Department of Dance
Costume Policy- MFA Handbook
1) Costume items may be used only by current faculty or registered students.
2) Use of costumes by anyone for any reason must be cleared through the designated TA/RA responsible for managing the costume room.
3) All use and return of costume items must be recorded by the designated TA/RA.
4) All costume items must be laundered or dry cleaned prior to their return. Items are to be returned as found, either on hangers or in labeled plastic bags. If in doubt about the cleaning procedure, ask the designated TA/RA.
5) Costumes are divided into categories and their use is governed by the rules listed below:
Closed repertory: Only the choreographer has access to these costumes. No exceptions.
Faculty members choreographing works under the auspices of one of the department’s repertory classes (DCE 343, 487, or 687) may request that some or all of the costumes created and/or purchased for these works be kept out of circulation and stored as “closed repertory” following the final performance. Requests of this kind should be made in writing to the Department Head at the time of the initial budget request for the costumes. Because funds for these costumes, and all departmentally-purchased costumes, are intended to benefit the entire department, requests of this kind will be granted only when necessary to preserve unusually expensive, highly unique, or one-of-a-kind items whose cost of replacement could not readily be covered by the budget for the next concert in which they might be used.
Open repertory: Costumes may be borrowed from this category, but no alterations or changes of any kind can be made. These costumes must be returned to their set as they were originally found. You must have written permission from the Department Head to use them.
Working repertory: These items may be borrowed and altered as desired. All changed items require documentation on the inventory such as re-labeling or re-categorizing if applicable.
Non-repertory: These items may be used as desired and can be altered in any way.
Items will remain in this category unless a request is made to re-categorize them once changes have been made.
View the Dance Department Costume Contract