The Why Behind Dress code

At EDC w believe in setting each and every dancer up for success, and that’s why we have a dress code!

SAFETY

At EDC we have different dress codes for different styles of dance. We want to ensure that our dancers have the right mobility during class and don’t have to worry about loose clothing being on caught on anything. Improper clothing can impact things like technique, ability to grip the floor, visibility, partnering, and overall performance. Wearing the correct attire allows your teacher to give you encouraging and constructive feedback in class! For everyone’s safety, jewelry (except for stud earrings) including watches is not permitted to be worn. 

FOCUS

Dress code increases our dancers’ focus and eliminates unwanted distractions for both our dancers and their teachers. Each dance style’s dress code is chosen carefully to set our dancers up for success. In ballet class for example, wearing a bodysuit, tights, ballet shoes, and having your hair in a bun, ensures that the dancer can come to ballet class and focus on technique, detail, and precision and not worry about hair falling in their face, jewelry, or baggy sweatshirt distractions. We never want to distract from learning and having fun! In hip hop, attire can be more relaxed (no denim please!), and clean indoor sneakers are must in order to maintain the integrity of our state of the art dance flooring.