You must be over 18 to register for an account.

Students should not attend class if they have a fever, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, productive cough, severe nasal discharge, suspected communicable disease, lice, or any cold or flu-like symptoms not previously listed.

Please notify the studio if your child will not be attending class/camp by submitting an absence through the Parent Portal.

Please note - missed classes (i.e. illness, vacation or other) for the dance season, camps or workshops are non-refundable. If the studio cancels class due to an emergency i.e. inclement weather, power outage etc. classes are non-refundable, but may be re-scheduled through the office.

Student tested positive for COVID-19? Dancer's cannot attend class for 5 days after symptoms started/the dancer tested positive.

As part of our mission, we strive to continually make Not Just Another Dance Studio a place where students feel safe and at home and want to return year after year. To ensure the smooth, safe running of Not Just Another Dance Studio and an enjoyable experience by all, below you will find our code of conduct. As always, we are open to feedback, so if any of the requirements outlined below are unclear or concerning, please give us a call to discuss further. We do reserve the right to dismiss or take disciplinary action on any students or parents who breach our studio’s code of conduct:
 We encourage a spirit of teamwork and camaraderie amongst our students and expect behaviour to be conducive to those goals. Language or behaviour that is negative or discouraging towards another student in any way is not acceptable and cursing or belittling will not be tolerated. In the rare case of a parent or student showing disrespect or defamation to any parent, staff member or student, a meeting or phone call will be called immediately and dismissal may be considered at the discretion of the Studio Management. Physical, mental, emotional or cyber bullying by parents, staff or students will not be tolerated and may result in dismissal from the studio.
 No Bullying Policy: NJADS dancers and parents should have fun, be kind and be encouraging towards all (whether dancers from within our own studio or other studios). We do not condone gossiping, negative behavior or bullying. If you have a concern, we encourage you to book an appointment so that you can speak with NJADS Management.
 Student Supervision: We are unable to take responsibility for our students before or after their scheduled classes and it is the responsibility of the parent to ensure their child is picked up and dropped off on time. In the case of an emergency or unavoidable delay, please contact studio reception immediately to inform us of the situation so we can keep your child calm and safe until they can be collected.
 Payments Obligations: Fees are due as outlined in our Studio Policies which all parents sign at time of enrolment. Families who do not comply with their fee or costume payment obligations will be charged a late fee, and/or excluded from performances, if the balance remains outstanding. External debt collection may occur when fees remain overdue and this will be at the expense of the client. Costume expenses are the responsibility of the parent, and costumes will not be issued to students with unpaid class fees. Not Just Another Dance Studio reserves the right to terminate enrolment for students with past due accounts.
 Classes should not be interrupted by Parents: No classes (including private lessons) or teachers are to be disturbed unless it is an emergency. Parents are not to approach teachers or students during class and if messages or food/drink/medication needs to be passed on to a student, it must be done through a Not Just Another Dance Studio Receptionist. All parents must wait in the waiting areas or outside of the studios until classes have been dismissed.
 Personal Belongings: Not Just Another Dance Studio takes no responsibility for any stolen or misplaced property on the studio premises and we encourage our families to avoid bringing valuable items into the studio where possible.

Any questions or concerns pertaining to the studio will be dealt with by Studio Management. Parents and students are not permitted to contact Not Just Another Dance Studio teachers via phone, in person, or via social networking with studio issues unless it has been broached with the appropriate Director first. Personal meetings with the Studio Owner can happily be arranged via reception.

Waiting Room, Lobby & Studio Rules
 COURTEOUS: Please be courteous to fellow parents and students. Our waiting areas can become crowded and a little common courtesy can go a long way.
 NO EXCESSIVE NOISE: Please be respectful to neighbouring businesses and keep noise levels to an appropriate level. No shouting or running in the lobby areas.
 NO HORSEPLAY: Parents are asked to keep students and waiting siblings from aggressive horseplay in the waiting areas.
 NO ACROBATICS: Students are not permitted to perform acro tricks or dance in halls or waiting area.
 NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN STUDIOS: No drinks, sodas, coffee, gum or food is allowed in studio A or B. Only water in a closed water bottle is permitted.
 PROPER FOOTWEAR: Only proper dance shoes or bare feet are permitted in the dance studios. No outside shoes in the studio please! In winter months, please remove wet/snowy boots before entering the unit and place them on the shoe mats in the lobby.
 HALLWAYS MUST BE CLEAR: No sitting or standing in the hallways or in doorways.
 DANCER CHANGEROOM: The changeroom cubbies and benches are for dancers’ use only. This gives them a place to change, get ready for class and eat a meal between classes. Parents and siblings should find seating in the lobby or waiting room.
 TIME BETWEEN CLASSES: Young students should not be left unattended between classes. With parental approval, dancers over the age of 9 may be responsible for themselves during any schedule gaps but they must adhere to the studio Code of Conduct.
 LEAVING THE STUDIO: No student is to leave the studio without parent’s permission. This includes during any breaks a student may have between classes. Students who leave the facility unsupervised are solely responsible for themselves.
 PARKING LOT: No student of any age should hang out in the parking lot without a parent present.

