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Transform Your Holiday Dance Recital From Predictable to Profitable, Part 3

Last updated on February 3, 2021 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

Along with the revenue you generate from the ticket sales and the add-on items themselves (see Parts 1 & 2), another way you can make your next holiday recital profitable is to use it to gain exposure for your studio. One of the benefits of using online ticketing for your holiday dance recital is that […]

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Transform Your Holiday Dance Recital From Predictable to Profitable, Part 2

Last updated on February 3, 2021 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

Your dance studio’s holiday recital should be a celebration of the beauty and grace of the Christmas season. It should also be a time for your studio to bring in enough revenue for you to see a profitable start to the New Year. In our first article, we discussed how online ticket sales and including […]

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Transform Your Holiday Dance Recital From Predictable to Profitable, Part 1

Last updated on February 3, 2021 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

If you run a dance studio, chances are that you’re always looking for creative new ways to make your business a success. One of the best potential profit-generating events you could host may catch you by surprise. It’s not a special fundraiser you’ve never thought of before that will take tons of extra preparation. It’s […]

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Dancers: What It Means When Your Body Snaps, Crackles & Pops, Part 2

Last updated on May 14, 2020 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

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The constant movement involved in dance is a great form of exercise but can cause various body parts, especially joints, to make lots of different sounds. In Part 1, we’ve already looked at possible causes of and solutions for neck and back cracking and hip popping. Now we’ll turn our attention to the next joint […]

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Dancers: What It Means When Your Body Snaps, Crackles & Pops, Part 1

Last updated on May 14, 2020 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

If you’ve been a dancer for any length of time, you no doubt have noticed that your body can be a bit noisy. This is especially true when you’re practicing in the studio or performing on the stage. If you’re new to dancing, you may be alarmed by this phenomenon. Dancers Can Expect Their Bodies […]

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Dance Studio Tips: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 2

Last updated on February 21, 2020 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

Your dance studio will run so much more smoothly when you hire quality staff members and keep them happy! Not only will you as the director have fewer headaches associated with the fallout of high turnover rates — including hiring and training new staff members on a regular basis — but you’ll also appreciate the […]

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Dance Studio Tips: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 1

Last updated on February 21, 2020 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

As a dance studio director, managing your staff is an important aspect of your role. Among the many responsibilities you have, the last thing you want is to have to take the extra time to hire and train new staff members more often than necessary. One way to encourage low turnover rates is to be […]

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Dance Studio Tips: Hiring Quality Staff Members

Last updated on February 21, 2020 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

As director of your dance studio, you have a multi-faceted role that requires plenty of skills and oversight of many areas. Managing your staff is one of those areas you probably didn’t anticipate taking up so much of your time — especially if you have a high staff turnover rate. Not only does high turnover […]

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Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 3

Last updated on December 23, 2019 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

Dedicated dance instructors want their students to experience the highest quality education possible in the art of dance. How exactly to go about achieving that goal varies from instructor to instructor. Whether or not to engage students in competitions, how often they should compete, and at what level they should begin competition are all matters […]

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Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 2

Last updated on December 23, 2019 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

We’ve already considered how competitive dance can help students develop positive peer relationships as well as become more focused and driven in their approach (see Part 1). In this article, we’ll consider some of the other benefits that dance competitions have to offer students who engage in them. These include networking, maturing in their character, […]

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Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 1

Last updated on December 23, 2019 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

In the realm of dance instruction, there are two different primary schools of thought when it comes to the topic of dance competitions. Some instructors, parents, and students are enthusiastic supporters of competitive dance. Others are adamantly against the practice. So who’s right and who’s wrong? There’s no simple answer to that question. Many people […]

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Dance Competition Planning: The Importance of a Post-Season Review

Last updated on January 15, 2019 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

Dance competition season has its perks, but it’s also quite demanding! As ready as you may be to stop thinking about competition until next year, you’ll be better prepared next time competition season rolls around if you take a little time now to evaluate this season and do a little pre-planning for next year. You’ll […]

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Dance Competition Planning: Find a Theme that Shines

Last updated on January 15, 2019 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

Your studio’s chosen dance competition theme offers two main benefits. First, it can make your dancers’ performance — and, by extension, your studio — more memorable. Second, it can make decisions easier by limiting your possibilities. And with all the choices necessarily part of competition season, you’ll be glad for that more limited selection. The […]

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Dance Recital Planning, Supervised

Last updated on November 9, 2018 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

No matter how skillful a dancer and instructor you may be, recital planning requires an entirely different skill set that takes time to hone. If you haven’t read the first three posts in this series on recital planning, we highly recommend you go back and read those, first: Dance Recital Planning, Simplified Dance Recital Planning, […]

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Dance Recital Planning, Settled

Last updated on November 9, 2018 by The Studio Guide Staff Leave a Comment

From venue and costumes to programs, the overall success of your dance recital relies not only on proper planning but also on careful preparation. As the event date gets closer, be sure to communicate repeatedly with parents to ensure they know when and where to have dancers ready. In addition to that all-important element, you’ll […]

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