Recital Costumes, Hair and Makeup

2025 Recital Hair, Tights, Shoes and Costume Info

TDC 5/25/25 Dance Recital- RSVP NEEDED BY 9/23

This email includes the following information and is also located on our website www.dancecarmel.com for reference:

Dance Class Recital Costume Fee added to your account on 10/2
Google form RSVP is due by Sept 23rd at midnight
Information for Classroom Assistants
Recital Participation Fee- $40.00 added on 10/2 and due on 10/5
Recital Ticket Prices & Approximate Show Times/Run Time
*Costume FAQ’s & Costume Pricing*
1. *Kinder, Beginning, Level 1 and Tween Costumes are a 3-in-1 and/or shared among genres of the same/similar levels, accessory may be added on as needed*

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**Theater Production and Musical Theater, see our “annual calendar” at www.dancecarmel.com for your Dec. & May shows dates.**

**This email does not apply to the following classes:

Musical Theater Performance Classes (except musical theater preschool is in 5/31 recital)
Theater Production
Team TDC Classes
Classes titled “no-recital” on our schedule
Acro classes levels Teen/Tween and Acro Levels 3-6
2’s Too, Caregiver & Me, and Adult Classes
Jumps and Turns Classes

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COSTUME ORDERING:

It is that time of the year- ordering of recital costumes. Please read carefully through the FAQs and pricing below as costume fees and recital fees are non-refundable. We would love to have your student(s) join us for our celebratory end-of-the-year performances for dance classes!

**Thank you in advance for helping our front desk staff please reply to the Google Form ONLY and not by in-person or by email.

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RECITAL PARTICIPATION & COSTUME RSVP FORM DUE 9/23 AT MIDNIGHT!

Directions: Please fill out our GOOGLE FORM for your recital RSVP!

Even if your child is not performing in recital, please submit an RSVP form response to verify that your child will not be performing.
1. If we do not receive a response via the Google form by 9/23, we will assume your student is performing and will be considered a ‘yes’!
A non-response to the Google form will still INCLUDE your student in the non-refundable costume ordering as well as the recital fee that will be entered onto your family’s ledger by 10/2.
If your student is opting out of performing for certain classes only (for example, only performing in 2 out of 3 enrolled classes), please submit the Google form as a “yes.”
1. Please email us separately with the classes that your student will not be performing in to info@dancecarmel.com.
If you have multiple performers, a Google form submission must be entered for each dancer (ie. 2 dancers, 2 entries; 3 dancers, 3 entries).

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CLASS ASSISTANTS (costume and recital assisting)

Class assistants for preschool, pre-k, kinder, beginner, and intro to jazz/lyrical (ages 5-8) classes assist on stage in the recital with the class they are assisting in during the year. Assistants will receive a gifted (“thank you!”) assistant costume, which includes a black leotard and black ballet skirt and/or black leggings to wear on stage. Please note the time, date, and location of the recital in the class in which they will be assisting with for Recital.

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RECITAL FEES & TICKET PRICES/SHOW TIME/RUN TIME:

A non-refundable, one-time recital fee of $40 per family for dance classes performing in the Sunday May 25th show at Sunset Center Recital will be charged on 10/5 in addition to the costume order fees on all accounts marked performing.

**This dance class recital fee covers a portion of the costs for TDC staffing for the execution of dress rehearsal and the recital performances.

Please note this $40 Recital Fee does not include recital tickets for sale through the Sunset Center website (ticket release date TBD by Sunset Center- usually in March or April 2025). **

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Ticket Prices & Approximate Show Time/Run Time

The final recital line-up for each show below will be released closer to recital. Students are dropped off prior to the beginning of the show at the listed call time below. For students who don’t have a class performing after intermission, they may either go home during intermission or watch the show (ticket purchase needed if they are watching as required by Sunset Center).

