Every Feature, One Studio

Everything You Need to Run Your Dance Studio

From registration and tuition billing to recitals, parent communication, merchandise, and in-person payments, Dance Director brings your entire studio together in one simple system.

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Billing & Payments

Stop chasing tuition payments

Turn tuition collection into something that runs itself. Dance Director bills automatically, follows up on late payments for you, and keeps every family's account crystal clear.

Getting paid automatically

Online tuition payments (cards & ACH)
Saved payment methods
Autopay
Automatic payment reminders
Escalating past-due reminders

Flexible pricing for every studio

Flat tuition
Tiered tuition
Per-class pricing
Multi-class pricing
Student-specific discounts
Sibling & family discounts
Fee templates

Money in, money out — tracked clearly

Family billing
Student-level accounting
Invoices with detailed line items
Payment history
Manual & upcoming charges
Account credits
Refunds, proration & overpayment credits
Flat or percentage late fees
Grace periods
Optional processing-fee pass-through

Dance Director billing dashboard showing outstanding balances, collected payments, and a list of open and paid invoices

Registration & Enrollment

Fill your classes without the back-and-forth

Give parents a simple way to browse, enroll, and pay for classes online — while you decide exactly which classes are open, to whom, and when.

Let families sign themselves up

Online class registration
Parent self-enrollment
Payment required at enrollment
Registration charges

Stay in control of who gets in

Studio-controlled registration availability
Class capacity limits
Age restrictions
Optional class billing due dates

Handle changes without the phone tag

Parent drop requests
Staff approval or rejection of drop requests

Dance Director public online registration form for a parent enrolling a dancer

Students & Families

Keep every dancer and family organized

Student records, guardians, and family accounts all live together — so your team always has the full picture, and parents always have a place to check in.

Everything about a dancer, in one place

Student profiles with photos
Medical notes
Emergency contacts
Costume & apparel sizing
Active & inactive status

Families, not just individual students

Guardian relationships
Multiple guardians per student
Primary guardian designation
Family accounts
Multiple students under one family
Primary payer designation
Family-level accounting

A home base for parents

Parent portal
Parent account invitations
Self-service password reset
Support for families with students at more than one studio

Dance Director family accounts list showing consolidated billing status for each family

Classes & Attendance

Build a schedule your whole team can follow

Set up class templates once, then let Dance Director handle the weekly schedule, room assignments, and attendance — with a dashboard your instructors will actually enjoy using.

Build your schedule once

Class templates
Dance styles & skill levels
Age ranges & capacity
Duration & monthly pricing
Start & end dates
Class descriptions
Weekly schedules with rooms & locations
Canceled dates

Know who's in every class

Instructor assignments
Student enrollments
Dashboard color coding by style or level

Track attendance without a paper sign-in sheet

Attendance tracking
Attendance notes
Instructor "My Classes" view

Dance Director classes list showing dance styles, schedules, instructors, and monthly pricing

Parent Communication

Give parents a simpler studio experience

Replace scattered texts and email chains with one place for every conversation — announcements, class updates, and direct messages, all tracked and organized.

One inbox for every conversation

Two-way parent & staff messaging
Threaded conversations
Inbox
Unread message counts

Reach exactly who needs to hear it

Studio-wide announcements
Class messages
Individual messages
Competition messages
Recital messages

Nothing important gets buried

Pinned messages
Read tracking
Schedule updates
Fee notices
Costume notices
Travel information
Reminders

Dance Director studio announcement with read, reply, and unread tracking for parents

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Recitals & Competitions

Plan performances without scattered spreadsheets

From the first lineup draft to ticket sales and competition scoring, keep your whole performance season in one organized system.

Plan the show

Recital planning
Performance lineups & order
Songs & artists
Class-based performances
Individual student performers

Sell tickets without a third-party platform

Recital ticket types
Public ticket sales
Parent-only ticket sales
Guest checkout
Ticket capacity

Track every competition entry

Competition records
Entry deadlines
Solos, duets, trios, groups, lines & productions
Entry fees
Scores & placements
Performance schedules with stage & order assignments

Dance Director recital show lineup with acts, songs, and linked classes

Dance Director recital ticket types including public and parents-only options

Costumes & Rehearsals

Get every dancer in the right costume, at the right rehearsal

Track costumes from catalog to closet, and keep rehearsal schedules in one place instead of a dozen sticky notes.

A catalog you control

Costume catalog
Costume images
Costume pricing
Price overrides

Assign, bill, and track returns

Costume assignments
Competition costume assignments
Recital costume assignments
Student sizing
Costume billing
Return tracking

Rehearsals that stay organized

Competition rehearsals
Recital rehearsals
Date, time, room & venue
Rehearsal notes
Individual student rehearsal assignments

Dance Director costume catalog with pricing and assignment counts

Dance Director rehearsal scheduled with date, time, venue, room, and attendee count

Merchandise, Ticketing & POS

Turn merch and ticket sales into effortless revenue

Sell branded gear and recital tickets online, then take cards in person at the studio — all through the same system, with no separate storefront to manage.

A store parents already know how to use

Merchandise catalog
Product images & descriptions
Sizes & colors
SKUs
Variant pricing
Inventory tracking
Online parent ordering

Manage orders start to finish

Order management
Shipping information
Recital ticket sales

Get paid in person, too

Built-in point of sale
Card reader management
Multiple terminal locations
In-person payments

Dance Director merchandise catalog with product variants and stock levels

Reports & Administration

See how your studio is really doing

One dashboard for revenue, enrollment, and class performance — plus the settings and role-based access to run a studio of any size.

Know how your studio is doing

Analytics dashboard
Revenue & payment information
Enrollment information
Class information

The right access for the right people

Role-based access
Admin accounts
Staff accounts
Instructor accounts
Parent accounts
Studio switching
Parent preview mode

Settings that fit how you run things

Multiple studio locations
Studio timezone
Registration settings
Billing settings
Payment settings
Terminal settings
Subscription management

Dance Director studio analytics dashboard showing active students, enrollments, tuition, and class performance

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