Uniform Spotlight: School of American Ballet

Wonder what students at ballet schools around the world wear to class?  In this series, I'll show the uniforms of different schools so you can satisfy your curiosity and see how similar or different they are from yours.

SAB (School of American Ballet) is the prestigious feeder school for New York City Ballet, one of the most famous companies in the US.  SAB takes students from pre-school through high school and educates them in the art of ballet with Balanchine technique.  SAB does not require specific brands and styles of dancewear, but it does require female students to wear certain colors leotards and skirts, which denote the class level.

Here's a look at what students wear at SAB:

Boys uniform for all classes (Preparatory division, Boys I, Boys II, Boys III, Boys IV, Intermediate Men, Advanced Men): White shirt, black tights, white socks, black or white ballet shoes.  Primary division boys may wear black long bike shorts instead of tights.

Girls Preparatory division: white leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers

Girls I: red leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers

Girls II: light blue leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers

Girls III: light pink leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers

Girls IV: hunter green leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers, pointe shoes

Girls V: burgundy leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers, pointe shoes

Intermediate B1: navy leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers, pointe shoes, navy skirt for pointe and variations

Intermediate B2: navy leotard; pink tights; pink ballet slippers; pointe shoes; navy skirt for pointe, variations, and adagio; and character skirt and character shoes for character class

Advanced C1, Advanced CII, and Advanced D: black leotard for technique classes; white leotard and white skirt for variations, pointe, and adagio; pink tights; pink ballet slippers; pointe shoes