$37.50/person - LEVEL “½”-6 SHOW (includes Teen Prefix classes)
1. Call Time: 8:45 AM
2. Show Run Time: 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
$22.50/person - KINDER/PRE-K SHOW (includes Intro. to Jazz/Lyrical, Friday with Jaclyn at 5 PM)
1. Call Time: 1:15 PM
2. Show Run Time: 1:45-2:30 PM, without intermission
$34/person - BEGINNING/TWEEN/LEVEL 1 SHOW (including Intro. to Acro on Mon., Intro. to Tap on Wed., Intro to Jazz & Lyrial on Sat., Homeschool Beg/1 Ballet on Fri., as well as Tap 1 & 2, Acro 1, and Acro 2)
1. Call Time: 3:00 PM
2. Show Run Time 3:30-5:30 PM

**Each dance class performs once in one show. Team dances do not perform (with the exception of senior solos and the Team TDC Production Piece)

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COSTUME FAQS:

Q: HOW DO I PICK UP MY COSTUME ONCE IT ARRIVES?

A: You will be contacted by email/text message when your costume/s arrives and asked to schedule an appointment with the front desk in a scheduling app. Parents try on the costumes with their child in the studio. You may also give permission for your child ages 12+ to try on their own costume and take it home without a parent there. A desk staff member will confirm the fit.

Q: WHAT IF I DROP THE CLASS OR DECIDE I DON’T WANT TO DO THE SHOW ANYMORE?

A: We will maintain a "buy down" list if you choose to switch or drop classes.

*As long as the costume is kept in original packaging, we are able to provide a partial credit towards your account *only if* another student adds the same class and is the same size as your student.

Q: WHAT IF MY CHILD HAS A COSTUME CHANGE AT THE RECITAL?

A: Our staff will be pre-collecting all costume changes 2 weeks prior to the show for organization. A team is backstage for your child’s changes and will ensure they make it on stage for their next dance

Q: WILL I NEED TO PURCHASE TIGHTS & SHOES?:

A: Purchasing tights is not included in the costume fee. Depending on the child’s class, tight/s purchases will most likely be necessary. Metronome Dancewear in Carmel-by-the-Sea stocks all the tights. Your child also needs to have the correct shoes for the class. If you followed our website’s shoe recommendation and dress code, they should be wearing the correct shoes needed for the show in class. Hair, Tight, and Shoe email will be sent at a later date.

Q: HOW DO YOU KNOW MY CHILD’S SIZE?:

A: We will be measuring your child in class in the next two weeks. We have the costumes in-house and will ensure each child has room to grow.

Q: DOES MY HOMESCHOOL CHARTER COVER THIS RECITAL OR COSTUME FEE?

A: Ocean Grove or Yosemite Charter Families, check with your ES and bring in a payment method for this by 10/5 or request on your PO.

Good Morning TDC Families,

Here is the Sunset Center dance class recital show HAIR, SHOE, TIGHT, MAKE-UP, & COSTUME CHANGE (show order included) directions.

If your child is in the preschool & kinder class prefix, Please see the separate Preschool and Kinder recital information pages under the "recital" menu.

RECITAL DRESS REHEARSAL
The dress rehearsal for the Beginner Prefix and Level 1+ show will be held at the Sunset Center.
We will send this schedule and directions for this day in a separate email.

HAIR (ALL PERFORMERS FOR LEVELS Beg+):
(Wearing female costume): center part, low bun, suggested bangs pinned back to remove the shadow they will create from the stage lights

(Wearing male costume): Well-groomed and styled as you would wear it Short hair unable to be put into a bun (wear as cut)

STAGE MAKE-UP:
Why? Stage make-up helps us see performers in the stage lights and not appear washed out to the audience.

MAKE-UP:

(for female costume)

- brown tones / neutral eye shadow

- mascara

- eyeliner

- blush

- lipstick (suggested wine or merlot in color)

(for male costume, optional to highlight cheeks/lips)

UNDERGARMENTS:
Suggested/not required changing leotard (anything similar okay) as desired as privacy for changes backstage is not guaranteed.

