Ballet summer intensive shirts identify the home studio when a dancer attends an SI program at SAB, ABT, Houston Ballet, or any of the other major intensive programs. The travel hoodie and the daily-wear tee with the home studio name become the dancer identity at the SI. Here is the apparel set for the summer intensive circuit with no minimum and US printing.
The summer intensive is the dancer audition tour for the next conservatory and the professional company circuit. Faculty at the SI watch which dancers belong to which home studios. The apparel becomes the introduction.
The dancer who walks into the SI on day one in a clean, embroidered home-studio hoodie reads as part of a serious program. The dancer in a plain shirt reads as unaffiliated. The apparel does the introduction the dancer is too busy to do themselves.
Most studios run the SI apparel as a parent-paid order rather than absorbing the cost. Each parent orders the SI apparel from the shop link before the dancer leaves for the program. The apparel ships to the home address with free US shipping in time for the SI start date.
The studio earns a small margin on the SI order without committing any capital. The dancer arrives at the SI with the right apparel without the studio having to coordinate sizing or shipping.
| SI cohort | Pieces per dancer | Margin at $8 each |
|---|---|---|
| 1-dancer family order | 2 pieces (tee + hoodie) | $16 |
| 5-dancer studio cohort | 2 pieces each | $80 |
| 12-dancer pre-pro SI cohort | 2 pieces each | $192 |
The numbers stay small per SI, but the SI apparel is one of the few apparel moments where every cent of margin is parent-paid revenue rather than studio cost.
Identifiable home-studio apparel for the SI circuit. No minimum, US-printed, ships in about a week.
Start FreeYes. The shop link works for one order or one hundred. No minimum.
2 weeks before the SI start date is the safe window. The standard production and shipping is about a week.
Most studios use the same studio apparel for SI. Some pre-pro companies add an SI-specific year identifier on the sleeve for the cohort attending intensives that year.