Prior to attending classes at Sopilka Ukrainian Dance School, each dancer should answer the questions provided in the COVID 19 Screening Tool. The questions are provided below:
1. Do you or any person you are inquiring about have any of the following symptoms:
- Severe difficulty breathing
- Chest pain
- Confusion
- Extreme drowsiness
- Loss of consciousness
2. Do you or the person you are inquiring about have shortness of breath at rest or when lying down?
3. Do you have a new onset of any of the following symptoms:
- Fever/chills
- Cough
- Sore throat/hoarse voice
- Shortness of breath
- Loss of taste or smell
- Vomiting or diarrhea for more than 24 hours
4. Do you have a new onset of 2 or more of the following symptoms:
- Runny nose
- Muscle aches
- Fatigue
- Pink eye
- Headache
- Skin rash
- Unknown cause of nausea or loss of appetite
5. Have you been in contact in the last 14 days with someone that is confirmed to have COVID 19?
6. Have you been in a setting in the last 14 days that has been identified by public health as a risk for acquiring COVID 19, such as on a flight, in a workplace with a cluster of cases or at an event?
7. Have you travelled outside of Manitoba in the last 14 days?
If you answer yes to any of the above questions you are asked not to attend classes until you have either been tested, isolated for 14 days or have shown no symptoms for at least 24 hours.
Sopilka Implementations for the Current Climate at Kazka Dance Collective
Only students registered at Sopilka Ukrainian Dance School are to enter the building. Parents are not permitted to enter the building unless permission is granted by Kristina Frykas with 24 hours of notification. If you have anything you need to speak to Kristina
about in regards to your child or your classes, please email her at:
director@sopilkadance.com or call her at 204-285-9530
- If someone other than the child’s guardian is bringing the child to the studio, this person’s
name and contact information is to be communicated with Kristina Frykas
- Dancers are to line up socially distanced outside the studio door and along the west side (Harrow side) of the building until invited in
- Dancers are to arrive fully dressed with only their shoes and full water bottles. It is strongly encouraged not to bring a dance bag into the studio unless absolutely necessary. (i.e., for dancers participating in multiple classes)
- Hands must be sanitized at the hand sanitizing station in the lobby before entering the studio
- Class sizes will not exceed 15 dancers to provide more space than social distancing requirements dictate
- Each dancer will be assigned a number prior to the first day of classes. This number will coincide with a place to put their outdoor shoes, a bin to place their outdoor clothing and their spot within the dance space
- 15 minute breaks have been scheduled between classes to allow for the following:
o One group to safely leave
o One group to safely arrive
o The studio to be sanitized. This includes fogging the studio
- Students will be allowed into the studio 5 minutes prior to the start of class and not until they are given permission to do so. The doors to the studio will be locked for the duration of all scheduled classes
- All teachers and assistants will be wearing masks at all times
- All dancers are required to wear masks
- In order to ensure that dancers are not overworked when wearing a mask, language, folktales, history and traditions will be incorporated into classes to allow dancers to catch their breath
- Teachers will frequently ask the students how they are feeling
- In the event that a teacher is sick and a substitute is not available, classes will be held via ZOOM or a pre-recorded class will be emailed out to maintain activity within the week
- While there are washrooms at the studio, it is strongly encouraged that they are only used if absolutely necessary