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FALL 2020 Information

Dear Dancers and Families of The School at Dancers’ Workshop,

We are so excited to be back in the studio!

Thank you for taking the time to review this information about our schedule, pods, and our current procedures and safety protocols for our fall semester starting September 8. 

As dancers, we understand the need to stay flexible, nimble, responsive, safe, spatially aware, and dedicated. We will all need these skills to keep the studios open and safe for us all. Maks, physical distancing, and following instructions are all crucial to our collective success.

We will constantly evaluate and adapt to the conditions and needs of students, instructors, staff, and families. We are grateful for your dedication to your dance training and we will do everything we can to keep you moving.

Here are details as we know them. Please check this page frequently. All updates and changes will be posted here.

Stay safe and well. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Eric Midgley

School Director

Schedule Information by Level

Kinder Classes 

All Kinder classes are limited to a single pod and are in person in the studio.

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Basics, Level 1, Level 2 

These levels are currently in a single pod, in person. If there are enough registrations on the waitlist, we will add a second pod to that class and rotate to zoom. Also see Virtual Options below.

Level 3 and 4

These levels are in two pods alternating studio and Zoom. See your email for pod assignment link and check the schedule for which of your pod’s classes are in-person and which are on zoom. Also see Virtual Options below.

Levels 5 and 6 

These levels are in two pods and in person. See your email for pod assignment link and check the schedule. Also see Virtual Options below.

Virtual Options

  • If you are uncomfortable with classes in the studio

  • If you are COVID positive

  • If you are showing symptoms

  • If you are quarantined

  • If your household has a COVID case

  • If your school schedule conflicts

Optional Zoom classes are available (check the schedule for times) by emailing us at least a day in advance. If there are 3 or more students, we will hold a zoom class.

If there are too few to hold the class, we will work with you to find a makeup class or credit your account.

Procedures and Safety Protocols

As you know, our intention is to keep everyone safe and dancing in the studio as much as possible. To this end, we have put the following procedures into practice to minimize Coronavirus transmission.  

General

  • Parents may not enter DW under any circumstances, unless it is an emergency.

  • Masks are required at all times.

  • No eating or drinking the building - water only

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Drop off

  • Enter by Cache Street Entrance only

  • At arrival, students’ temperatures will be taken with a laser (non-contact) forehead gauge. Anyone with an elevated temperature (over 100) cannot enter the building. DW Staff will call parents to collect their student.

  • Students released by staff member, sent to their studios, spreading traffic to minimize numbers travelling together

  • Students proceed directly to studio

  • Teachers waiting at studio to collect students. Monitor prior to class starting.

Dressing Room

  • Come already dressed for class

  • Please wear warmups or street clothes over your dancewear when not on DW floor

  • The dressing room is to be used as a bathroom only

  • 2 at a time for women, 1 at a time for men’s bathrooms or men’s locker room

  • Bring dance bags into studio, do not leave belongings in dressing room

  • No locker usage

Dismissal

  • Please leave the building immediately after class as it is safe to do so

  • Exit by the Glenwood stairwell

  • Parent pickup at the Glenwood side

  • Please ask staff for assistance as needed

COVID

  • Masks must be worn at all times while at Dancers’ Workshop and in the Center

  • Please keep distance between you and other dancers

  • Follow all instructions from DW staff

  • Students who are denied entry due to elevated temperature can return following 72 hours of normal temperatures.

  • Please notify us immediately by email or phone (307-733-6398) if you have been exposed, have symptoms, or have tested positive.

  • We will respond and communicate as appropriate according to guidance from the Teton County Health Department and the CDC

  • COVID positive students must have a negative result before returning to live classes.

The School at DW