If additional chest support is needed, here is a suggested link or clear straps with your own existing chest undergarment. (Bra straps should not be a featured element with costume on stage).

TIGHTS & SHOES
Shoes and tights are mostly "in stock" at Metronome, in downtown Carmel San Carlos & 5th. All our links provided link to their site. Local staff have reported supply chain issues from international suppliers and are short some tight sizes in Carmel (a non-local option is www.discountdance.com) or any other similar site. (We have included links to items that may need an example, but are not the required item). Our links are either a child or an adult size and Metronome has BOTH. If buying online, ensure you buy the correct size.

PRO-TIP: “STACK YOUR TIGHTS,” INCLUDE EXTRA TIGHTS AND SHOES IF YOU ARE ABLE
We suggest you stack your child’s tights by chronological order of dances in the show. Trying to change tights when a child is sweaty and in a time crunch is extremely difficult. It can delay the entire show while we wait. If your child has too many costume changes, stack as many tights as you can. PRO-TIP include additional tights with your other changes (unwrap tights). There are 3 racks of costume change types (“quick,” “fast,” and “normal” change). Staff does not have the time to go back and pull tights from a rack in another part of the theater. The same tip goes for shoes, too. If you have extra pairs of dance shoes, please make our staff’s job easier by including these extra shoes with each costume change. It is difficult for us to track shoes down backstage from a change a few dances ago. Label every costume piece, tight, and shoe.

We hope this helps your dancer to be organized. Please SAVE this email for future reference.

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GENERAL

BALLET (& ALL POINTE) All Male Costumes: ankle-length black socks, with BLACK ballet shoes, no tights

Female Ballet Shoes: PINK ballet shoes, double-know and tie and tuck laces inside shoes (if shoes have laces)

Female Tights - Ballet Beginner through Level ½: any “pink” or “light pink tight” (no seam). If your child has another genre of dance in the show with another color of tight, ensure your ballet tights are “adapt-a-toe/transitional”, so tights can be stacked (see “tight stacking” under “costume changes”). If BALLET is your child’s only dance, then a footed tight is okay.

EXAMPLE of “pink” or “light pink”/ do not select “ballet pink” adapt-a-toe/transitional tight here (any similar tight is okay due to supply chain issues):

EXAMPLE of “pink” or “light pink” footed tight here / do not select “ballet pink” or “white” (any similar tight is okay due to supply chain issues)

Female Tights - Teen/Tween Ballet and Levels 2+ (Including Pointe): any pink/light pink (do not select “ballet pink”) transitional, “mock seam” tight. Due to supply chain issues, any similar tight is okay.

“CONTEMPORARY” or “LYRICAL”:

All Male Costumes: No Tights, See below for Shoes

Female Costume Tights: Contemporary or Lyrical Level Beginner-LEVEL 3, including Camille, 5 PM Mon., “Beginner/Adv. Beginner Jumps & Turns: Lyrical & Contemporary”

Contemporary or Lyrical TIGHTS Levels Beginner-3: Wears FLESH-TONE adapt-a-toe/transitional tight (any similar tight okay) rolled up to ankles (not over the foot), feet are left bare for this genre, and then shoes worn over the bare feet.

If lyrical/contemporary is your only dance in the show, then footless tights may be worn (any similar tight is okay).

Contemporary or Lyrical TIGHTS Levels 4+: NO TIGHTS, BAREFOOT

Lyrical or Contemporary SHOES MALE AND FEMALE COSTUME:

Levels Beginner-3: FLESH-TONE contemporary caps (these shoes should have been worn in class all year as the required shoe for the class), anything similar is okay

JAZZ:

JAZZ MALE COSTUME WORN: black jazz shoes and black socks, no male tight

JAZZ TIGHTS (FEMALE COSTUME):

JAZZ BEGINNER-LEVEL 3, “Teen/Tween Jazz & Contemporary” MON. (Alyssa) & TH. (Abbie): Jazz TIGHT: Flesh-tone adapt-a-toe/transitional tight, or if jazz is your only dance in the show a non-transitional/footed tight is okay.

