Software for salsa and bachata schools
Classes that live on drop-ins and class packs, a social with a door, and the privates and couples that keep a school going. DanceFlow was made for ballroom studios first, and a Latin social school runs on the same things.
Leader and follower balance Drop-ins and class packs Socials with a door Privates and couples Classes on your websiteWhat a salsa school runs on, and where it lives in DanceFlow
Each row is something a Latin school does every week, beside the part of DanceFlow that does it today.
What you run In DanceFlow- Weekly classes by level
- Group classes with a register, capacity and attendance, levels of your own, and a waitlist that offers a freed place rather than taking it.
- As many leaders as followers
- Leader and follower balance caps each side of a class, and a full side waits on its own list while the other keeps booking.
- Drop-ins and class packs
- A drop-in price on each class, online drop-in booking until a cut-off you set, and class packs that use one class at a time.
- Socials and practicas
- A party has a door: student, member, guest and couple prices, the room limit, walk-ins and the takings. It can repeat every week for up to a year.
- Workshops with a visiting teacher
- Workshops sit on your public schedule beside the classes, and a whole weekend runs as a camp with its own timetable, packages and coaches.
- Privates for the dancers who want more
- Private lessons, packages with lessons left, couples who share one package, and a booking page where a newcomer books an intro.
A week at a salsa school
How the week runs once the classes, the social and the privates are in one place.
- Monday
The new course opens
Dancers enrol in the beginners course from their phones. The leaders fill first, so the extra followers wait on their own list and nobody is turned away by hand.
- Tuesday
Drop-ins at the door
Members check in by scanning the door code. A first-timer books a trial class on your website, signs the waiver as they book and arrives as a lead.
- Thursday
A visiting teacher's workshop
The workshop is on your public schedule with its own price and places, and you can hold some places back for your own students.
- Friday
The social
The door counts who is in against what the room holds, members whose plan includes parties get in free, and Daily Cash has the night's takings in the morning.
- Saturday
Privates for a couple
A couple preparing their first performance takes two privates from the one package they share, and last week's note is open in lesson mode before they start.
Made for ballroom first, and why that helps a salsa school
Ballroom studios live on private lessons, packages and couples, the part most class software treats as an afterthought. A salsa school that sells privates gets the same depth: who dances with whom, who pays for whom, and exactly how many lessons are left.
- A couple is a real record: a lesson for two counts for both, and one partner can pay for the other.
- Packages count themselves when a lesson is completed, so lessons left reads the same at the desk and on the dancer's phone.
- When a team starts dancing at competitions, a competition trip keeps who is going, what each dancer owes and the checklist.
The parts that matter most to a salsa school
Each one opens the page that goes deeper.
For studio owners The schedule, the money and the people, for whoever runs the school. Students and families Dancers book drop-ins, enrol in a course and see what is left on a class pack. For teachers Each teacher's week, their classes and privates, and lesson mode on the floor. Switching to DanceFlow Bring your students, families and pack balances over from a spreadsheet. Every feature Every feature in one list, with what is still to come.What it does not do yet
What DanceFlow does not do for a salsa school today, said plainly.
- Not there yet: Partner rotation in class is not recorded. The register knows who came and which side they dance, not who danced with whom.
- Not there yet: The style filter on the public schedule uses DanceFlow's ballroom style list, where salsa and bachata sit under Social and Nightclub. Name each class as you like; the filter cannot yet say Salsa or Kizomba on its own.
- Not there yet: Paying online needs your own Stripe account. Without it, dancers pay at the studio or the door, and every payment is still recorded.
- Not there yet: Congress ticketing for hundreds of visiting dancers is not what the door is built for. It runs a school's own socials and shows.
Common questions
Can DanceFlow keep leaders and followers even in a class?
Yes. Switch on Leader and follower balance in Settings › Lessons, then set the caps on each class. When one side is full, the next dancer on that side waits on its own list while the other side keeps booking.
Can we sell drop-ins and class packs side by side?
Yes. Each class has a drop-in price, dancers can book a single class online until the cut-off you choose, and a class pack is a package that uses one class at a time. Only a pack seat ever uses a credit.
How do we run a weekly social?
Put the party on the schedule and open its door. Find a student or add a walk-in, and the right price is chosen for each person. Repeat every week adds the parties for up to a year, and a membership plan can include them.
Is DanceFlow only for ballroom studios?
It was made for ballroom first, and that is still where it goes deepest. The classes, drop-ins, packs, socials, privates and couples a Latin school runs on are part of the same product and the same plan, and what is not built yet is on this page. See pricing.
Can dancers use it in Spanish?
Yes. DanceFlow speaks fourteen languages, Spanish among them, and each person can choose their own. What you write yourself, such as your forms and your waiver, stays in your words until you translate it.
Read more on /learn
Salsa Salsa explained: its Cuban son roots, New York and LA styles, Cuban casino, the basic count, typical tempo, key figures and where to dance it socially. Bachata Bachata from the Dominican Republic: its rural roots and early stigma, Dominican, sensual and modern styles, the basic step, typical tempo and tips. Merengue Merengue, the national dance of the Dominican Republic: its contested origin stories, the marching basic, typical tempo, figures and where to dance it.Other kinds of studio on DanceFlow
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DanceFlow is in early access, and we are working closely with the first studios and organizers using it.