It’s Recital Season!!

Are you ready? I don’t know about you but I feel like recital season arrived much faster this year than most. It’s time to start cracking open those costume boxes, collecting volunteers, cutting music, finalizing show orders and printing programs and tickets. Recital season is the most exciting time of the dance year and without […]
Ten Methods for Posting Hiring Notices

Written by Chasta Hamilton Your staff are the backbone to your business, so finding qualified, professional, knowledgeable, and nurturing individuals is critical to your dance studio’s success. It is important that you take the time to find, interview, and train individuals that will be an asset to your business. The following methods for posting job […]
Debunking the Mystery of MUSIC SEARCHING!

Excuse my giddy tone tonight… This is my first post as contributor to the Dance Nation blog! I can’t wait to share some of my teaching and choreography “tips and tricks” with the dance world. I thought – no better place to start than addressing an issue I am constantly asked about: MUSIC! I can’t tell you how […]
The Care & Keeping of Clientele that Fit Your Business Culture…And Dismissing Those That Don’t

Written by Chasta Hamilton Within the dance studio, owners and instructors are so passionate about their studio and its offerings that sometimes the obvious answer to a problem can be difficult. We want everyone to love us and be nothing but ecstatic about our programming on a daily basis. After all, for most studios, there […]
Corporate Culture: Do You Have It?

Written by Chasta Hamilton Within the dance studio industry, it easy to become lost in the artistic realm of the field; however, it is of utmost important that dance studios equally value the business component of their studio. Sometimes, there are choices made, situations handled, and matters neglected that would likely result in the closure […]