When you arrive at Life Austin Mueller, follow the signs to the check in table, check your dancer in, and they will be escorted by our volunteers to the appropriate destination backstage.

There are no non-volunteer parents allowed backstage at any point before, during or after the show. This is to ensure the safety of all the dancers while they are waiting to perform.

If you are a volunteer, you will check in for your designated time, and head back to begin your assigned tasks. If you are not a volunteer, please do not attempt to go past the check-in, as it causes distraction from the tasks that need to be carried out by our staff and parent volunteers, thus resulting in stress and timing issues. (This includes the areas past the check in table and in the dressing rooms or stage). All dancers will remain backstage for the entire length of the show.

Recital Dismissal Process

Parents, we are so excited about the upcoming recital and the opportunity to see your child shine on stage! We really appreciated the helpful and constructive feedback you offered last year about the dismissal process at recital. We did not anticipate the congestion during dismissal, particularly with our littles, as we have grown in size. We have done a few things already to correct this issue, for one thing, going back to integration of the littles into the 2 shows versus having their own show (you also requested this in your feedback surveys so you could get a chance to see a little more variety and for the parents of older dancers to have the opportunity to watch the darling younger dancers perform). 

Secondly, we are going to experiment with a new dismissal process that we are going to pilot this year. Please be patient with us as we attempt a smoother and more efficient dismissal process outlined below:

• Dancers and Dreamers: 3-4 year old dancers, who are only performing in Act One, will be the ONLY dancers able to be checked out at intermission. 5 year old dancers will be “graduating” on stage at the end of the show so we will hold them backstage.
• Dancers 12 years old or older will still be able to check themselves out on their own. Please discuss a meeting plan with your dancer(s) post-show.
• Dancers 11 and younger, below is how the new checkout process will function:

At the end of Act 2 for each show, we will ask everyone who will be picking up their dancer, to stay seated in the auditorium, as we will bring dancers out onto the stage, class by class, following the same order as the show. We will use the microphone to announce the classes being dismissed but you can also follow along with the show order to anticipate dismissal order. We will bring out 2 classes at a time and dismiss one class on each side of the stairs leading from the stage down into the auditorium. We ask that only one parent per dancer come up to retrieve their dancer and everyone else remain seated and that, once you have collected your dancer, you and your party promptly exit the auditorium. We believe that this new process will make for a much easier and more expedited process. 

Thank you very much for your cooperation and help in piloting this new dismissal process for recital. We love your kids and want this day to be the very best and most memorable experience possible!

As a reminder, Dress Rehearsal is closed to the public. This means, no spectator is allowed into the auditorium until Recital Day.