ANNUAL JUNE RECITAL

DRESS REHEARSAL

Please read the rehearsal schedules thoroughly!

  • Arrive at MVRHS Performing Arts Center at the scheduled time. We do our best to run in a timely fashion.

  • All accounts MUST be current for dancers to receive their costumes.

  • Only one parent is allowed at dress rehearsal, no siblings.

  • Dancers should arrive with full hair and makeup
    (see below for tutorials).

  • Show tights and finale T-shirts will be distributed at Dress Rehearsal. (Wear class tights with costume to dress rehearsal).

  • Bring shoes in a separate bag to the theatre.

DAY OF SHOW SCHEDULE

10AM SHOW

ARRIVALS:
8AM Company Arrival
8:30AM Class Mom Arrival
8:45AM Full Cast Arrival

Departure: After the final bow, ONE female parent/guardian must go backstage to pick up your dancer from the class mom.

4PM SHOW

ARRIVALS:
2PM Company Arrival
2:30PM Class Mom Arrival
3:00PM Full Cast Arrival

Departure: After the final bow, ONE female parent/guardian must go backstage to pick up your dancer from the class mom.

INDIVIDUAL SHOW ORDERS

COSTUMES

Costumes will be distributed the week of May 20. Please do not wear your costume until dress rehearsal. Accounts must be paid in full for your dancer to receive their costume(s).

  • SHOES: Dancers must have required shoes from NIMBLY for their classes, please purchase NOW!  Shipping is tough, do not delay.

    LABEL SHOES (INSIDE) WITH DANCER’S NAME!

  • TIGHTS: Tights are $10 — accounts automatically charged per class.

  • Ballet: pink footed

  • Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop: tan footed

  • Acro, Contemporary: tan stirrup

*Tights & T-shirt will be handed out on dress rehearsal day.

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

Parent involvement is essential to the success of our shows!  The supervision, safety, and assistance that parents provide helps our staff focus on keeping the production moving smoothly and allows the dancers to relax and give their best performance. We ask that EVERY FAMILY be involved in at least one show. If you personally cannot volunteer, please offer a babysitter, another family member, or a family friend in your place.

Class Moms are where we need the most help and can be assigned to classes other than their child’s. When parents help with shows their dancer is not involved in, it makes it possible for other parents to sit in the audience and enjoy seeing their child on stage.  This group effort supports everyone! Class Moms will receive their class assignments at check in on show day.

 

CLASS MOMS

  • Arrive 1.5 hours prior to curtain. Check-in at the lobby.

  • Know which dancers in your group are in other pieces and who their class mom will be when you pass them on. (Check them off your list as they are no longer your responsibility).

  • Stay with their assigned class for the duration of the show and assist with changing dancers into costumes should their dancers be in more than one number.

  •  Work with other class moms to keep their class together and know where their dancers are at all times.

  • Makes sure dancers are stage ready: shoes tied, hair slick, lipstick on, no jewelry, no hair elastics on wrists, headpieces secure with pins, no holes in tights, no nail polish, costumes complete.

  • Work with RISE staff to ensure dancers are lined up in order.

  • Please remember the Holding Pen is 5 deep which means your group must be backstage 5 numbers before they perform (many stations will have students trickling in due to quick changes).

  • Prepare dancers for the bow.

  • Make sure your group leave the dressing room clean and neat.

  • After the show, please help facilitate a timely exit. Dismiss dancers after a female parent/guardian comes backstage to pick them up. Dancers cannot linger backstage.

SECURITY (moms or dads)

  • Ensures the safety of the students by watching for outside people trying to the backstage area.

  • Keeps all stage doors shut during the show.

  • Directs latecomers to lobby manager.

  • Makes sure students do not enter the lobby area before or during the show.

  • No dads are allowed in the dressing room area.

STAGE PREPARATION (moms, dads, older siblings)

  • SET UP: On the Friday before the show, the RISE staff, older students, and parents meet at the high school and prepare the stage set.  Time: TBA.

  • BREAK DOWN: Immediately after the 4PM performance, the RISE staff and volunteers strike the stage.

ADDITIONAL

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

SAVE THE DATES

  • May 31, June 1: Dress Rehearsal (Mandatory for all dancers).

  • June 2: EDGE OF SEVENTEEN SHOW DAY.
    TWO DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES: 10AM & 4PM

    IF YOUR DANCER IS PERFORMING IN MORE THAN ONE SHOW, THEY MUST ATTEND ALL SHOWS THEY ARE IN!

    DO NOT WEAR DANCE SHOES TO THE THEATER, BRING SEPARATELY WITH NAME WRITTEN INSIDE.

    DANCERS: EAT A MEAL BEFORE ARRIVAL!

    BRING TO THEATER: Costumes, shoes, bobby pins, hairbrush, hairspray, lipstick, dry snacks (pretzels, grapes), Tide stick, make-up.

    ACCOUNT BALANCES: Must be current to receive costumes.

SHOW HAIR

  • Dancers arrive for dress rehearsals and shows with full, recital-ready hair DONE. Females: slicked, secure high bun (no part). Items for proper bun making: hair brush, bobby pins, tail comb, matching hair net, hair spray (see video below for reference).

  • Males: comb and style hair, use product to keep hair out of face as needed.

SHOW MAKE-UP

  • FEMALE DANCERS: Foundation or pressed powder, blush, mascara, brow pencil (light brows only), neutral eye shadows (taupes, grays/plums and a white highlighter for brown bone) ruby berry lipstick (not gloss).

  • MALE DANCERS: Foundation or pressed powder, blush, brow pencil (light brows only), chapstick with reddish tint.

BUN TUTORIALS