(Jazz tights go over your foot and inside the jazz shoe.) No male tight.

Jazz TIGHT: JAZZ LEVEL 4+: no tight. No male tight.

JAZZ SHOES: ALL JAZZ CLASSES LEVELS BEGINNER-LEVEL 6

Jazz shoe that match the flesh-tone of your tight (varying hue flesh-tone jazz shoe for female costume) and BLACK jazz shoes with BLACK SOCKS for male costume worn.

TAP:

Alyssa’s Tues. 8-9 PM Musical Theater ADV. SKILLS Tap, transitional flesh-tone tights (anything similar is okay) with your black tap shoes (Additional Tight Link)
Rachel’s Wed. 5 PM Beg. Tap, black tights (anything simliar is okay) with your black tap shoes, male black socks with black tap shoes, no male tightk
TAP 2, TAP 3, and TEEN/TWEEN TAP, low black socks with your black tap shoes (ALL)
TAP 4: ask Laura Lobo in class

How to prepare a costume change: At dress rehearsal, for the 12:30p show you will TURN IN ALL YOUR COSTUMES, the 4 pm show you will only turn in your quick and fast change costumes (see below for definition), with the exception of your FIRST DANCE (see show order when it is released).

Your child will wear your first costume to dress rehearsal June 10th and to the theater for the JUNE 11th show. At dress rehearsal, only the FIRST costume is worn.

Each costume change needs to have a clear separate garment bag labeled with your 1) child’s first and last name, 2) their teacher’s name, 3) the class name, 4) the class time, and 5) the class day. It is best to stack tights in order so they can be peeled off in layers for changes. We have a coding system that labels changes as a 1) QUICK CHANGE (1-3 dances), a 2) FAST CHANGE (4-6 dances), or 3) NORMAL CHANGE (7+ dances). We have sheets filled out for every single costume in the 12:30 PM SHOW that codes your child’s change. When you arrive at dress rehearsal, you will turn in your child’s changes. We will code them, organize them, place them on a rack in show order, and keep them at the theater OVERNIGHT for the show the next day.

PRO-TIP: “STACK YOUR TIGHTS,” INCLUDE EXTRA TIGHTS AND SHOES IF YOU ARE ABLE

We suggest you stack your child’s tights by chronological order of dances in the show. Trying to change tights when a child is sweaty and in a time crunch is extremely difficult. It can delay the entire show while we wait. If your child has too many costume changes, stack as many tights as you can. PRO-TIP include additional tights with your other changes (unwrap tights). There are 3 racks of costume change types (“quick,” “fast,” and “normal” change). Staff does not have the time to go back and pull tights from a rack in another part of the theater. The same tip goes for shoes, too. If you have extra pairs of dance shoes, please make our staff’s job easier by including these extra shoes with each costume change. It is difficult for us to track shoes down backstage from a change a few dances ago. Label every costume piece, tight, and shoe.

Dress rehearsal and Recital Line Up information will be forthcoming.

When does my child need to be dropped off for the 12:30 PM SHOW? All dancers must arrive no later than 11:45 AM, (ALL DANCERS, even those performing after intermission must be dropped off at this time). Expect a line. Expect weekend traffic. Arrive early. Drop-off is the low building next to the theater. You will see a line.

When does my child need to be dropped off for the 4 PM SHOW? 3:15 PM, (ALL DANCERS, even those performing after intermission must be dropped off at this time)

Can I take my dancer home if they performed in the FIRST ACT after intermission for the 12:30 or the 4 PM show? YES. Please take them home or they may watch the rest of the show if they have a ticket or a member of your party is leaving post-intermission. Dancers can use that ticket. You don’t have to pick up your dancer if you have other children performing or would like to watch the rest of the show. We would prefer if you did pick them up to help with our congestion backstage. It is not required.