At Not Just Another Dance Studio we believe that wearing appropriate dancewear sets the student up for success in their dance class. Appropriate dancewear also encourages discipline and focus while in class. Students are expected to come to class ready to dance. There is no specific colour or style required for our classes…half the fun for students is deciding what outfit to wear to dance class each week and suits your child’s style! Any style/brand of dance shoes are acceptable. NOTE: Outdoor shoes are NOT permitted in the studio.

* Acro - Any colour/style of dancewear i.e., bodysuit or biketard and tights (footless or convertible). Bare feet, no shoes. Please no dance skirts for Acro. Hair tied back i.e., French braid or ponytail.
* Ballet - Any colour/style of bodysuit, pink ballet tights, ballet shoes (leather or canvas) and hair in a bun.
* Contemporary - Any colour/style of dance wear i.e., bodysuit or biketard and tights. Bare feet or half soles. Hair in a ponytail.
* Hip Hop - Clothing that students can move in i.e., dance wear, shorts, t-shirt etc. (no jeans). Clean indoor running shoes. Hair in a ponytail.
* Jazz - Any colour/style of dancewear i.e., bodysuit/tights or biketard, jazz shoes (any style) and hair pulled back i.e., ponytail, French braid or bun.
* Lyrical - Any colour/style of dance wear i.e. bodysuit or biketard and tights. Bare feet or half soles. Hair in a ponytail.
* Musical Theatre – Athleticwear or dancewear, and any dance shoe.
* Tap - Any colour/style of dancewear i.e., bodysuit/tights, biketard, tap shoes and hair in a ponytail.
* Dance with Me – Parent or caregiver and dancers should wear comfortable clothing that they can move in. i.e. stretchy pants and a t-shirt, bodysuit, tights etc. Dance shoes, socks or bare feet are appropriate.

RAD EXAM CLASSES - There is a specific Dress Code for our dancers taking RAD Exam classes. Dancers must wear the appropriate style/colour of dancewear to class, and have hair tied securly in a bun. Visit the Dance Shop at our Hamilton location to purchase the correct style of bodysuit, tights and shoes required for class/exams:
Pre-Primary - True Pink
Grade 1 - Lilac
Grade 2 - Paradise
Grade 4 - Royal Blue
Grade 6 - Renaissance Red

ELITE TEAM MEMBERS - Our Competitive Dancers must follow the dress code for every class that they attend, as they are role-models for our other dancers. Wearing thick and bulky sweaters and sweatpants to class is not appropriate. If a dancer is cold, they may wear their studio jacket during the class warmup, after which point the jacket should be removed. Ballet Team Dancers are to adhere to the RAD Dress code. Dancers not arriving in appropriate dancewear will be asked to view the class. Please refer to your Competitive Contract for additional information.

You can refer to our full Dress Code online by visiting https://www.notjustanotherdancestudio.ca/dress-code/

I realize that any program that involves movement or dance can result in physical injury. In allowing my child to participate in NJADS Inc activities, I hereby assume all the risks associated with the performing arts. I understand the importance of myself and my child following the instructions and rules set by members of the NJADS Inc Staff. As the legal parent or guardian, I hereby release and hold harmless Not Just Another Dance Studio (NJADS Inc.), its owners and Staff Members from any and all liability, claims, demands and causes of action whatsoever, arising out of or related to any loss, damage, or injury that may be sustained by the participant and/or the undersigned, while in or upon the premises of NJADS Inc. Permission is hereby granted to the studio and its representatives to transport my child to a local doctor or hospital for medical treatment if necessary in the event that they are not able to reach a parent or guardian. I hereby declare the participant to be in good physical and mental health.

NJADS INC. does business under the name Not Just Another Dance Studio.

ENROLLMENT FOR OUR 2025-2026 SEASON: By enrolling through our Studio Portal online, you are committing to the full dance season which runs from September through June Tuition listed for each class is the monthly installment amount, to which HST will be applied to at time of billing. There is a $50.00 + HST Membership Fee billed once per family at the time of enrollment. This fee is waived for returning NJADS dancers who register for the upcoming dance season before June 1st.

MEMBERSHIP FEE - A $25 per family Membership Fee is billed for all new students at time of enrollment.

