Software for swing dance schools
Courses by the term, a social dance with a band or a DJ, and workshop weekends that bring dancers from other cities. DanceFlow was made for ballroom studios first, and swing's mix of classes, socials and partners fits it closely.
Terms and levels Leader and follower balance Social dances Workshop weekends Make-upsWhat a swing school runs on, and where it lives in DanceFlow
Each row is something a swing school does every term, beside the part of DanceFlow that does it today.
What you run In DanceFlow- Courses by the term
- Term enrolment with a price, a closing date and a place held every week, or single classes, or both.
- Balanced roles
- Leader and follower caps on each class, and each side waits on its own list.
- Levels
- Levels of your own, from a first swing out to advanced, with what each takes and who may move a dancer up.
- The social dance
- A door with student, member, guest and couple prices, the room limit and walk-ins, repeating every week.
- Workshop weekends
- A camp with a timetable, level groups, a teacher panel, passes as packages, and a public link for dancers from other cities.
- Privates and couples
- Private lessons with packages, couples who share one, and a booking page for the dancer who wants coaching.
A week at a swing school
The term, the social and a workshop weekend, in one place.
- Monday
Week one of the term
Lindy Hop 1 and 2 begin. Dancers who missed enrolment are on each course's waitlist, and a freed place is offered to the next in line.
- Tuesday
West Coast Swing
Three leaders cancelled in time, so each has a make-up to use in another class at the same level.
- Thursday
Practice night
A weekly class with drop-ins and packs, and a register that keeps who came.
- Friday
The social
The band's night has a price per person and per couple, and members whose plan includes socials get in free.
- Weekend
Workshop weekend
Dancers from other cities register from the camp's public link and choose a pass, and the timetable shows each level group where to be.
Made for ballroom first, and why that helps a swing school
Ballroom studios have always taught East Coast Swing and Jive, with classes, socials and privates under one roof. DanceFlow was built around that mix, with partners and packages taken seriously.
- Partners, couples and who pays for whom are records, not notes.
- Make-ups, trial classes and a minimum to run are rules you set once.
- For dancers who compete, a competition trip keeps who is going, what each owes and the checklist.
The parts that matter most to a swing school
Each one opens the page that goes deeper.
For studio owners Terms, socials and money, for whoever runs the school. Students and families Dancers enrol, use their make-ups and see what they owe. For teachers Each teacher's classes and privates, and lesson mode. Switching to DanceFlow Bring dancers, terms and 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 swing school today, said plainly.
- Not there yet: Partner rotation in class is not recorded. The register knows who came and which role they dance.
- Not there yet: A large exchange with hundreds of dancers, housing requests and passes by role is more than a camp is built for. A camp suits a school's own workshop weekend.
- Not there yet: The style filter on the public schedule uses DanceFlow's ballroom style list, so Lindy Hop and Balboa live in each class's name rather than in the filter.
- 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.
Common questions
Can dancers enrol for a whole term?
Yes. Set How classes are sold in Settings › Lessons to by the term, or both. A dancer enrolled for the term has a place held in every class still to come, and the billing run invoices unpaid term fees together.
How do make-ups work?
Under Make-up classes you choose how many a term dancer gets, when they expire, and where they can be used: the same class, any class at the same level, or any group class. A dancer earns one by cancelling before your notice window or being marked absent.
Can we run a workshop weekend for dancers from other cities?
Yes. A camp has its own timetable, level groups, coaches and packages, and a public link where dancers from other schools register and choose a pass. When it is full, the next dancer goes on the waitlist.
Can we keep leaders and followers even?
Yes. Switch on Leader and follower balance in Settings › Lessons and set the caps on each class. A full side waits on its own list while the other keeps booking.
Is DanceFlow only for ballroom studios?
It was made for ballroom first. The terms, socials, workshop weekends and partners a swing 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.
Read more on /learn
Lindy Hop Lindy Hop explained: the swing dance born in Harlem around the Savoy Ballroom, the contested story of its name, typical tempos and the swingout. West Coast Swing West Coast Swing explained: the slotted swing from California, typical tempos, the sugar push and anchor step, WSDC points levels and where to dance it. East Coast Swing East Coast Swing explained: its Lindy Hop roots, the American Rhythm competition tempo, the triple step basic, key figures and where people dance it.Other kinds of studio on DanceFlow
Ballroom studiosSalsa and bachata schoolsBallet and recital studiosHip hop studiosTango schoolsWedding dance studiosRun your swing school in one place
DanceFlow is in early access, and we are working closely with the first studios and organizers using it.