Awesome Dancer Concert Handbook Tuesday 7pm Advanced Adults

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1 Awesome Dancer Concert Handbook Tuesday 7pm Advanced Adults We hope your Awesome Dancer is super excited about joining us for our exciting end of year performance. This handbook contains all the information you need for your child to participate in the end of year performance. We recommend you save it somewhere handy and/or print it off and keep it somewhere safe for your reference. This handbook is specific to Tuesday 7pm Advanced Adults, if you have more than 1 child enrolled or your child is enrolled in more than 1 class, the details of rehearsal/performance times and specifics will vary. Contents Snapshot of dates - 1 Home practice and practice music - 2 What you need to supply - 2 Hair and makeup - 3 Tickets - 4 Dress rehearsal and photo week - 5 Stage rehearsal - 5 Concert - 6 Filming and photography - 6 Christmas party - 7 Costume wash up - 7 Snapshot of dates Tickets go on sale: Wednesday 24th of October Dress rehearsal: Tuesday 20th of November, Normal class time Stage rehearsal: Friday 7th of December, pm Concert: Saturday 8th of December Concert time: 1.00pm & 6.30pm Arrival time: 11.30am 1

2 Home practice and practice music You will have received a copy of your child s practice music in your inbox recently. Please make it accessible for your child to listen to at home and if possible put aside some practice time. We have found home practice can go a long way to building your child s confidence in class and in preparation for going on stage. What you need to supply Shoes and tights and underwear Shoes required: Black jazz shoes Tights required: Skintone coloured gloss stirrups dance stockings Underwear required: Flesh coloured undies & flesh bra (if required) All performing dancers require the correct shoes and all female dancers require the correct tights. Make sure you put your childs name inside both shoes and they come dressed in their tights to the dress rehearsal and concert. Shoes and tights will need to be purchased at a dance shop. Skin coloured knickers and some bra options can be purchased at Best & Less, Kmart or Target. More specific dance underwear is available at Energetiks in Ivanhoe. Hair Tuesday 7pm Advanced Adults: To be discussed in class. We endeavour to keep hair do's as simple as possible but do require you to use hair gel and hairspray for every student (all fringes must be pinned off the face). All students have a minimum of 3 costume changes which will result in fluffy, frizzy, flyaway hair by the end of the performance. Please watch the relevant video below (only 2 mins) to show you how to get the most Awesome hair do. 2

3 Makeup Make up will be required by all performing dancers. Please remember, make up is not used to make students look older but to stop the students from looking washed out and to define the facial features under the stage lights in our very beautiful, but very large theatre. Make up does not need to be over the top and the younger the student, the less make up required. Please use the following as a guide for applying your concert makeup (there are plenty of tutorials online also). How to apply your child's make up 1. Apply face foundation same as the skin colour. 2. Apply powder to the face to set the foundation. 3. Use an eyebrow pencil to define the eyebrows (not more than 2 shades darker). 4. Apply a darker brown eyeshadow to the crease of the eyelid. 5. Apply a lighter brown eyeshadow to the rest of the eye area (under the eyebrow and on the eyelid). 6. Use an eyeliner to draw along the upper and lower eyelid along the eyelash line (Not required for Little ones). 7. Apply mascara to the upper and lower eyelashes. (Not required for the Little ones). 8. Apply a pink coloured blush in a sweeping motion just below the cheek bone back towards the hair line. 9. Apply a red lipstick (girls only). Hair and make up is required at our dress rehearsal week and at the end of year performance but not at the Stage rehearsal on Friday. Please let us know if you need any help with your hair and makeup. Makeup artist If you are not confident in applying or do not own make up, we will have a makeup artist available to assist you in the theatre the day of the performance. Bookings will be essential and there will be a cost per child. Details of how to book will be ed closer to the performance date. 3

