Important Recital Information and Updates
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DAU Recital 2016 Information and Updates
On Friday, for Rehearsals everyone (dancers and parents) will enter through the Market Street entrance. On Saturday and Sunday only Dancers and Volunteers will enter through the Market Street entrance. All ticketed guests will enter through the First Street entrance.
Wondering how to apply Stage Make-Up?
Click here for a video with tips from the Pacific Northwest Ballet on how to apply stage makeup. Please note, this is dancer uses fake lashes and black mascara. For DAU’s recital, using black mascara only is fine.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT DAU REHEARSAL/RECITALS
What happens at Dress Rehearsal? You should arrive at the Market Street entrance to the California Theater, 345 S. 1st St., San Jose, 15 minutes before your scheduled rehearsal time. Dancers should be totally dressed, hair and makeup done and ready to go on-stage. Proceed to the main auditorium, take a seat in the audience and wait until your child’s class is called to go backstage. Rehearsals generally take about 1.5 hours. Dancers may leave after their last routine, if they do not want to stay for the rest of the rehearsal. Parents can take pictures and videos. During the actual recitals no cameras, videos, or phones are allowed. Where do I drop off my dancer for the recital? All dancers will enter the California Theater through the Market Street entrance dressed in their costume. They will be taken by DAU staff or TA’s to their dressing rooms. There will be a DAU “Drop Off” sign on Market Street. Dancers must arrive at the door 45 minutes before show time. Allow enough time to park. Where will my child be during the actual recital show? Dancers will wait in their assigned dressing rooms, supervised by parent volunteers, during the show. All dancers in Creative Dance and Intro to Dance classs will be taken to Level 2. All other dancers with 1 or 2 numbers per show will report to Level 1. All dancers with 3 or more numbers per show will be on Level 3. We will have TA’s and staff members take dancers to the appropriate levels. Any dancers on Level 1 who only have 1 number in the show will be escorted to the main auditorium to watch the half of the show in which they are not performing. We will provide water and a snack of Goldfish to all dancers in the dressing rooms. No other food is allowed on any level backstage. Dancers should only bring the items that they need to perform to the dressing room (e.g., costume, tights, dance shoes, bobby pins). What do I do with my child’s hair? Creative and Intro to Dance girls have a half up/half down, either curled or straight. All ballet dancers wear their hair in a bun lined up with the top of their ears. All other dancers wear their hair in a single pony tail lined up with the top of their ears. Water and gel work well to keep their hair from coming loose. What about tights for my daughter? Please refer to your blue sheet or ask your teacher for the correct color tights for your routine. Where do I pick up my dancer at the end of the show? How will I get my child’s recital pictures? If I haven’t purchased tickets yet, how can I get them? When do classes end? |