Booking software for dance studios & schools.
Dance studio booking software that brings class sign-ups, memberships and studio hire into one place — with class passes, show ticketing and a built-in website. Built for Australian and New Zealand dance schools running classes and hiring out studio space.
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12 / 14Ballet · Grade 2Mon 16:30 · Studio 1Open2 left
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FullStreet & commercialTue 18:00 · Studio 2Closed0 left
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8 / 16Adult tapWed 19:30 · Studio 1Open8 left
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10 / 12ContemporaryThu 17:45 · Studio 2Open2 left
Dance class sign-ups & schedules.
A dance class booking system your students and parents actually enjoy using. Publish the class timetable — ballet, tap, street, contemporary, adult fitness — and let people browse and sign up online. Set a capacity limit per class, and sign-ups close the moment it fills.
- Browse the timetable by style, day, age group or teacher
- A capacity limit per class — no more over-full studios
- Capacity limits — a full class stops taking sign-ups
- Parents book more than one place from one account
Term timetables and class passes.
Most dance schools sell their classes by the term or in blocks. Set the recurring weekly pattern once — ballet every Monday, street every Tuesday — and LemonBooking generates the whole run. Parents sign up session by session or use a class pass for a block, and each payment raises its own invoice.
Recurring weekly classes
Weekly, fortnightly or term-time only — the patterns dance schools actually use. Skipping a school holidays week or a public holiday? Just delete that one occurrence.
Pay per class or by block
Sell single classes, or a class pass for a block of weeks — whichever suits your students. Payment is taken at sign-up by card, so a place is only held once it is paid for.
Automatic invoicing
Clear, branded invoices with your school's logo when a place is paid for. For siblings and regulars, give a discount code or a class pass.
Memberships for your regular dancers.
Your regulars are the heart of the school. Set up memberships for them — all classes or just one style — with a recurring card payment, and members sign up to their included classes free. Schedule reminder emails for unpaid memberships so they don't quietly lapse.
- Memberships for regular students — all classes or just one style
- Members' included classes are free at sign-up — no manual discounts
- Recurring monthly payments collected on card automatically
- Friendly automated reminders chase late payers for you
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A studio hire calendar for the empty hours.
Your studios sit empty between your own classes — so hire them out. Publish a live studio hire calendar and freelance teachers, choreographers and groups can see what is free and book the space for their own classes or rehearsals. A complete dance studio booking system for both your classes and your hirers.
- Live availability so hirers book the gaps themselves — no email back-and-forth
- Your own classes always take priority on the calendar
- A special rate for one named hirer that only they see
- Card payment taken on booking, so the slot is held once it is paid
Charge each hirer the right hire rate.
A regular freelance teacher, a one-off rehearsal and a commercial shoot are worth very different amounts to your studio — so price them differently. Our dance studio booking system stores a hire rate for each kind of hirer and applies it the moment they book, with no discount codes to remember.
- Separate hire rates for visiting teachers, rehearsal groups and shoots
- Daytime gaps between your classes can be cheaper than busy evenings
- The hire form shows a hirer their rate, never anyone else's
| Group | Wkday day | Wkday eve | Weekend |
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Freelance teacher
Runs their own class
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$16 | $22 | $25 |
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Rehearsal group
Regular hirer
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$20 | $26 | $30 |
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Commercial
Shoots & castings
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$40 | $46 | $52 |
Sell tickets for shows & recitals.
The annual show, exam days, the summer recital — sell tickets in the same system you run your classes from. Parents buy online, get a QR-coded ticket, and you check them in on a phone at the door. No third-party ticketing site in the middle, just a small fee on each paid ticket.
- Sell tickets for shows, recitals and exam days online
- QR-coded tickets with door check-in on a phone or tablet
- Limit ticket numbers to the venue's capacity
- See the full ticketing module
A website for your dance school.
No website yet, or stuck with one you can't update? Build one in the included editor, with free hosting — and because it shares content with the booking system, your class timetable and prices only need editing once. Already have a site you like? Embed just the timetable or sign-up form via iframe and keep it.
- Click-to-edit website editor — no code, no designer
- Free hosting on your own address — pirouettedance.com.au
- Timetable and class prices stay in sync — edit them once
- Or embed the timetable in your existing site — see the website editor
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Book nowBallet · Grade 2Mon 16:30 · 2 places left
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Book nowAdult tapWed 19:30 · 8 places left
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Book nowContemporaryThu 17:45 · 2 places left
Customer review from Trustpilot
“Our community centre chose Lemon Booking to manage attendance and to take payment for the 8 weekly classes that we offer. We have found the system easy to set up and both our tutors and our customers have found it simple to use.”
Frequently asked questions
Anything we haven't covered, drop us a line.
How much does dance studio booking software cost?
Plans start at $360 a year for Bronze, billed annually. Your website, hosting and SSL are included, as are email support and the online help centre, and there are no set-up fees. Each paid class sign-up carries a 20¢ fee, and studios with more than eight bookable rooms pay a small extra charge for each; the pricing page sets out what each plan covers. Card fees, where you take card payments, go to the payment provider rather than to us.
Is this dance school management software as well as a booking system?
Yes. LemonBooking runs the whole dance school, not only the class timetable: online class registration, class passes, memberships, studio hire, show tickets and your website all sit in one system. Each family's sign-ups, invoices and payments are kept on their account, so the office work happens in one place rather than across spreadsheets.
Is it dance school software for Australian studios?
Yes. Plans are priced in Australian dollars, invoices are GST tax invoices, and you can skip a school holidays week or a public holiday without redoing the term's invoices. Parents pay by card through Stripe, or you invoice them for the whole term. Dance schools in New Zealand run on the same system.
How do online class sign-ups and capacity limits work?
Publish your class timetable and students or parents sign up online for the classes they want. Each class has its own capacity limit, so a class closes to new sign-ups once it is full.
Can dancers pay by term or monthly?
Both. Sell a class pass for a block of weeks, paid up front, or a monthly membership with a recurring card payment. Each payment raises its own invoice, and scheduled reminder emails chase unpaid memberships, so you are not reconciling a spreadsheet every week.
Can we offer memberships for regular students?
Yes. Create memberships for your regular dancers, covering all classes or just some, with a recurring card payment, and members sign up to their included classes free. Schedule reminder emails for unpaid memberships, so they do not quietly lapse.
Can freelance teachers hire studio space when we are not teaching?
Yes. Publish a live studio hire calendar so freelance teachers, choreographers and groups can see what is free and book the studio for their own classes or rehearsals. You set the rates per studio and per time band, and one named hirer can have a special rate that only they see. See venue & studio hire →
Can parents and dancers sign up on a phone?
Yes. LemonBooking runs in any web browser, so there's nothing to install. Parents and dancers browse the timetable and sign up to classes on a phone, tablet or laptop, and teachers check the day's timetable the same way. Parents can pin the timetable to a tablet to glance at the term's classes, and teachers mark the register on a phone between sessions.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. LemonBooking is free for 30 days with no card required, and we do the initial setup with you so your timetable, classes and rates are in place before you go live.
Ready to run your dance school on LemonBooking?
30 days free. No card required. We do the initial setup with you so your timetable, classes and rates are ready on day one.
Related pages
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