PRE-BALLET PROGRAM
Class Description
Pre-Ballet classes offer children the opportunity to learn many important components of ballet training in a fun and engaging atmosphere. Students will explore rhythm and musicality, gain strength and flexibility, and develop spatial awareness. While exercising their mind, body, and imagination, they will form new friendships and learn class etiquette in blended creative movement accompanied with basic ballet vocabulary.
Pre-Ballet enrollment is based on age. Children must be four years old by the first class of a session to enroll in Pre-Ballet. Pre-Ballet students who turn seven years old during a session will remain in Pre-Ballet until the session is over and may join Primary at the beginning of the following term. To begin the enrollment process, please click HERE.
Class Requirements
Pre-Ballet students must be potty trained and able to use the restroom without assistance. Pre-Ballet students must also be able to be independent of parents or caregivers for the entirety of the class.
Pre-Ballet students do not participate in Pacific Northwest Youth Ballet performances. The final class of each session will be open to family observation.
Class Schedule 2025/2026
Pre-Ballet students attend one forty-five minute class per week. Extra classes are not available to Pre-Ballet students; however, a Pre-Ballet class on an alternative day may be attended as a make-up class.
The following classes are available for enrollment:
Pre-Ballet Tuesdays
Pre-Ballet Thursdays
3:45 – 4:30 PM
3:45 – 4:30 PM
The following classes are available for enrollment:
Pre-Ballet Tuesdays 3:45 – 4:30 PM
Pre-Ballet Thursdays 3:45 – 4:30 PM
Pre-Ballet Tuition
Pacific Northwest Youth Ballet uses Square payment processing. Accepted forms of payment include all major credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Checks and cash are not accepted.
All new and returning families will be charged a $35.00 annual registration fee.
Tuition for Pre-Ballet is due by the first class of each session.
Fall Session: September 8 – December 11 (13 classes) $234
Winter Session: January 5 – March 19 (11 classes) $198
Spring Session: March 30 – June 4 (10 classes) $180
Pre-Ballet Girls' Dress Code
Leotard
Brand: So Danca
Style: Livy SL09
Color: Light Pink
Tights
Brand: Bloch
Style: T0981G
(footed, non-seamed)
Color: Ballet Pink
Shoes
Brand: Any brand
Style: Leather, split or full-soled
Color: Pink
Pre-Ballet Boys' Dress Code
Leotard
Brand: Any brand
Style: Short sleeve
Color: White
Tights
Black bike shorts, black leggings, or opaque male tights
Short white ballet socks, optional
Shoes
Brand: Any brand
Style: Leather, split or full-soled
Color: Black
Additional Dress Code Information
Long hair must be pulled back into a ballet bun. For instructions on how to make a ballet bun for different hair types, please see the following videos:
- Short hair must be secured back from the face with secure hair clips or a headband pinned into place.
- All hair accessories should match the dancer’s hair color as closely as possible.
- Tights should be monitored for holes and runs. Small holes should be coated in clear nail polish immediately, in effort to prevent the hole from becoming larger. Tights with large holes and runs need to be discarded.
- Ballet clothing should be laundered often to keep it clean and smelling fresh. It is recommended that ballet clothing be washed in cold water and hung to dry in order to help it last as long as possible and for color retention.
- Ballet shoes are never to be worn outside and must be kept clean.
- Only attire listed in the dress code is allowed in class. No additional attire is to be worn (skirts, tutus, warm-up clothes, etc.).
- All jewelry must be removed before class, including any kind of necklace, bracelet, wristband, watch, ring, or dangling earrings. Small stud earrings may be worn.
- Only natural shades of nail polish may be worn in class. Nail polish remover will be on hand in case last-minute removal before class is necessary.
- No visible temporary tattoos allowed. Nail polish remover is an easy way to remove temporary tattoos. It will be some on hand in case last-minute removal before class is necessary.
Dress code items may be purchased at the following locations:
The Leotard
2432 NE MLK Boulevard
Portland, OR 97212
503-284-9244
(free shipping with phone orders)
Mention you are a student at Pacific Northwest Youth Ballet to receive a discount.