid will not be ordered; students without costumes will not perform in the recital.
Costume prices vary from $50 - $125 per costume, this is due to the costume company's prices for tulle, sequins, rhinestones, glitter, lace, feathers, etc. All costumes include a pair of tights. The price of costumes have gone up with many costumes being priced over $125. Costume companies did not warn us of this increase. CenterStage guaranteed our families to stay within that $50 - $125 range this year. Instructors have worked very hard to keep costumes under $125.
CenterStage desires to make the costume process as stress free for our families as possible! CenterStage covers all costs to ship, exchange costumes that don't fit, alterations, and organizing.
Parents of male students! Don't see a costume for your son? Make sure to speak with his instructor. Many boys' costumes are similar to items they may already have at home or can purchase for much less. The costumes posted for our boys are unique costume items they can't get anywhere else!
Don't see your child's costume listed? With the limited choices of costumes available between the two costume companies (Revolution and Weissman) and inflation, teachers may be thinking outside of the box! Teachers may want to piece a student's costume together, order from Amazon, or use costumes CenterStage currently has in it's costume closet! Either way, you will receive an email over the next few months of what teachers would like to do for this season's recital dance!
If you order a costume from Amazon and it needs to be altered, CenterStage can do this for a $10.00 alteration fee!
Additionally, we will also be ordering nude colored leotards for all of our female dancers in Level 1/K-2nd Grade classes and up. These leotards will go under the dance costume. It is the style and trend for many dance costumes to have mesh lining around the abdomen or back, and some that have no mesh at all. While we never select costumes that show the complete abdomen, we believe the nude colored leotard will help make our dancers feel comfortable to change from costume to costume and keep our beautiful performers feeling secure and covered on recital day. If your student still owns their nude leotard from last year, please let Ms. Brendan know so she can remove that charge from the account.
We strongly encourage all families to double check recital dates before committing to costume payments. We do not anticipate these dates changing, but depending on capacity, we may need to add additional shows to safely accommodate our patrons. We will have a firm decision on any additional shows in March of 2025. If you know your student will not be able to participate please email us immediately at [email protected] so we don't bill you accidentally!
Right now, our recital dates are the following:
We are so grateful to be spending this year cultivating the love and technique of dance in your students lives. As we plan for our recital, it is truly a time of celebration for all they have learned and mastered!
To try and spread out the cost of costumes, we schedule a deposit of $50 per costume, due September 15th. The remainder of the costume balance will be posted October 1st and must be paid by November 4th. Any costumes unpaid will not be ordered; students without costumes will not perform in the recital.
Costume prices vary from $50 - $125 per costume, this is due to the costume company's prices for tulle, sequins, rhinestones, glitter, lace, feathers, etc. All costumes include a pair of tights. The price of costumes have gone up with many costumes being priced over $125. Costume companies did not warn us of this increase. CenterStage guaranteed our families to stay within that $50 - $125 range this year. Instructors have worked very hard to keep costumes under $125.
CenterStage desires to make the costume process as stress free for our families as possible! CenterStage covers all costs to ship, exchange costumes that don't fit, alterations, and organizing.
Parents of male students! Don't see a costume for your son? Make sure to speak with his instructor. Many boys' costumes are similar to items they may already have at home or can purchase for much less. The costumes posted for our boys are unique costume items they can't get anywhere else!
Don't see your child's costume listed? With the limited choices of costumes available between the two costume companies (Revolution and Weissman) and inflation, teachers may be thinking outside of the box! Teachers may want to piece a student's costume together, order from Amazon, or use costumes CenterStage currently has in it's costume closet! Either way, you will receive an email over the next few months of what teachers would like to do for this season's recital dance!
If you order a costume from Amazon and it needs to be altered, CenterStage can do this for a $10.00 alteration fee!
Additionally, we will also be ordering nude colored leotards for all of our female dancers in Level 1/K-2nd Grade classes and up. These leotards will go under the dance costume. It is the style and trend for many dance costumes to have mesh lining around the abdomen or back, and some that have no mesh at all. While we never select costumes that show the complete abdomen, we believe the nude colored leotard will help make our dancers feel comfortable to change from costume to costume and keep our beautiful performers feeling secure and covered on recital day. If your student still owns their nude leotard from last year, please let Ms. Brendan know so she can remove that charge from the account.
We strongly encourage all families to double check recital dates before committing to costume payments. We do not anticipate these dates changing, but depending on capacity, we may need to add additional shows to safely accommodate our patrons. We will have a firm decision on any additional shows in March of 2025. If you know your student will not be able to participate please email us immediately at [email protected] so we don't bill you accidentally!
Right now, our recital dates are the following:
- May 3rd, Weecital(s) featuring students in Level 1 - 3, K - 2nd Grade, and Pre School
- May 9th and May 10th Aerial Showcases
- May 17th, CenterStage Academy of Ballet featuring students in Ballet 4 - 10, all Pointe classes, Partnering and Features, Middle/High School Ballet, and Intermediate Middle/High School Ballet (Mandatory dress rehearsal morning of May 17th)
- May 23rd and 24th Recital featuring students in Level 4, 5, 6 and Elementary (Mandatory rehearsal on May 19th with Dance Awards)
- May 22nd and 24th Recital featuring students in Level 7 - 10, all Clog classes, Acrojazz, Worship Dance, Broadway, and all Middle/High School classes. (Mandatory rehearsal on May 20th with Dance Awards)
We are so grateful to be spending this year cultivating the love and technique of dance in your students lives. As we plan for our recital, it is truly a time of celebration for all they have learned and mastered!