As a Reminder you MAY NOT send your dancer under any circumstances if the following apply:

• If you are waiting for results of a Covid-19 test
• If you have been required to quarantine for any reason (such as school closure)
• If you're sick for any reason

Updated Safety Precautions (1/1/2021):
General Reminders:

• If you have been in contact with someone who has COVID-19, stay home and away from others for 14 days.
• Dancers at any time can choose to participate from home via zoom. Please email the studio for zoom codes.
• Dancers ages 5 and older are required to wear a mask while participating in dance class and when in all common areas.
• Dancers ages 4 and under are encouraged to wear a mask while participating in dance class or must stay socially distant from all other dancers. A mask is still required in all common areas regardless of age.
• All Dancers and Staff are required to maintain social distancing.
• Classes will continue to be drop off only. The lobby will remain closed at this time.
• Only dancers are permitted in the building.

 
Special Note For travelers who were out-of-state (24hrs) per NYS Guidelines:

• Travelers must obtain a test within three days of departure, prior to arrival in New York.
• The traveler must, upon arrival in New York, quarantine for three days.
• On day 4 of their quarantine, the traveler must obtain another COVID test. If both tests come back negative, the traveler may exit quarantine early upon receipt of the second negative diagnostic test.

 
Thank you for following our rules and procedures and continuing to work with us. Our dancers safety is our first priority. 

Safety Precautions:

• Until further notice the studio will be operating at 50% capacity and we will be maintaining a social distance of 6 feet during class.
• Dancers must wait in line for class or the bathroom on the 6-foot marked spaces.
• Only bring what is essential to class. Dancers will have to keep their belongings in their 6-foot square. No cubbies will be used at this time.
• Dancers should bring their own yoga block to class (Ages 7 and up). If you do not have one you can purchase a used yoga block from the studio for $5. While supplies last.
• AC is in use and main doors will be open for additional ventilation.
• Students must wear a mask in all common areas, but this is not mandatory while dancing.
• Dancers must take their temperature at home prior to arriving at the studio.
• Students will be required to sanitize or wash their hands upon entering the studio.
• Please have all dancers use the bathroom before coming to class.
• The lobby is closed at this time. No parents, siblings or dancers are permitted to wait in the lobby. Dancers and parents are to wait in the car.
• We are encouraging frequent and thorough sanitizing and hand washing, by teachers, staff, students, and visitors with alcohol-based hand rubs containing at least 60% alcohol.
• Teachers will use hand sanitizer before and after physical contact with a student or staff member.
• No sharing of phones, shoes, or other personal items.
• Water bottles must be labeled with the student's name and prominently displayed.
• No Food will be allowed in the building.
• If a student is identified as ill, a parent will be called to immediately pick them up.
• Teachers, staff, and students must stay home if they are sick.
• If a teacher, staff member or dancer becomes ill, they will immediately be moved to a location away from other students and staff, until the student can be picked up.
• Teachers and staff members will not be permitted to work when they are sick.
• We will be disinfecting the dance rooms and surfaces in between classes.

 
 These guidelines have been taken directly from the Federal OSHA website.  
 
Precautions
Sick individuals or those at particularly high risk of infection (e.g., international travelers who have visited locations with widespread sustained (ongoing) COVID-19 transmission, healthcare workers who have had unprotected exposures to people known to have, or suspected of having, COVID-19), non-occupational immune compromised individuals; 70+ years of age, pregnant women, those with an underlying lung, heart or kidney condition or those temporarily taking immunosuppressive drugs such as steroids), will not be permitted entry to any area of the studio, including the waiting room, the office, dance rooms, and student lounges. This is for the safety of all our Platinum family members. 
 
We are so excited to be back doing what we love. Please remember we are all in this together. Some dancers and families may be more relaxed or more reserved than others. Please be respectful and courteous to each family’s personal decisions.