Dance studio operating system
Run your dance studio from one calm command center.
Pirouette brings enrollment, tuition, attendance, parent communication, faculty workflows, recital season, and the spreadsheets and group texts holding it all together into one operating system for your studio.
Offer
Free readiness review
Output
Workflow risk map
Best moment
Before recital week
Why act before the next season
The problem is not that your studio is disorganized. It is that every season adds another workaround.
See how a studio season runs when the work stays connected.
Start with setup, then move through enrollment, weekly classes, tuition, parent communication, faculty handoffs, recital planning, and next-season rollover without rebuilding the same data in separate tools.
Set up the studio
Import families, dancers, classes, balances, and current workarounds before deciding what should move first.
Open enrollment
New registrations and class placements feed the same records used for tuition, attendance, and parent views.
Run the term
Owners see receivables and attendance risk while faculty and parents get role-specific views of the same season.
Prepare recital week
Communication, ticket/media readiness, billing risk, and support gaps are reviewed before pressure hits.
Roll forward
The next term starts from connected history instead of rebuilt spreadsheets and memory.
Studio owner reality check
Before switching software, ask the uncomfortable questions.
What breaks during recital week if the tool is not ready?
Which current spreadsheet or workaround must disappear for this to be worth it?
Who owns payment setup, SMS consent, and parent data after launch?
What legacy data is essential, optional, or too messy to migrate?
Know what will break before recital week does.
The readiness review gives studio owners a practical audit: where the setup is solid, where the next season is exposed, and which workflow is worth piloting first.
Checklist preview
Recital Readiness
- Tuition and overdue balance check
- Class lineup and roster readiness
- Parent communication schedule
- Ticket, media, and check-in gaps
- Family text and email alerts
- Final-week operational risk list
Before recital week, during preparation, and on the day it matters.
Follow the same operating story across owner dashboard, class schedule, family billing, messaging readiness, and parent portal instead of judging isolated features.
Owner dashboard
Enrollment, receivables, attendance risk, lead conversion, and recital status are visible from one owner view.
Screenshot uses sample studio data.
Classes and attendance
Scheduling is shown in the same admin workspace faculty and staff use to keep classes current.
Screenshot uses sample studio data.
Family billing
Studio subscription setup, tuition balances, overdue accounts, and payment account ownership are visible instead of hidden.
Screenshot uses sample studio data.
Text message alerts
Send class changes, reminders, and tuition alerts by text. Families opt in when they sign up, and replies like STOP are handled automatically.
Screenshot uses sample studio data.
Parent portal
Families get a calmer view of classes, billing, messages, and next actions without needing a separate back-office login.
Screenshot uses sample studio data.
One operating layer for the full studio year.
The point is not to add another app. The point is to collapse the work owners currently split across spreadsheets, portals, payment tools, and message threads.
Registration and rosters
Families, dancers, class placements, and enrollment history stay in one operating record instead of scattered spreadsheets.
Scheduling and attendance
Class schedules and faculty attendance live together, with role-scoped views for owners, instructors, and families.
Tuition and receivables
Recurring tuition, balances, overdue charges, and account review are designed around real studio billing complexity.
Family communication
Email, in-app messages, broadcasts, and text alerts for schedule changes and tuition keep family communication in one place instead of private group texts.
Recital operations
The recital workflow is treated as a core operating season, not an edge case that gets left to spreadsheets.
Launch readiness
Billing, SMS, migration, and role access are reviewed before a studio relies on Pirouette for production operations.
What is ready, what needs setup, and what we will not fake.
One compact readiness block keeps the limits visible without making the whole page feel like a warning label.
Ready to review
- Owner dashboard and role-based views
- Class scheduling and attendance workflow
- Tuition and accounts receivable workflow
- Parent and faculty portal patterns
Requires studio setup
- Tuition and payment setup review
- Student, family, and class data migration
- Turn on text alerts (families opt in at sign-up)
- Show, ticket, media, and competition configuration
Not promised without verification
- Lossless legacy migration without field mapping
- Live launch before billing and access dry runs
- Customer logos, ROI claims, or testimonials we cannot prove
Everything included, priced by studio size.
Each plan includes the core studio operating system: enrollment, rosters, attendance, tuition workflows, parent communication, faculty views, and recital planning. Pick the tier by active student count, then confirm fit in a free readiness review.
- Every feature in every plan - no add-on fees
- Annual billing saves two months when available
- No subscription starts until launch readiness is confirmed
The readiness review confirms student count, migration needs, payment workflows, recital depth, and support expectations before you commit.
Founder-led access means fit first, rollout second.
Fit review
We map the studio model, pain points, season timing, and no-go risks before recommending Pirouette.
Workflow pilot
Pilot one concrete workflow first: enrollment, billing, attendance, communication, or recital operations.
Migration dry run
Import a representative sample of families, dancers, classes, and balances so edge cases surface early.
Launch check
Review billing, permissions, text alerts, parent access, and support paths before production use.
Built by an operations person for studios that cannot afford operational chaos.
Pirouette is founder-led by Jon Tygart, MIT Certified in Applied AI and Data Science, building practical software for the studios that keep families, faculty, and dancers moving.
Before a studio relies on Pirouette for a season, we review current tools, migration needs, parent communication, tuition workflows, and recital pressure points with you.
Founder-reviewed rollout
Pirouette does not ask a studio to rely on workflows that have not been reviewed for its data, payment setup, recital season, and support needs.
Screenshot uses sample studio data.
Free studio readiness review
Bring your messiest season. Leave with a clear readiness plan.
Tell us your studio size and biggest operational headache. We will identify the first workflow worth piloting and the risks to solve before launch.
Includes the recital readiness checklist. Demo data is labeled; production launch still depends on studio setup and operational fit.