Uniforms

We have a fantastic range of POSE dance wear available including leotards, crop tops, shorts, tights, crossovers, racerback tops and the fantastic POSE tracksuit which is great for competitions and those cold winter days.

We require all students to come to dancing with their hair neatly tied off their face and secured with bobby pins or a headband. A bun or braids MUST be worn for Ballet as a student’s posture and neck placement is vital to the technique and cannot be seen with hair hanging down.

Part of learning the discipline of dance is also learning to present oneself and that is why a uniform is required - as it is at school. Orders are made in February and April and delivery is 4-6 weeks from being ordered. You may have any combination of the uniform for classes – however it is compulsory to wear a leotard for ballet – if not a POSE leotard then plain black or the regulation navy that is worn for ballet exams. You may find a uniform order form in the foyer – please hand in to the office by 5th February to make the first order. Appropriate shoes must be worn for each class and Danz direct on Maroubra Rd should be able to meet all your needs as well as offer a 10% discount if you say you are from POSE.

SECOND HAND DANCE SHOES

If you have any old dance shoes sitting at home, you can bring them in to the studio and put them into our second hand shoe box. Just write your name and number and amount you’d like to sell them for on the sole. When the shoes sell, the money will given to you.

COSTUMES

Costumes can end up costing parents hundreds of dollars a year especially if they are eisteddfod students as they are an integral part of competitions. We are however VERY lucky to have a costume hiring system at POSE. POSE buys all costumes then they hired to the student for $25 for the whole YEAR of use. Sometimes, your costume may be brand new, other times it might be a costume from our costume department. All hire fees go back into the fund and along with vending machine fundraising money goes toward buying new costumes.

ALL costumes are hired for the end of year concert - if not from the POSE costume department then from an outside source but the beauty of this system is you KNOW your costume fee will be $25 per class you attend. We do expect parents (especially Eisteddfod students) to help out with any fundraising that needs to be done to help subsidise costume costs. Students are also charged a $50(1-3 costumes) or $100(4+costumes) deposit when hiring their first costume for the year. This is refunded at the conclusion of the year when the costume has been returned, washed and in the same condition it was given in. This system saves parents $100’s of dollars.

FUNDRAISING

Along with providing costumes we also give away many trophies and scholarships at the conclusion of the year. We do a chocolate drive to help toward these costs and hold a Physie Interclub which goes toward keeping the cost of extra team practices low, scholarships and trophies for our annual Physie club competition day.The vending machine in the foyers profits go directly to the costume fund