30 Minute Classes: $70/month

45 Minute Classes: $85/month

60 Minute Classes: $100/month

Upon registering, first month's tuition and $25 registration fee will be charged within 2–3 business days. Beginning in October you’ll be charged on the 1st of the month.

Multi-dancer family discount = 5% off every class after the 1st class

Multi-class discount = 5% off every class after the 1st class

Multi-dancer + Multi-class discounts cannot be combined

Registration Fee = $25/dancer

Recital Fee = $175 (includes performance and first costume fee)

Costume Fee = no less than $75 (for any additional class costumes)

Our year will end in a recital on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 at Slayton House Theater. Dancers unable to participate in the recital will not be charged the recital fee if MDDP is notified via email by November 22, 2024. Move with Me and College Dance Team Prep classes will not participate in recital.

PAYMENT POLICY

TUITION
Maryland Dance Project charges, and You agree to pay tuition at the rates set forth on the registration page for the academic year (September through June). Registration is for the full term and You are responsible for full term tuition.
All tuition is non-refundable.

Registration is on-going and we will prorate your tuition based on your start date following October 1, 2024.
Maryland Dance Project charges, and You agree to pay, the following fees at registration:

• An annual student registration fee of $25;

• Non-refundable Performance Fee of $175, due on December 1st - includes recital performance and first costume fee (Move with Me + College Dance Team Prep Excluded)

• Costume Fee of no less than $75 - for any additional class costumes (Move with Me + College Dance Team Prep Excluded) 

CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION

You authorize your credit card to be charged for the first month's tuition balance and registration fee due upon registration. You authorize Maryland Dance Project to charge your credit card automatically on the scheduled installment dates (1st of each month beginning October 1st, 2024) in the amounts set forth in the installment payment plan, including any applicable fees. 

CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY

You shall abide by our Code of Conduct and other related procedures. Maryland Dance Project reserves the right to amend, modify, alter, eliminate, add to, and interpret all rules, policies, and regulations stated in the Code of Conduct. Your failure and/or refusal to adhere to the policies outlined in the Code of Conduct or this Agreement may result in the disenrollment of the student.

DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Maryland Dance Project does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to enrollment, class placement, and the selection and retention, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services.

RECITAL POLICY

The student’s participation in the spring recital (May or June 2025) is automatic, except for Move with Me and College Dance Team Prep students. To opt out of the recital, You must notify Maryland Dance Project by email no later than November 22nd, 2024.  Maryland Dance Project will not accept opt-out requests via telephone or in person. 

Performance fees are listed in the tuition policy and are non-refundable if the opt-out request is received after November 22nd, 2024. If the student no longer wishes to participate in the Spring Recital, please email Maryland Dance Project so that the teacher can be notified. Recital tickets are an additional fee.

CLASS MAKE-UP POLICY

Make-up classes must occur within 30 days of missed class. Please email us to schedule a make-up class, ensuring it's recorded and not scheduled verbally. As classes will be preparing for recital, no make-up classes will be granted 6 weeks before the recital weekend. Make-up classes are not guaranteed as class capacity has to be considered. Studio closures will not result in a make-up class, such as but not limited to studio closures due to weather.

STUDIO CLOSURE POLICY

Maryland Dance Project will announce closures and updates on social media and via email in the event classes are canceled for weather or other reasons. If no cancellation is announced prior to class start time, classes are running as normal. Make-ups are not granted due to weather or facility related closures. All classes have time "built-in" for snow days, etc. 

CLASS SWITCHING POLICY

Class switch requests are based on availability and not guaranteed. For best chance of availability, request by November 1st, 2024 for a January change. If you receive approval, the class switch is effective beginning in January. There is no fee for switching classes of the same length of time. 

Recital costumes are ordered in December, therefore, any class switch granted after November 1st may require an additional costume fee.

CLASS WITHDRAWAL POLICY

 Maryland Dance Project may credit your account or cancel a later installment payment if you give us required notice and the withdrawal receives Directors' approval.

You must submit a written withdrawal request by email to Maryland Dance Project no later than November 1st, 2024. If you withdraw by November 1st, your December-June payments will be canceled. Any withdrawal requests received after November 1st, 2024 require a 30-day written notice to Maryland Dance Project.  All approved withdrawal requests will go into effect one month after the written request is received. If you withdraw after performance and costume fees have been issued, those will become forfeited costs.

PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE POLICY

I/we consent to our dancer being photographed and video recorded and give permission to have those photos/videos used for social media and promotional use. 

RELEASE OF LIABILITY POLICY

I/we realize that participation in dance and acrobatics classes and activities could involve some possible personal injury. Despite precautions, accidents and injuries may occur. By signing this release form, I/we (the dancer and parent/guardian) assume all risks related to the use of any and all spaces used by Maryland Dance Project. I/we agree to release and hold harmless Maryland Dance Project and dance class venue(s) including its teachers, dancers, staff members, and facilities used by both entities from any cause of action, claims, or demands now and in the future. I/we will not hold Maryland Dance Project liable for any personal injury or any personal property damage, which may occur on the premises before, during or after classes. Furthermore, I/we agree to obey the class and facility rules and take full responsibility for my/our behavior in addition to any damage I/we may cause to the facilities utilized by Maryland Dance Project. I understand that Maryland Dance Project is a licensed and insured business. In the event that I/we should observe any unsafe conduct or conditions before, during or after my/our classes, I/we agree to report the unsafe conduct or conditions to the Owner, Director, Instructor or Staff member as soon as possible. 

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES POLICY

I authorize Maryland Dance Project staff to obtain, consent to and authorize emergency medical care or treatment in the event that such care is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the staff for the benefit of a student due to accident, injury or illness. Maryland Dance Project will only exercise such consent and authorization for medical care or treatment in the absence of a student’s parent/guardian and only if it is unable to reach a student’s parent/guardian within a reasonable period of time given the circumstances of the emergency.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for making payment of all costs of any such medical care or treatment directly to the hospital, physician or facility providing such care.

LATE POLICY

Dancers who arrive 15 minutes or more late are welcome to observe class, but they cannot participate. This is a safety concern as the class has already warmed-up and stretched. The teacher will greet and prompt the dancer to sit in the front or side of the room and observe. There are no class credits or make-ups for late classes.