ANNUAL PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK In consideration of the services of Vertical Art Dance their agents, owners, officers, volunteers, participants, employees, and all other persons or entities acting in any capacity on their behalf (hereinafter collectively referred to as “VAD”), I hereby agree to release, indemnify, and discharge VAD, its employees, vendors, service providers, affiliates, landlords, and facilities on behalf of myself, my spouse, my children, my parents, my heirs, assigns, personal representative and estate as follows: 1. I acknowledge that my participation in Vertical Art Dance programs entails known and unanticipated risks that could result in physical or emotional injury, paralysis, death, or damage to myself, to property, or to third parties. I understand that such risks simply cannot be eliminated without jeopardizing the essential qualities of the activity. The risks include, among other things: Slipping, tripping and falling; unexpected letting go; foot entrapment; prolonged inversion; hand and joint injuries; rope or fabric burns; deep bruises, discoloring of skin; bleeding cuticles, lack of circulation due to certain tie off methods; hair or scalp injuries; falling from height into ground or pads improperly resulting in certain head neck spine or other injures; pad related injures; unexpected or sudden physical contact with others; falling objects; exhaustion; exposure to temperature and weather extremes which could cause hypothermia, hyperthermia (cold or heat related illnesses), heat exhaustion, sunburn, dehydration; and exposure to potentially dangerous wild animals, insect bites, and hazardous plant life; equipment failure; and improper lifting or carrying. improper falling. Furthermore, VAD employees have difficult jobs to perform. They seek safety, but they are not infallible. They might be unaware of a participant’s fitness or abilities. They might misjudge the weather or other environmental conditions. They may give incomplete warnings or instructions, and the equipment being used might malfunction. 2. I expressly agree and promise to accept and assume all of the risks existing in this activity. My participation in this activity is purely voluntary, and I elect to participate in spite of the risks. 3. I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless VAD from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action, which are in any way connected with my participation in this activity or my use of VAD’s equipment or facilities, including any such claims which allege negligent acts or omissions of VAD. 4. Should VAD or anyone acting on their behalf, be required to incur attorney’s fees and costs to enforce this agreement, I agree to indemnify and hold them harmless for all such fees and costs. 5. I certify that I have adequate insurance to cover any injury or damage I may cause or suffer while participating, or else I agree to bear the costs of such injury or damage myself. I further certify that I am willing to assume the risk of any medical or physical condition I may have. 6. In the event that I file a lawsuit against VAD, I agree to do so solely in the state of Nevada, and I further agree that the substantive law of Nevada shall apply in that action without regard to the conflict of law rules of that state. I agree that if any portion of this agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining document shall remain in full force and effect. By signing this document, I acknowledge that if anyone is hurt or property is damaged during my participation in this activity, I may be found by a court of law to have waived my right to maintain a lawsuit against VAD on the basis of any claim from which I have released them herein. I have had sufficient opportunity to read this entire document. I have read and understood it, and I agree to be bound by its terms. Date: March 28, 2024 |