Student, Client, Staff, Subcontractor, Volunteer, and Member Conduct:
❧ Students, clients, staff, subcontractors, volunteers, and members are expected to support one another with respect, encouragement, constructive feedback, and positive attitudes.
❧ Students, clients, staff, subcontractors, volunteers, and members are expected to make the safety of themselves and those around them their first priority. This includes the person they are dancing with. Safety guidelines are set forth by the instructors during lessons/workshops, or by the members in charge of an event.
❧ Students are expected to place themselves in classes that are appropriate for their skill level. If you don’t know which level is appropriate, ask one of the instructors. Students may be asked to defer in taking specific class levels until they demonstrate the appropriate prerequisite skills.
❧ Even when dancing socially, all members, students, clients, and staff are expected to be respectful and conscientious to all dancers in the community. We are about inclusivity, not exclusivity.
Group Lesson Placement:
The instructors at Los Sabrosos pride themselves on the courses they teach. Skills, techniques, and moves are not necessarily taught in the same manner or order as other dance studios because we create and adapt our lessons to serve our students’ needs.
While we offer four week courses, we do not intend for students to judge their skill level simply through attendance. Some students take months to master our beginner level classes; the majority of students spend months in higher level classes. That is why we always add new moves/combinations into our monthly courses, while continuing to polish the foundational skills and steps. In order to progress, students need to master the primary movements and demonstrate connection, tension, the balancing of energy, as well as rhythm, fluidity and intentionality.
In order to fully meet the needs of every student, everyone must receive instructor consent to participate in the more advanced courses. If a student has miscalculated their appropriate course level and is seeking to switch levels after their first class, they are not entitled to any credits or make up opportunities.
Refund Policy:
Lesson payments are non-refundable, whether for groups, privates, events, or teams.
Private lesson packages are valid for only one year from the date of purchase.
Group lesson and private lesson gift cards are valid for only one year from the date of purchase.
Group lesson packages are valid for only four (4) weeks after the selected start date. Expiration dates cannot be extended.
Media Release Policy:
As a small business, Los Sabrosos Dance Co. relies on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Meet Up to let others know about our goods and services. For this reason, staff frequently take photos and short videos, some of which may be posted on our website, shared online, or printed in promotional materials. We understand that there are situations where sharing someone’s image may be a security risk. In situations where a student may be put at risk by having their class/event participation made public, students have the option of requesting staff members not photograph or film their face.
Late Policy:
Students are intended to be present and ready to dance at the time class is scheduled to begin. Once a student is more than 15 minutes late they are officially considered tardy, at which point the instructor is within their right to ask that the student catch up on material being taught separately. The instructor is under no obligation to catch the tardy student up to speed at the expense of all other students who came at the scheduled time.
Some level of delay due to long commutes, unforeseen traffic, or other daily life interruptions is understandable and common. Students who are usually on time will not be punished for an occasional delay but students who routinely arrive late by 15 minutes or more should expect to play a diminished role in class and thus miss out on key instruction.
If a student has an ongoing schedule conflict that keeps them from arriving on time for a class, it is their responsibility to communicate that with their instructor and find a solution that will enable them to get the most out of lessons without compromising the education of the entire class.
24 Hour Cancellation Policy for Private Lessons, Rentals, & Events:
We aim to provide our students the highest quality service and pride ourselves on our exceptional team. If you should cancel your reservation less than 24 hours of your scheduled appointment, we not only lose that scheduled appointment but also the potential business of other clients who may have taken your scheduled reservation time. For this reason we are obligated to compensate our team for their time as well as make up for lost revenue.
The full lesson or booking fee will be charged to you for missed reservations that are rescheduled or canceled less then 24 hours notice.
Liability Disclaimer:
Los Sabrosos (students, clients, staff, members, and participants) disclaim any liability or loss in connection with events and classes or dance patterns/routines taught therein. Consult with your physician before starting any dance or exercise routine.
Prohibited Harassment:
Definitions and Rules Governing the Conduct of Los Sabrosos Members, Groups, Students, Clients, and Staff:
PART I:
Sexual Favors as a Basis for Actions Affecting an Individual’s Welfare as a Student, Client, Staff, or Member
A student, client, staff member, subcontractor, volunteer, or member of Los Sabrosos is subject to discipline if he or she behaves toward another person in any of the following ways:
☙ Uses, offers to use, or threatens to use one’s status as a member of the organization to bring about decisions or assessments affecting an individual’s welfare on the basis of submission to, or rejection of, requests for sexual favors.
☙ Accepts an offer of sexual favors in exchange for an agreement to use one’s status as a member of organization to bring about favorable decisions or assessments affecting an individual.
PART II:
Flagrant or Repeated Sexual Advances, Requests for Sexual Favors, and Physical Contacts Harmful to Another’s Work, Performance, or Dance or to the Work, Dance, or Service Environment
A student, client, staff member, subcontractor, volunteer, or member of Los Sabrosos is subject to discipline if he or she makes sexual advances, requests sexual favors, or makes physical contacts commonly understood to be of a sexual nature, and if the conduct is unwanted by the person(s) to whom it is directed, and the actor knew or a reasonable person could clearly have understood that the conduct was unwanted, and because of its flagrant or repetitious nature, the conduct either seriously interferes with work or learning performance of the person(s) to whom the conduct was directed, or makes the organization work, learning, or service environment intimidating, hostile, or demeaning to a person of average sensibilities.
Remaining COVID-19 Studio Protocols:
❧ Clients who are sick should stay home.
❧ Students no longer need to bring their own partner to any group classes.
Questions?
Call us at (412) 465-0290.