Please see below for their required rehearsal and Showcase Dates and times.
* Please refer to Performance Stream page for additional schedule for Eisteddfod and Troupe students
During Week 4, all Onstage and Troupe students will participate in Stage Rehearsals in the GMCPA during their regular Dance class time. All students are to meet their Dance teachers in the foyer of the GMCPA at the start of their class. All school travel arrangements remain the same.
Please note all Sidestage, RAD Ballet and Eisteddfod classes remain in Dance venues with some venue changes on Friday 7 November as listed below.
Students are required for a compulsory Dress Rehearsal from 9.00am to 12.15pm on Sunday 9 November.
The Dress Rehearsal is a day to confirm technical aspects and ensure students are confident on the GMCPA Stage and with the run orders. The morning session is a rehearsal for all Junior Streams. It is an important milestone in the Production Schedule. Attendance is compulsory.
Parents are required to sign their daughter in at the below listed venues at the arrival time of 9.00am sharp.
Year 3: Prep Performing Arts Hall
Year 4: Hedgehog House
Year 5 and 6: John Reid Hall
All costumes to be brought in named garment bag with any additional items.
Dance shoes
Water bottle and snacks
Students are highly recommended to have a BLOCH BODY STOCKING Undergarment that provides extra privacy for students during costume changes in our larger holding rooms.
* No Make up required for Dress Rehearsal. Hair must be in high slick pony.
No classes in Week 5 due to Showcase rehearsals and performances.
All students will perform twice on Sunday 16 November. Both shows have the same run order. Students are to bring all necessary items listed below with them. Students need to have hair and make up done and teachers will assist with touch ups.
Arrival Time: 11.00am - Students are required to be signed in by a parent at their sign in venue listed below.
Show 1: 12.00pm
Late Lunch Break: 2.30pm to 3.30pm - Catering provided for students. If your daughter has any dietary requirements, please complete this form.
* Students are now permitted to leave between shows. Adequate supervision will be provided during this meal break.
Show 2: 4.30pm
Sign out: approx. 7.00pm - parents are required to sign their daughter out from the venues listed below.
All costumes to be brought in named garment bag with any additional items and students asked to bring sport bag to school for this day with their shoes / supplies.
Dance shoes
Water bottle, snacks, late lunch provided
Make up and hair bag for touch ups
Students are highly recommended to have a BLOCH BODY STOCKING Undergarment that provides extra privacy for students during costume changes in our larger holding rooms.
LINK TO PURCHASE BLOCH BODY STOCKING
Parents are required to sign their daughter in at the below listed venues at the arrival time of 11.00am sharp.
Year 3: Prep Performing Arts Hall
Year 4: Hedgehog House
Year 5 and 6: John Reid Hall
ALL Junior School classes continue in Week 6 and 7.
Year 3 to 6 students will be given their costumes to take home when the costumes arrive. Costumes will start to be handed out in Dance classes from Week 4 this term. Students are not to wear their costume for anything until after Dance Showcase. Students are required to care for their costumes and Dance items after they sign them out and keep them in their Garment Bag.
NOTE: All parents are required to name their daughters costume/s on the tag so there is no confusion in the dressing rooms. We recommend that all belongings are named clearly.
Showcase T-shirts will be distributed in Week 1, Term 4. Students may commence wearing their T-Shirt in Dance classes as soon as they receive them. If your daughter has not received her T-Shirt by Week 2, please contact the Dance Office for assistance.
Garment bags will be distributed during stage rehearsals in Week 4 from the GMCPA. Students are encouraged to ask their class teacher.
While most classes have all costume items provided, some classes have additional items that they are required to obtain individually. Please find below a list of costume items that students are required to provide themselves.
Junior Hip Hop (Year 5 and 6) Miss Laura 3.30pm: Own black pants. Can be black tracksuit pants, parachute pants but must be full length no shorts. Plain black full length singlet to go under their costume jacket.
Junior Hip Hop (Year 5 and 6) 4.30pm: Own black pants. Can be black tracksuit pants, parachute pants but must be full length no shorts. Plain black full length singlet to go under their costume jacket.
Junior Hip Hop (Year 5) 5.30pm: Own full length black top
Junior Jazz (Year 3) Wednesday: Shimmer tights
Junior Jazz (Year 4) Wednesday: Shimmer tights
Junior Jazz (Year 5 and 6) Monday: Shimmer tights
Junior Jazz Cheer: Pom poms
Junior Lyrical (Year 5 and 6) Wednesday: White bike shorts
Junior Musical Theatre: Black bike shorts (short)
Junior Tap: Hidden black socks in tap shoes
If your daughters class has not been listed, all costume items will be provided as part of the Dance Showcase Costume charge.
Students will be required to bring their dance costumes in their garment bags and any required additional garments for all Dress Rehearsals and Showcases (no makeup required for Dress Rehearsal but students are encouraged to practice it if they would like to). Students will be required to wear appropriate undergarments for each of their costumes, bring all dance shoes, and food and drink for breaks. Students are permitted to wear the Dance Showcase T-Shirt to and from all rehearsals and shows with Pymble Dance shorts or tights.
Students are highly recommended to have a BLOCH BODY STOCKING that provides extra privacy for students during costume changes in our larger holding rooms.
LINK TO PURCHASE BLOCH BODY STOCKING:
BLOCH BODY STOCKING CHILD SIZES
BLOCH BODY STOCKING ADULT SIZES
All Onstage: High Slick ponytail
Ballet: High Ballet Bun
* Students are required to arrive at school with hair done and ready to go for the show. Dance staff will assist students if their hair needs fixing before the show.
Makeup allows the students to be seen under the professional lights onstage. All students are required to wear the following makeup for the Showcase:
Foundation
Red Lipstick
Blush
Neutral eye shadow
Eyeliner
Mascara
High Slick Ponytail
High Ballet Bun
Please Note: THE VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW DEMONSTRATES SECONDARY LOW PONY TAIL. JUNIORS REQUIRE HIGH PONY TAIL
Parents are NOT permitted to watch the dress rehearsal. Students will be dismissed from rehearsal once the rehearsal has concluded.
Parents or guardians should bring student to their assigned dressing rooms on Sunday 9 and 15 November. Parents are NOT permitted in the dressing rooms after students have been signed in. Students will remain backstage or in their dressing rooms for the entire rehearsal and performance.
At the conclusion of the Sunday Evening show, parents will be required to sign students out of the below locations:
Year 3: Prep Performing Arts Hall
Year 4: Hedgehog House
Year 5 and 6: John Reid Hall
NOTE: Please do not attempt to pick up your child during or between performances.
All Year 3 to 6 students in Dance Showcase will be charged a Showcase Package Fee of $80.00. This fee includes videography, photography, production technical elements, Snack Box in between shows and a Showcase T-shirt.
* Students also in Performance Stream will have an additional Showcase Package fee of $20.00 to cover their rehearsal and show days.
Students are permitted to wear their Showcase T-Shirt to dance classes once they are distributed in Term 4.
All students receive one costume per class that they are in. The cost of each costume is $95.00 for Onstage classes and will be added to your Term 3 College account.
Tights, undergarments, shoes and some additional items are not included. Any additional items required will be communicated later this term.
If your daughter is required to self-source their costume, no fee will be charged.