Junior Company (Pre-Ballet 1, Pre-Ballet 2, Grades 1-5) & Senior Company Core: Most rehearsals will take place during your child's regular ballet classes. There are a few additional rehearsals such as full company rehearsals (a.k.a. All Cast rehearsals) and of course the Dress Rehearsals the Wednesday and Thursday the week of the show.

Senior Company Performance: Most rehearsals will take place during your child's regular ballet classes. Senior Company Performance students will also have rehearsals on Monday evenings as well as occasional rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday evenings in addition to their regular class time. There are a few additional rehearsals such as full company rehearsals (a.k.a. All Cast rehearsals) and of course the Dress Rehearsals the Wednesday and Thursday the week of the show.

"All Cast" or "Full Company" rehearsals simply refer to the two rehearsals that we have in a larger space such as a local high school auditorium typically a few weeks before the performance. These rehearsals are MANDATORY for EVERYONE in the show. We run through the entire production, typically starting with Act 2 and then moving on to Act 1.

These are a great opportunity for the dancers to get a feel for the storyline, the flow of the show and of course the spacing/staging of their dances. No food or drink (other than water) is permitted in the auditorium, so please plan accordingly. These rehearsals typically start at 5pm and run until 10pm with groups arriving and being dismissed at various times throughout the entire evening. A detailed schedule will be posted on the SCHEDULE page as we get closer to the performance.

Please report all absences ahead of time in the Studio Pro Portal app. You can find this under Attendance > Report Absence. If your child will be missing a mandatory rehearsal such as a full company rehearsal or dress rehearsal, please contact Eden at 814-659-9833.

Rather than requiring the dancers to purchase their costumes, we keep an inventory of costumes that we reuse or repurpose often. The costume rental fee helps cover the cost of maintaining costumes, replacing costumes when needed, and purchasing costumes. The fees per dancer are as follows:

1 Costume: $25

2 Costumes: $40

3 or More Costumes: $60

You can pay for your costume fee on the COSTUMES page of the Performance Portal. Please note that we use Zeffy, a non-profit payment processor. During your checkout process, it will default to an automatic donation to Zeffy (not to JCB), which you are able to edit or fully remove if you prefer.

Program Advertisements are spots in the paper program that audience members receive. Many families choose to purchase a program ad to give a special shout out to their dancer. Local businesses also like to advertise in these programs. Please consider reaching out to your local contacts for a program ad or even a sponsorship for our season.

We know how overwhelming this all can be - especially the first year. The best bits of advice we have are as follows:

1. CHECK YOUR EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES OFTEN! Make sure you have our emails and phone numbers saved in your address book.

2. Check the Member Hub and use it! You will get an email notification when something important is posted in there as long as the person posting tags you or tags @everyone! Please do not disregard these emails as it's usually very important information.

3. Check the Performance Portal and bookmark it! This gets updated regularly so please try to check it everytime you get an email that pertains to the portal or even as often as once a week.

Reach out when you have a question. Text, email or call Eden (814-659-9833 or [email protected]).