TROUPE UPDATE

WELCOME BACK FOR 2025!

Welcome back Troupe Families! What an amazing first week we've had in the studio, the vibes have been SO incredible and we're pumped for an amazing year of dance!

With a new year also brings some new faces to our Troupe Teams, we are so excited to welcome some new dancers and warmly welcome them into our DS Family 💜✨

We wanted to touch base with a few reminders and some exciting things coming up, please see all info below!

TROUPE COMMITMENT

At Dance Sensations, we have high standards for our competition team members, particularly in areas like attendance, behaviour, and embodying our core values.

Dance is a team effort, and it's crucial that every member is fully committed to the group both in attendance and the way we participate. We believe in giving your best all of the time, lifting one another up, celebrating progress, and fostering a sense of community where support is always given freely; whether through a kind word, a helping hand, or a shared moment of growth. Our culture at DS is what makes us special and we are so lucky to have so many amazing dancers a part of our DS Family!

UNIFORM

As representatives of Dance Sensations competitive teams, we expect that our students uphold the full DS uniform values in every lesson, from choreography classes to technique and ballet. We value uniform as it gives our dancers a sense of belonging, removes brand comparison and provides comfortable and appropriate class attire!

A reminder that dancers must wear full DS Uniform or all black attire to all troupe rehearsals. Uniform requirements are outlined in our Troupe Handbook.

TROUPE CONNECT INFO NIGHT

We are so excited to invite all Troupe Parents to our Troupe Connect Event on Friday 21st Feb at 6:30pm

It is required all parents attend and this event is a great opportunity to:

• come together to meet the team and other families of your Troupe team

• chat with our teachers and discuss all things classes

• receive competition dates

• discuss expectations

• discuss uniforms + makeup

• answer any of your questions!

Please note: This event is an information session for parents and carers, we request dancers aren't brought along to the event.

2025 HIP HOP CREWS

We are super excited to announce that we will have the INCREDIBLE Lainey Grech coming down to choreograph our 2025 Hip Hop Crews! This is a huge opportunity for our dancers as Lainey is a highly sought after choreographer in the industry! We are so excited for the amazing routines she is going to put together for our Hip Hop crews!

Please note: Dancers must attend the rehearsal dates to be included in these routines as there will be alot of choreography to run through!

Please see the below image for all the rehearsal info.

RAD EXAMS

For those dancers that participate in our RAD Exams, it's time to submit exam entries! We will be in touch in a separate email to confirm information and costs etc so please keep an eye out for that!

TROUPE COMMUNICATION

At Dance Sensations we use BAND APP for all class and Troupe communication. Band allows you the opportunity to discuss Troupe related matters with the team, and where required you can have a private message chat with the teacher if it is a matter that cannot be discussed in the class forum. We encourage you to reach out if you have any questions at all, any time!

From our experience we have found this to be the best communication platform as it allows an inclusive space for all, especially those parents who choose not to use social media, and as a result we discourage the use of private messaging "Troupe" groups on social media for this reason. In line with our social media policy we also discourage parents/students from becoming ‘friends’ or ‘followers’ on Social Media with teachers or staff unless there is an existing relationship. We ask that in regards to all Troupe related communication you please join BAND-APP.

If you are not already in your dancers band group, please find links below for you to join.

We are so excited for an incredible year for our Troupe Teams this year! As always if you have any questions we are here for you!

The DS Team x