More to Dance Than Just Rhythm

I know this content doesn't relate to my blog's theme and topics however, dance is my passion and it’s very close to my heart so I make sure I educate myself on these topics as well.

Being the owner of a dance studio involves many responsibilities besides teaching and motivating your students to build their personalized styles. Before thinking about how to get the students, there has to be a plan. From liability protection for your students from injuries, ownership of choreographies and how will you choose the right employees for your students, where a safe and friendly environment is enforced should be on top of your list.

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A dancer is constantly learning new movements and training skills that challenge their bodies. There can be a moment where a muscle is stretched the wrong way or they slip and the student gets injured in your classroom. If you’re not prepared with liability protection or accidental medical insurance consequences may arise. You should have complete coverage for medical expenses that will need to be covered when a students gets hurt at the studio or during performances that involves the students representing the studio. It may help prevent issues that can build up and turn into lawsuits.

Dance is an art that is influenced by creativity along with some structured moves. As the owner, when employing your instructors the topics of owning choreographies and infringing other choreographers pieces have to be discussed. The employees have to know that the owner of the studio is the one that actually owns their choreography and that there’s prevention from repeating their pieces. Usually the employer owns any work arranged by any employee in their occupation. There also has to be a level of professionalism where infringing choreography shouldn’t be an option. Dance studios want to be recognized for their uniqueness, creativity, credibility, and professionalism and ruining the studio’s reputation over infringement is not worth it. So, the owners have to make sure it’s in writing.

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In the mist of searching for these instructors, we also have to be very careful on who we choose to teach these classes because they are the face of the studio as well. You wouldn’t want to have to face a case like Marco Alferez who was a dance teacher in a school in Texas who was sentenced to 50 years after being charged for child pornography involving his students. This is a situation where you wouldn’t want your studio’s name involved in along with your employees. Researching your future employee is a must and classroom supervision too.

From the desire of owning your own dance studio to executing the business plan, there are many circumstances that we have to be aware of. We wouldn’t want our hard work, dedication, passion, and work ethics be involved in situations that could’ve been prevented with enough research and preparation. A successful dance studio not only should support their passionate dancers but also we should always take care of the place where they can express their talent and be themselves. In the end that is their second home.

-Jess!

"Creating Memories, Building Characters."