4 Tickets You do not need to purchase a ticket for your performing dancer and parents will not be required to help backstage. Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday the 24th of October and will be available online through trybooking.com, we will send you the booking link closer to tickets going on sale. Before booking your tickets please ensure you read through and fully understand the following. 1. All outstanding fees must be paid before purchasing concert tickets. Please visit the customer portal to manage your account and pay any outstanding fees. 2. Between Wednesday the 24th of October and Sunday the 25th of November all enrolled families will be able to purchase up to 4 tickets. Seating will be allocated at the time of booking. After this date we will let you know if there are any extra tickets available for purchase. 4. Tickets booked online must be paid for at the time of booking, a 30 cent booking fee will be charged per ticket. Prices are as follows: Adults $33 Concession (Student/Pensioner) $28 Children (who require a seat up to the age of 16) $23 5. If you prefer to pay cash for your tickets please info@awesomedancer.com.au with the following details. Number of adults, concession, child. We will book the next best available tickets for you. Cash tickets can be picked up and paid for at the kiosk on concert day only. 6. Please note: There are 2 performances on Saturday the 8th of December, please make sure you are aware of your child s concert time and ensure you book tickets for the correct performance. 4

5 Dress rehearsal and photo week Dress rehearsal day: Tuesday 20th of November Dress rehearsal time: Normal class time Location: Awesome Dancer studio Do: Hair and makeup! Wear: Correct underwear and tights Bring: Shoes In order to keep our hours in the theatre to a minimum your child s dress rehearsals will be held on the day you would normally attend class. Most classes are a little longer than usual. Our dress rehearsal will be held in the studio and is a chance for the students to have a practice dancing in their costumes. Hair and makeup needs to be done, this is an opportunity to practice these skills before the big day. Some photos will be taken during dress rehearsal week. Stage rehearsal Stage rehearsal day: Friday 7th of December Stage rehearsal time: pm Location: Eldon Hogan Performing Arts Centre Xavier College, 135 Barkers Rd, Kew Sign in location: Foyer Wear: Normal dance attire Bring: Dance shoes, drink bottle and a snack (strictly no nuts) Students need to have their hair tied up neatly, no makeup is required. This is a closed rehearsal and parents will need to sign in their child when they arrive. You are welcome to stay in the foyer for the duration of the rehearsal but please remain within the building. Please ensure you allow plenty of travel time as we will not be able to wait for students. 5

6 Concert Concert day: Saturday the 8th of December Concert time: 1.00pm & 6.30pm Student arrival time: 11.30am Approximate finish time: 9.00pm Location: Eldon Hogan Performing Arts Centre Xavier College, 135 Barkers Rd, Kew Sign in location: Stage door Do: Hair and makeup Wear: Correct underwear, tights and something over the top that s easily recognisable as theirs, that s also easy to get on and off. Bring: Shoes, drink bottle, labelled snacks (strictly no nuts). When you arrive for the performance, students will need to be dropped off and signed in on the far East side of the theatre (there will be signage to direct you). Students will be required to stay backstage for the duration of the performance and no parents will be allowed backstage for child safety reasons. All dancers will be performing between 3 & 4 dances and will be kept busy changing costumes, marshalling and performing. All students will be well look after by qualified teachers who are fantastic with kids. We know where to find you and how to contact you if need be. At the end of the performance Little ones and Kiddies will be brought to the foyer to meet with their parents. Youngsters and all older students will be allowed to find their parents in the foyer after the performance. Please let us know if have any concerns about this. Filming and photography Due to copyright laws and more importantly to uphold our child safety standards, cameras and recording devices will be strictly prohibited during the dress rehearsals, stage rehearsal and performance. 6

7 Studio photography Studio photography will be taken during dress rehearsal week. These photos will be available for viewing and purchase in the foyer of the theatre at the stage rehearsal and concert only. These will be cash sales only so please ensure you bring along some money if you intend on purchasing these. Stage photography We will also have a professional stage photographer at the performance. These photos will be available to purchase online in the weeks following the performance. Details will be sent out when these images are ready for viewing and purchase. Video of the performance There is strictly no filming or photography during the performance. The performance will also be professionally filmed by a videographer in the auditorium. A downloadable copy of the performance will be available for all enrolled families in the weeks following the performance. Christmas party We will have a small Christmas party on Monday the 10th of December at the following times. Kiddies pm Youngsters pm Tweens & Teens pm Students are asked to bring along a small plate to share and if you wish, a Kris Kringle gift ($10 value). We will be celebrating our year of hard work and our fabulous concert (it will be!) with some dancing and games, we hope you can make it. Costume wash up We don t ask for any assistance during the year, or even help backstage but if you could take a load of washing home after the performance we would really appreciate it. Costume bags can be picked up at the Christmas party between 4 & 7pm and will need to be returned to the studio later the same week. 7