EQUAL PAYMENT PLAN: Tuition is billed in 10 Equal Monthly Installments for our dance season and does not correspond to the number of classes in any given month. Monday classes receive discounted pricing since they have only 32 classes per season, compared to approximately 36 weeks for other classes.

METHODS OF PAYMENT: Parents must register with AutoPay, and have a valid credit card on file to register. We accept Mastercard, Visa or Amex. Alternatively, payment can be made via cheque. A set of 10 post-dated cheques (Payable to NJADS Inc. dated September 1st through June 1st) for the dance season must be received by our office by August 20th, otherwise we will bill the credit card on file. Parents wishing to pay via cash or e-transfer must adhere to our Pre-Pay option.

PRE-PAY OPTION: Fees will be billed a month in advance (i.e., September 1st tuition payment would be due August 1st, and late payment fees would apply on August 5th for outstanding payments).

LATE PAYMENT FEE: Tuition is due on the 1st of each month (September through June). The system will attempt to bill the credit card on file daily. As of July 1, 2025 our late fee will be increasing to $25 per month + HST, and will be billed to all students with an outstanding balance on their account on the 5th of the month.
Once an account hits 30 days past due, students may not attend class, participate in recitals, competitions, or parades. We do not release costumes, recital tickets, or pictures to students with past-due accounts. If a student receives three (3) late payment charges in a dance season, the studio will switch your tuition payments to pre-pay. We reserve the right to terminate enrollment for accounts that are past due.

SUMMER SESSION DANCE CLASSES: Our summer dance lessons run for either 4 or 8 weeks (refer to each class description for details). Fees will automatically be billed to the credit card on file one week prior to classes starting. If you wish to pay at the time of enrollment, please contact us and we can process your request. Students withdrawing from summer classes once classes have started will receive a pro-rated refund, minus a $20.00 administration fee.

SUMMER CAMPS: A $25.00 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of enrollment to hold your spot (the fee is due per week of the camp you are registering for). Balance of Fee(s) are due 2-weeks prior to the camp start date, or on the 1st of the month in which the camp is held (whichever is first). Please refer to camp due dates on our website https://www.notjustanotherdancestudio.ca/camp/

ELITE TEAM DANCE INTENSIVES: Fees will automatically be billed to the credit card on file on the 1st of the month in which the intensive is held.

PRE-PAYING TUITION IN FULL: Parents may pay their full dance season in full if they prefer. Please note these fees are NON-REFUNDABLE. If you decide to terminate enrollment for ANY reason, a credit will be placed on your studio account to be used towards future enrollments.

RETURNED PAYMENTS: Must be paid within 7 days via cash, certified cheque, or money order, plus a $25.00 + HST service charge.

WAITLIST POLICY: Students desiring placement in a full class/camp can be placed on a waitlist. To be put on a waitlist, please do so through the studio portal. Select the class you wish to enroll in and click the "waitlist" button. While a credit card is required to be placed on a waitlist, your card will not be charged unless you get into the class. If a space becomes available, the studio will enroll your child in the class and notify you via email. To be removed from a waitlist, email njads@njads.ca.

NJADS Inc. reserves the right to combine or cancel classes, temporarily or permanently, without advance notice, due to an emergency or low enrollment. Teachers are subject to change without notice.

NJADS Inc. (Not Just Another Dance Studio, or NJADS) and its affiliates know that you care about how information about you is used. We appreciate your trust and will use information about you carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting NOTJUSTANOTHERDANCESTUDIO.CA and its affiliates, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this statement and consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set out below.

What Personal Information About Users Does NJADS Inc. and its Affiliates Gather?
The information we obtain from users helps us personalize and continually improve your experience using NJADS Inc. and its affiliates. Here are the types of information we gather:

Information You Give Us:
We may receive and store any information you voluntarily provide on our website or give us in any other way. You provide most such information when you register; provide account details; participate in a contest or questionnaire; interact with a merchant from whom you have purchased something through our website; or communicate with customer service. You can choose not to provide certain information, however, you might not be able to take advantage of certain features of our website, or participate in certain activities. We use the information you provide for such purposes as customizing your experience, improving our website, communicating with you regarding your child, keeping you up to date on monthly activities, studio closures ensuring that purchases that you make are handled properly, and other crucial information about your child and your account. If at any time, you decide you do not wish to receive communications from us or you no longer wish to receive our services, you may advise us by providing written notice to our Studio Director Amanda at amanda@notjustanotherdancestudio.ca.