Do I need to buy a ticket to see my child perform? Yes, you must purchase a ticket to see the show. Each show is ticket separately 10 AM (Preschool/Kinder), 12:30 PM, & 4 PM www.sunsetcenter.org All policies are that of Sunset Center and not of TDC. Direct any questions or concerns to them. PRO-TIP: Do not wait until the show day to pick-up your tickets at will call.

Why can’t I pick my child up before an intermission in the show? This will create chaos in our backstage organization and staff. Staff members each have a specific task that is timed in a LIVE SHOW. Dances go on every 2 min. There are quick, fast, and normal changes going on with hundreds of dancers. We do not have staff members to stop their tasks and find your child backstage in the middle of a time-sensitive show. Children who are finished dancing will only be released at intermission.

Can my child bring water? Yes, bring water. Assume that it may be lost backstage. Disposable suggested. Label water with a sharpie.

Can my child bring a jacket, backpack, or change of clothes? Please refrain. We can’t track any additional items backstage. If your child is headed into the show after intermission, we suggest that the parents have with them a tracksuit, warm-up, or something they can zip over or pull over their costume after exiting backstage.

What happens if staff can’t find the child’s costume change or something my child brought with them at pick-up? This does happen. It will be at the studio and we will contact you the next week to pick it up (for labeled items only).

Can my child bring food (4 PM SHOW ONLY applicable)? They may eat outside or between shows outside.

Masks? OPTIONAL for the 12:30 PM and 4 PM show. Talk to your child. Staff is unable to track if masks go on and off and when. There are no rules for masking backstage or on stage. We will keep windows open where we are able.

If my performer is 12+ (has a cell phone). Can the dancers leave from backstage and find me after the show is complete or if they are done first ACT with all their dances at the intermission?

We will be sending a link for you to fill out an authorization form closer to JUNE to authorize the release of your child without a parent present.

Sunset Center Mask & COVID Policy

We have made a change to our SCC Covid Protocols. This will be in effect starting Monday, May 2nd.

Please see this message from Beth, our Managing Director at Sunset Center:

In accordance with current guidelines from the California Department of Public Health, Sunset Center no longer requires COVID-19 vaccine verification or proof of a negative test prior to entry. Some exceptions may apply to events presented in the venue by other organizations. Masks are welcome and encouraged while indoors. We will follow requirements from artists and presenters for backstage and front of house.

https://www.sunsetcenter.org/covid-19.htm

26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd, B6, Carmel CA 93923

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Recital Costumes, Hair and Makeup

- August 2021 - June 2022 -

Acro Classes

Ballet & Pointe Classes

Contemporary & Lyrical

Hip Hop

Jazz Classes

Tap Classes

How to prepare a costume change:

Recital FAQ’s:

Sunset Center COVID Policies:

Mon & Tues
12 pm- 8:30 pm
Wed & Thurs
8:30 am – 8:30 pm
Friday 9am – 7:30pm
Saturday 9am – 3pm
Sunday Closed

Hours

Contact Us

26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd, B6
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93923
info@dancecarmel.com
Phone: +1 (831) 625-DANCE (3262)

Recital Costumes, Hair and Makeup

- August 2021 - June 2022 -

Acro Classes

Ballet & Pointe Classes

Contemporary & Lyrical

Hip Hop

Jazz Classes

Tap Classes

How to prepare a costume change:

Recital FAQ’s:

Sunset Center COVID Policies:

Mon & Tues 12 pm- 8:30 pm Wed & Thurs 8:30 am – 8:30 pm Friday 9am – 7:30pm Saturday 9am – 3pm Sunday Closed

Hours

Contact Us

26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd, B6 Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93923 info@dancecarmel.com Phone: +1 (831) 625-DANCE (3262)

Mon & Tues
12 pm- 8:30 pm
Wed & Thurs
8:30 am – 8:30 pm
Friday 9am – 7:30pm
Saturday 9am – 3pm
Sunday Closed

26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd, B6
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93923
info@dancecarmel.com
Phone: +1 (831) 625-DANCE (3262)