If your student is exhibiting any one of the following symptoms they should stay home:

Fever

Cough

Shortness of Breath

New Loss of Taste or Smell

Fatigue

Body Aches

Headache

Sore Throat

Congestion

Runny Nose (exception-seasonal allergies)

Nausea

Vomiting

Diarrhea

Your student should stay home if they have tested positive for COVID-19.

If any of these apply to your student they should STAY HOME, contact the school at school@kcballet.org

We are very proud of our Kansas City Ballet campuses and want you to feel welcome inside. Please keep in mind that in addition to our Academy programs, the Bolender Center is home to the Kansas City Ballet Company, KCB Second Company (which comprises KCB II and Trainees), the Kansas City Youth Ballet, and many staff members. In order to maintain a professional, studious, and productive environment it is important that caregivers and guests follow some general guidelines. 

Access Policy Bolender Center:

As spacious as the Bolender Center is, with the growth of our Daytime, Professional, and Evening programs, our capacity for guests is limited. Our hallways are crowded with dancers and students during class and rehearsal transitions, so with the exception of caregivers to students in Adaptive Dance classes, we cannot allow anyone waiting for a student above the 1st floor lobby area with the exception of:

• First day of classes
• Watch Weeks and similar special events
• Parents of new students in Creative Movement, Fundamentals, and Level 1 for the first two weeks of classes.

We welcome you in if you are waiting for a student to be dismissed and need to complete business at the Front Desk or use the restroom as needed while you wait. We cannot, however, accommodate caregivers to wait the entire duration of their student’s class or rehearsal.  Additionally, in extreme weather, such as when the temperature is above 87F or below 32F, please come in if it is unsafe to wait in your car or if you are exposed to the elements. 

Reminders while you are in the building:

• Business operations, classes, and rehearsals are conducted from the moment we open until we close at night. Please be mindful of this and keep voices and conversations at low volumes. 
• Caregiver access, with the exceptions above, is limited to the first floor lobby area
• Please be respectful of our building and its staff at all times
• The elevator is only to be used by caregivers assisting students in Adaptive Dance
• Please mind the signs and do not go into any areas or through doors that are labeled “Staff only”

We appreciate your help in maintaining an environment that is conducive to the artistic development of our students and dancers

We are very proud of our Kansas City Ballet campuses and want you to feel welcome inside. Please keep in mind that in addition to our Academy programs, the South Campus also has Open Division programs and is home to many staff members. In order to maintain a professional, studious, and productive environment it is important that caregivers and guests follow some general guidelines. 

Access Policy South Campus:

We welcome you in if you are dropping off a student or waiting for a student to be dismissed and need to complete business at the Front Desk or use the restroom as needed while you wait. No parents are allowed in the dressing rooms.

Reminders while you are in the building:

• Business operations and classes are conducted from the moment we open until we close at night. Please be mindful of this and keep voices and conversations at low volumes. 
• Please be respectful of our building and its staff at all times.
• Please mind the signs and do not go into any areas or through doors that are labeled “Staff only”

We appreciate your help in maintaining an environment that is conducive to the artistic development of our students.

• Students should arrive for class no more than 15 minutes before class start time.
• Parents are allowed into the building at either campus to take care of business at the front desk or to use the restroom. Parents should drop their children off in the entryway. 
• Students should arrive in their dance clothes under street clothes and with their own equipment (e.g. mat). Dance shoes are prohibited from being worn outside the building.  Dressing Rooms will be available to students at the South Campus and to students in Intermediate, Advanced & Pre-Professional Divisions at the Bolender Center. Do not wear ballet shoes outside.
• Schedules will be posted near the entry. If they have any questions about the schedule, the security guard at Bolender Center or school staff at either campus can assist.

Bolender Center Campus

• Bolender Center students will be directed in one of three ways. They will either be asked to line up in the lobby and wait to be escorted to their classroom, they will be asked to go directly to the area outside their assigned studio or they may be directed to proceed to the dressing rooms.
• Students should not enter the studio until a teacher or KCBS staff has instructed you to do so.

South Campus 

• South Campus students will be directed to go to the dressing rooms, no parents are allowed in the dressing rooms.
• Students should not enter the studio until a teacher or KCBS staff has instructed you to do so.

• Please leave dance bags in the area directly outside of your studio. Pointe shoe bags and water bottles may be taken into the studio. Students should not bring expensive items, such as electronics or jewelry, to the studio. Jewelry and watches should not be worn in any KCBS classes. All belongings should be kept INSIDE of dance bags, including cell phones which should be silenced or off during class time.
• KCBS is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged items. Labeling all personal items with the student’s name is recommended. Please check the lost and found for missing items. All items that have not been retrieved from the lost and found will be discarded or donated to charity.

• Students should use the restroom prior to class. They will only be allowed to use the bathroom during class at the teachers’ discretion.
• Water bottle filling stations are available.
• Students should wait for the teacher to open the studio door. As soon as the teacher is in the studio, and has opened the door, students may enter the studio one at a time and take their spots at the barre.

• After putting on street clothes and gathering their belongings, students at the Bolender Center will exit the building via the main lobby, parents please come to the door to meet your child or secure a spot in the vehicle pick up line.
• After putting on street clothes and gathering their belongings, students at the South Campus will exit the building via the main lobby, parents please come to the door to meet your child.

• Students will be escorted by a teacher or KCBS staff to the designated exit.
• Students must be picked up at the designated pick-up location within the 15 minutes following their class.