Please review our current COVID guidelines for being in the space:
COVID Studio Usage Agreement for in-person Asheville Ballet audition and rehearsals as of 9/10/21:
1) For everyone, in accordance with the Buncombe County Emergency order on 8/18: Face masks, which cover nose and mouth, must be worn at all times in the studio, lobby, and all other inside spaces, even while dancing, and even while alone in the room, the restroom, or the building. Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe.
Face masks (fabric or disposable) must conform to CDC guidelines, which means they SHOULD:
• Have two or more layers of washable, breathable fabric
• Completely cover your nose and mouth
• Fit snugly against the sides of your face and don’t have gaps
NOT acceptable as masks:
• Mesh or chiffon
• Single-layer gaiters
• Face shields
• Anything with exhalation valves or vents which allow virus particles to escape
2) No one may enter the building who may have been exposed to COVID-19, or who has a fever, sore throat, coughing, loss of taste or smell, or shortness of breath. If you answer “yes” to any of the following questions, you must alert your instructor via text and you may not be allowed to enter the space.
- Have you or anyone in your household had any of the following symptoms in the last 5 days:
o sore throat
o cough
o congestion or runny nose
o chills
o headaches for unknown reasons
o body aches for unknown reasons
o shortness of breath or difficulty breathing for unknown reasons
o new loss of smell or taste
o fever at or greater than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit
o nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
- Within the past 14 days, have you been in close physical contact with a person who is known to have laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 or with anyone who has any symptoms consistent with COVID-19?
- Are you isolating or quarantining because you may have been exposed to a person with COVID-19 or are worried that you may be sick with COVID-19?
- Are you currently waiting on the results of a COVID-19 test?
**Your entry into the space each day will serve as your agreement that you have asked yourselves the health screening questions and that you have no reason to believe that you or anyone with whom you have had close contact might be sick. Thank you for your care for your dance community.**
3) Wash your hands and use hand sanitizer frequently. We are asking that everyone wash or sanitize their hands as soon as they arrive, and sanitize their hands frequently, especially after touching their masks or faces.
4) Bring your own water from home. The drinking fountain will not be in use.
5) No food at all is allowed in the building during this time, and the fridge will not be in use.
6) Parents, siblings, and friends will not be allowed to wait in the studio or the lobby. You will drop your children off at the front door at the start of rehearsal, and pick them up at the back door (nearest the creek) at the end of rehearsal – please be on time when rehearsal ends. Please wait in your car during the rehearsal; if you must leave the premises, be sure your child and your child’s rehearsal director have your phone number. There will be no office staff on site, and the lobby doors may be locked during rehearsals. (Parents and siblings will be allowed to use the lobby restrooms, but you must ask yourselves the health screening questions before entering, and you must wear masks that cover your nose and mouth at all times – except children under age 2.)
7) Students will remove their street shoes before entering the studio itself (shoes may be placed on the landing so that you may have them available for a bathroom break). Please bring with you a plastic bag or plastic bin in which to place your street shoes and carry them with you downstairs, where you will place them by the exit door. Please sanitize your hands again after touching your shoes/feet.
8) Please arrive in your dance clothes and warm-ups. Dressing rooms will not be in use. Bring in minimal belongings and keep everything with you downstairs in the studio. At the end of rehearsal, dancers will wash/sanitize their hands, put on their warm-ups, retrieve their belongings, put on their shoes, and leave via the back door, where parents will retrieve them.