Automatic Information
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Examples of the information we may collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; computer and connection information, such as browser type, version and time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform; the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our website, including date and time; cookie number; pages you viewed; and the telephone number used to call our customer service number. We may also use browser data such as cookies, Flash cookies (also known as Flash Local Shared Objects), or similar data on certain parts of our website for fraud prevention and other purposes. During some visits we may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

Use of Cookies
NJADS and its affiliates may store cookies on your computer to facilitate and customize your experience. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide certain features. We use cookies because they save you time while navigating the site and help us track and target user interests in order to provide a better, more customized experience. Cookies also allow us to collect Automatic Information from you, like which pages you visit and what links you click. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, however, it is possible to change your browser settings so that your browser declines cookies. The “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer. If you decline to accept cookies it is possible that some parts of the site may not work properly.

Does NJADS Inc. and its Affiliates Share the Information it Receives?
Except with your consent and as set out below, we will not sell, license, trade or rent your personal information to or with others.

We may disclose or share non-personally identifiable information with partners, merchants and/or prospective merchants to help explain our business and the effectiveness of our business or for promotional purposes. For example, we may disclose aggregated demographic information, which does not include any personally identifiable information.

NJADS Inc. and its affiliates may disclose personal information to third party providers of NJADS Inc and its affiliates, including third parties engaged to assist us in providing services (including but not limited to costuming, transaction processing services, document management and office administration) to you or to carry out one or more of the uses described above. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information for any purpose other than to provide this assistance and are required to protect personal information disclosed by NJADS Inc. and its affiliates and to comply with the general privacy principles describes in this Privacy Policy.

NJADS Inc. and its affiliates reserve the right to disclose personal information to a third party if a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order legally requires or authorizes us to do so.

How Secure Is Information About Me?
We protect the security of your sensitive information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you enter on certain pages of the site that handle sensitive information.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and your computer. It is recommended that you do not share your password(s) with anyone and are sure to sign off when you have finished using a shared computer.

Which Information Can I Access?
Through our parent portal you have access to all your and your child’s personal information, subject to certain exceptions, NJADS Inc. and its affiliates will inform you of the existence, use and disclosure of your personal information and will provide you with a summary of that information. If we are not able to disclose all the personal information we hold on you, we will give you a reason for our inability to do so, unless prohibited by law.

You have the right to ensure that any information NJADS Inc. and its affiliates maintain is correct and complete.

To review your personal information on file you can log into the parent portal in the top right corner of our website. Here you can view your balance, your payments, payment methods on file, your child’s emergency medical information, emergency contacts and address.

Are Children Allowed to use the NJADS Inc Portal?
Children (persons under the age of 18) are not eligible to use the site unsupervised and we ask that children do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use NJADS Inc. and its affiliates in conjunction with and under the supervision of a parent or guardian.

Any personal information we have regarding minors is provided with the consent of their parents or legal guardians and is used for the sole purpose of ensuring the appropriate classes, and care of the child while in the care of NJADS staff, this includes but is not limited to the child’s first and last name, medical conditions, skill and skill levels, emergency contacts, contact address.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit NJADS Inc. and its affiliates your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this notice. Including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the province of Ontario. If you have any concern about privacy at NJADS Inc. and its affiliates, please contact us at amanda@njads.ca and we’ll try to resolve it.

Our business may change or adapt and our Privacy Policy may change also. You should check our site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and such changes will take effect immediately upon being posted to the site, however, we stand behind the promises we make and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected users.

Updated March 8, 2022

CANCELLING ENROLLMENT - Our dance season runs from September through June. Should your circumstances change, and you need to terminate your contract early, you may do so by completing the Withdrawal Form and Exit Survey online https://forms.gle/ueNbZASq4uHmPZ7i8

1. Cancellation Method: To cancel a contract early, one must complete the specified online form by visiting https://forms.gle/ueNbZASq4uHmPZ7i8

2. Notice Period: A 5-business day notice is required for termination.

3. Administration Fee: There is a $20.00 Administration Fee (plus HST) for early termination.

4. Tuition Payments: Future tuition payments will be stopped upon cancellation, but tuition fees are non-refundable once deposited each month.

5. Attendance and Withdrawal: Non-attendance of classes does not count as withdrawal. Formal termination via the online form is necessary.

6. Costume Fees: These are non-refundable and forfeited if a student terminates their contract early. The student will not receive a costume. Once costumes are ordered and a student drops the class, the remainder of the monthly costume fees are owed upon termination.

7. Withdrawal after costumes have been distributed. If a student terminates their enrollment after recital costumes have gone home, the balance owing for the costume will be billed at time of termination.

8. State of Emergency/Government Mandated Closure: In such cases, in-person classes will switch to online/virtual classes. Enrollment will automatically switch to online unless a parent specifically requests termination via the online form.

9. Refunds and Credits: No refunds or credits are offered for mid-month terminations.

10. Any terminations received after April 1st must pay May and June tuition amounts owing at time of termination.