Department of Dance
Studio Reservation Policy

ALL REQUESTS may only be made at: Dance Studio Request Form. A confirmation for faculty will be sent within 48 hours. A confirmation for Graduate and Undergraduate requests will be sent by Friday at 5pm.

Semester length studio requests and weekly studio requests.

• Semester length studio requests, submitted to Dance Administrative Coordinator, Molly Dahlberg, via the Dance Studio Request Form are accepted for:  Classes, Youth Ballet, Arts Share, and Outside Users.
• Semester length studio requests, submitted to the Production Stage Manager, Briana Maxwell, via the Dance Studio Request Form, are accepted for:  Gala, DIC, and Faculty or Faculty/Grad.
• Semester length studio requests for MFA  Candidates in Dance (non-Thesis) and MFA Dance Thesis Concert students are submitted to the studio scheduler via the Dance Studio Request Form.
• All other studio requests (not indicated above) must submit requests on a weekly basis to the studio scheduler via the Dance Studio Request Form.  

2019-2020 STUDIO RESERVATIONS:
*Studio Reservations for fall 2019 begin on Thursday, August 22 for the week of August 25-31*
*Studio Reservations for spring 2020 begin on Thursday, January 16 for the week of January 19-25*   

I. Rehearsal Time Allotments:

The weekly rehearsal time allotment for individuals is indicated below.

• Faculty – non Concert Projects                         Limit 4 Hours per week
• Faculty – Fac/Grad                                          Limit 6 hours per week per piece
• MFA Candidates in Dance – non Thesis                       Limit 6 Hours per week
• MFA Candidates in Dance – Thesis                             Limit 6 Hours per week per piece
• Senior and Junior Dance Majors/Minors                     Limit 4 hours per week
• Sophomore/Freshmen Dance Majors/Minors              Limit 3 hours per week
• Student Organizations and non-dance majors/minors              Limit 2 hours per week

II. Semester Length (non-academic) Studio Requests:

• Please use the Dance Studio Request Form for the following semester length studio requests:
  • DIC 2020:  1st week of classes (after DIC auditions)
  • Faculty 2020 (in Fac/Grad):  Last week of October 2019(after Faculty auditions)
• Thesis:  Please use the Dance Studio Request Form for all fall requests. The Studio Scheduler will hold a scheduling meeting with all Thesis students in November 2019. At this time, Thesis students will make semester long requests for the spring.
• MFA Candidate in Dance semester long requests: Please use the Dance Studio Request Form. A semester long requests ends at each semester.  Example: your fall recurring request ends in December.
  • Once an MFA Candidate in Dance makes a semester long request, it cannot be changed.  However, the students can barter amongst themselves if they would like to switch times with each other.
  • MFA Candidates in Dance can continue to make weekly requests, in addition to their semester long request, as long as it does not exceed their 6 weekly rehearsal hour limit.

III. Weekly Studio Requests:

• Individuals wishing to make a weekly studio request (i.e. any request that is not included under the semester length category) must submit their requests at Dance Studio Request Form. 
• The deadline to request a rehearsal studio is Thursday at 3pm for the following week in which you are requesting.  The week is Sunday to Saturday. (For example: Thursday, August 22 is the deadline for any requests during the week of August 25-31).
• Weekly requests will be honored based on the following system of preference:
  • Department Productions (Gala, DIC, Thesis, etc), Class/Required projects, UIYB, Pieces for Adjudication, Independent or outside projects.

IV. Space Place Rehearsal Requests:

• All requests for Space Place should be made at Dance Studio Request Form one week prior to your requested date(s).  

V. Studio Schedule Posting:

• Complete Studio schedules will be available on Ad Astra by 5pm on the Friday for the following weekly schedule. (For example: Friday, August 23 by 5pm the studio schedule will be available for the week of August 25-31).
• A confirmation will be sent to the requesting individual on Fridays by 5pm.

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