Dress code

FOR ALL DANCERS

BASIC CLOTHING – GIRLS/WOMEN

● Pink ballet tights with feet (Optional convertible)
● Pink ballet shoes in the same color as your tights, (no leather).
● Hair pulled back from the face and secured firmly with hair pins and a hair net in a bun. Bun help
● White towel
● No undergarments should be worn under leotards and tights.
● Optional: Girl Dance Wrap-over Top or Woman Dance Wrap-Over Top by Wear Moi Color: Black.

BASIC CLOTHING – BOYS/MEN

BOYS
● Fitted short sleeve ballet-shirt
● Black ballet legging (dancebelt is mandatory from age 11).
● White socks.
● White canvas balletshoes.
● White towel.
● Long hair must be pinned up or tied back with a band, and kept out of the face.

GENERAL and SAFETY

GENERAL
Clothes and shoes are clean and frays and holes must be mended.
Dancers may not wear loose-fitting clothing, pants, or ankle warmers. It must be possible to see the function of the muscles and the placement of the body.

WATER BOTTLES
Bring a small easy to store bottle (under 1 liter). Only water is allowed in the studio. No lemonade or other drinks, to protect the floor. Large bottles are not permitted.

SAFETY
Large earrings, loose jewelry, long (false) nails or pointed nails are not suitable for ballet for safety reasons.

REQUIRED LEOTARD PER GROUP

▼JUNIOR BALLET

GIRLS: Classic Tank Leotard by Wear Moi Color Black and white waist elastic
BOYS: Tight ballet-shirt in white.
Order at Wear Moi or visit the shops nearby.

▼YOUTH BALLET

GIRLS: Dance Leotard Faustine by Wear Moi Color Black and Black waist elastic
BOYS: Tight ballet-shirt in white.
Order at Wear Moi or visit the shops nearby.

▼ REGULAR BALLET I, II & III

WOMEN: Black leotard of choice.
Pointe Class: for a pointe class, you’ll need a short black ballet skirt with a maximum length of mid-thigh.
MEN: White fitted short sleeve Ballet T-shirt

▼ REGULAR BALLET IV & V

WOMEN: Leotard of choice, no fluorescent colors or busy prints
Pointe Class: for a pointe class, you’ll need a black ballet skirt with a maximum length of mid-thigh. For the Sundayclass, you’ll need a black rehearsal tutu, available at: AliExpress or the Carlotta tutu at Danswinkel.nl or Sansha
MEN: Fitted short sleeve Ballet T-shirt of choice (no fluorescent colors or busy prints) available a.o. at Wear Moi and Lulli

ADULT BALLET

WOMEN: A black ballet skirt with a maximum length of mid-thigh or black dance shorts ao here, and leotard of choice, no fluorescent colors or busy prints.
MEN: Fitted short sleeve Ballet T-shirt of choice (no fluorescent colors or busy prints) available a.o. at Wear Moi and Lulli


BALLET STORES for ADULTS

Ballet clothing for adults, among others at Bodile, Wear Moi and Lulli

ALL BALLET STORES

Ballet stores in The Hague and surrounding area on this page.


UNDERWEAR & MENSTRUATING

Frequently asked questions about dancing and menstruating information here

BALLET ONLINE

EQUIPMENT / ACCESSORIES
Tips and more on this page.

“Ballet should never look predictable. When you dance each move you make is a promise. Even when standing in preparation you are making a promise that there is a story to be told”

- Mirella Simoncini