Why the Size of Dance Classes is so Important?
The size of a dance class is an important factor to consider when creating class schedules and teaching classes at your dance studio. The size of a class affects everything from the learning environment and experiences of both students and teachers, to increasing tuition revenue and a little bit of everything in between. This article primarily focuses on why the size of dance classes is so important to your bottom line. How is class size [...]
4 Things You’ll Love About the New Jackrabbit Dance
The new Jackrabbit Dance is here and I’m here to tell you that you’re going to love it! Early this summer, Jackrabbit began rolling out updates to its user interface to give dance studio owners, directors and managers a best-in-class user experience, along with an eye-catching new look and feel. [...]
Filling Daytime Hours at Your Dance Studio
Everyone wants to be at your studio at the same time. It makes sense. The peak activity windows are the after school into evening and Saturdays. But you have a limit to the number of classes you can reasonably hold and the number of students you can actually (and legally) [...]
How to Prepare Your Instructors to Return to the Dance Studio
As a dance studio owner, you may be seeing lots of updates about what other dance studios are doing to prepare to reopen their facilities. You probably have your reopening plan created, and, to some extent, are executing parts of it. But have you thought about what your instructors need [...]
Loyalty – The Key to Dance Studio Customer Retention
Customer retention is one of the biggest concerns of any business. For a dance studio it is a tricky venture as it entails combining concrete information such as class availability, tuition/fee schedules, and uniform requirements with more delicate matters such as differing perceptions of dance skills, temperaments, and a myriad [...]
Why You Should Keep Teaching Dance Online After COVID-19
Now that we’re several weeks into our new virtual routines, the question for studio owners becomes: What aspects of your new normal will you keep when social distancing requirements get lifted and you’re able to reconnect with students in the dance studio? If you transitioned to an online dance studio [...]
Dancing Through Anything: Tips for Teaching During Unconventional Times
Dancing in the studio is much different than dancing virtually from your home. While dancers are really great at adapting to their environment and can dance just about anywhere, there are some things to keep in mind when you take your dance classes from the studio to an online platform. [...]
Save Time and Money with the Costume Module in Jackrabbit Dance
Whether your recital music inspires your costume selection or vice versa, costume buying season can be time-consuming! Flipping through multiple catalogs or costume company websites to find the perfect amount of sparkle for the right price point in the right size - it feels like you are putting together a [...]
How to Choose the Right Dance Studio Management Software
You’ve opened your new dance studio-finally! We’ve got a lot to cover to get your business set up with the correct studio management software, so let’s get right down to it. Opening a new dance studio means investing in class management software to help grow [...]
Want to Buy a Dance Studio? Here’s Step 2: Create a Marketing Plan
We see you, potential dance studio buyer. Once you decided to move forward with your dream of owning your own dance studio, you started Googling tips for how to buy a dance studio and your brain has been racing with ways to turn that dream into a reality ever since. [...]
Dance Lessons Develop Qualities You’ll Appreciate for a Lifetime
Those adults of us who took dance as kids probably realize the four areas that I’m about to discuss that support the statement that dance has benefits for athletes in other sports. In fact, what I share also quickly answers the “Does dance class make one a better athlete?” question [...]