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Steppin’ Out Company 2024-2025

We are excited to announce our upcoming auditions for Company 2024-2025 season! If you love
dancing and performing, we would love to have you at our auditions! Please read through all the
information carefully and email us with any additional questions that you may have.
What does it mean to be a company member at Steppin Out?
Being a company member at Steppin’ Out Performing Arts Center requires hard work, patience,
commitment and dedication to the art of dance. We look for students who are eager to grow and
learn to enhance their skills. Our Company members have received top honors both regionally and nationally at competitions, have taken classes from top choreographers, and have grown both as dancers and individuals. Thesky is the limit for what they can accomplish.
What skills do you need to be in a company? 
Our skills vary depending on the age of the child. We will have multiple competing companies in
various genres. The levels vary according to age and ability.
How does our Company Work?:
Each child will have the opportunity to choose which styles of dance they wish to be placed in for the 2024 – 2025 competition season. All company members are required to take Ballet and
Production. The only exception for Ballet classes will be for our Junior Company, and if your
child is auditioning for Hip Hop only. For example, you can choose to audition for all genres or just Jazz and Lyrical. This gives you the opportunity to experience our competitive company but also allows you outside activities to be involved in as well if you choose.
For our gentleman: If you wish to audition for a style other than Hip Hop a Ballet class
will be required for you.
Company Members Requirements:
· Take class in various forms of dance
· Attend classes 3 days a week – Monday – Wednesday
· Attend extra rehearsals on Thursday and/or Saturday for the month of January and February.
· Receive/purchase a company jacket
· Locker
· Work with professional guest teacher’s and choreographersss
· Attend 4 Regional Dance Competitions within the Southeast
‘Attend 1 National Dance competition in the Summer of 2025
· Attend Company Workshop August 1st-4th 2024.
 
Company Auditions:
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm 5 – 9-year-olds
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm 10 & up
There is a $25.00 audition fee that will be due at the time of your child’s audition.
Company Classes:
All competition classes this season will be Monday – Wednesday from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Thursdays can be reserved for solo, duet, trio and small group choreography and rehearsals that don’t fit into the regular dance week.
Company Related Expenses:
Audition Fee: $25.00 per child
Registration Fee 1 Child: $40.00
Registration Fee 2 Children: ss$60.00
Registration Fee 3 or more Children: $70.00
Privates: $35 for 30 minutes
Company Jacket: $90
Jewelry: $35.00 – 50.00
Company Intensive: $345.00
Rehearsal Fee (CCC): $25.00
Competition Administrative Fee: $10.00 per competition
Production Fee: $150.00
*Costumes: $115 – $195 per class
Choreography Fee Solo: $600.00
Choreography Fee Duet /2: $600.00
Choreography Fee Trio/3: $600.00
Guest Choreography Cleaning Fees: $150.00 (Solo), $250/2 (Duet), $350.00/3 (Trio)
*Competition Fees Solo: $125 – $155.00 (Title is extra)
*Competition Fees Duet/Trio/2 or 3: $150 – 195.00
*Competition Fees Groups: $60 – 68.00
*Competition Fees Production: $55 – 68.00
**These are based on the 2023 – 2024 season. We will have to wait until the 2024 - 2025 season
begins this fall to see the costs of costume companies and if dance competitions adjust their fees.
Competition fees paid via a debit card/credit card or Jackrabbit Portal will be charged a 4%
surcharge fee. Any transaction that is made using an American Express card will be charged a 4% surcharge.
Company Class Monthly Tuition:ss
3 Classes: $220.00
4 Classes : $249.00
5 Classes : $270.00
6 Classes : $292.00
7 Classes : $314.00
8 Classes : $335.00
9 Classes: $355.00
10 Classes: $375.00
11 - 15 Classes: $395.00
Adult Company Tuition:
1 class: $72.00
2 classes: $120.00
** – Drop Out Fee**:
Please take a minute to consider your time, commitments, obligations, jobs, academics, and
extracurricular school activities before filling out your audition form and committing to what you are going to audition for next season. We will be charging a $50.00 fee for anyone who drops a class once you have committed to the dance season. So really take the time to consider what commitment you have for next dance season, we take a lot into consideration in creating our companies.
Solo, Duet/Trios and Small Groups:
1. If you wish to add an additional dance in any of the above, you must be participating in the
class of the genre you wish to be considered for.
2. When we return in August, we will send out a form for you to fill out if you are interested.
Once we receive the forms back, we will look and create accordingly. If you are interested,
you must be completely open to what we see fit for the best options based on age, ability,ss
technique, etc. We will not do a duet or trio simply because you “want to dance with your
friend”. We will select the pairings and style choices then notify you.
Company Showcase:
All company members will be required to purchase 3 company tickets for the Company Showcase in May 2025.
Competitions: 
Competitions are not optional. If you are a company member at Steppin’ Out, you must compete at all dance competitions. It is a commitment that you are making to your studio and your teammates. We find that at times we give you the schedule of competitions months in advance and have had people when it comes to competition weekends say “another commitment has come up”. Please take the time to put this information into your calendar so you can plan and prepare accordingly.
 Competition Rehearsals:
All students must attend all classes and rehearsals the week prior to a competition. Anyone who
misses any classes (unexcused) prior to the weekend of competition may not be able to compete the following weekend. This will be strongly enforced this season.
 Competition Schedules:
Based on the competition schedule, venues, locations, etc. is how we determine which competitions we are going to go to. Please note we may need to compete the week of the Winter Break in February but will try not to, it will depend on the competition schedules.