One dance class
participating in one dance class a week
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Studio 86
School of Dance
Located in Kinston, NC
Providing dance education in ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, lyrical, acrobatics, hip-hop, and technique!
We pride ourselves in providing a friendly, upbeat environment that promotes a love and passion for dance!
Erin Barker Whaley
Owner/ Artistic Director/ Instructor
Erin is assisted by her staff including Lindsay Utley and other assistants who help with many classes! Please get to know Erin and Lindsay better with the pdf attached below. Contact Erin Whaley to know more about the assistants.
Tuition
We accept cash or check each month for tuition cost. Tuition for each dancer is due on the 10th of each month. We only accept tuition for a month at a time. Please ensure cash is in an envelope with the name of the dancer on it, or that each check has the name of the dancer on the memo line. This will ensure that cash or checks do not get mixed up.
Two dance classes
participating in two dance classes a week
$60/month
Three dance classes
participating in three dance classes a week
$80/month
Four or more classes
add $10 for each additional classes after 3 classes. (four classes would be $90/month, five classes would be $100/month, etc.)
Current Events
The staff at Studio 86 is praying for all of those who have been effected by the recent storms.
Documents will be updated as needed!
FAQ
Studio 86 School of Dance
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More Information
Clothing, Hair, and Shoes
We ask that dancers attend class in appropriate dance attire, which includes leotards, tights, and fitted clothing. Please refrain from sweatpants and loose t-shirts. It is very helpful to teachers and students that each dancer be in the correct clothing. Please ensure your dancer has a hair tie for each class, we recommend leaving extras in their dance bag for days a dancer forgets one. It is dangerous to dance or tumble with hair in your face so these are very important for each class!! For hip-hop, the clothing rules vary from the other classes but all dancers must wear tennis shoes to class weekly. It is important that dancers bring the appropriate shoes to class. For example, it is difficult to hear if dancers are doing a tap step correctly if they do not have shoes, and pointe class is not beneficial to the dancer if they are not in pointe shoes!
Attendance Policy
We like to acknowledge that our dancers may participate in other activities. This means that we do not have an attendance policy in the fall semester, but once we return from Winter Break, we do enforce an attendance policy. Please contact Erin Whaley if a dancer is sick, because that is an excused absence and will not count against a dancer! Please note that although there is no policy in the first semester, it is crucial that dancers attend as much as possible so they do not fall behind in technique and choreography. NO award is given for perfect attendance, so please do not send a dancer if they are sick or contagious. If a dancer has an inury that will span weeks, we ask that the dancer sits and observes classes so they do not fall behind.
Competition Crew
Erin Whaley has built a competition team of dancers with the help of Lindsay Utley. This opportunity is only presented to a dancer and parent when Erin sees that the dancer is ready to perform a solo. Taking the stage alone is a huge step for dancers and pushing a dancer to take this step too early would not be appropriate. Once dancers have experience doing competition, Erin and Lindsay may invite them to participate in our annual production. As many have seen, our productions are around ten minutes long each year and this is learned over the summer and rehearsed weekly. This is a major time commitment. Our 2024 production was The Little Mermaid, which won many overall awards at competition, and landed Studio 86 an invite to perform at Broadway Unleashed at LCC!