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Dance School Owners and Managers

Employment Prospects

Employers

There are about 10,176 dance studios in the United States, according to the research group IBISWorld. These range in size from small mom-and-pop operations to large international franchises such as Fred Astaire Dance Studios and Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

Starting Out

Most dance school owners and managers break into the field by first obtaining experience as dancers and dance instructors. Visit the following Web sites for job listings:

  • http://danceteacherfinder.com
  • http://www.danceusa.org/jobsandauditions
  • https://www.shapeamerica.org/career/Career-Center.aspx
  • https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/dance-instructor-jobs
  • http://www.indeed.com/q-Dance-Instructor-jobs.html

Additionally, job listings can be found at the Web sites of dance schools.

Starting your own business can be extremely challenging, and many businesses, despite the best efforts of their owners, fail after a few years. To avoid this fate, you should utilize the free business planning and mentoring resources that are provided by such organizations as the U.S. government's Small Business Administration (SBA, https://www.sba.gov) and SCORE (https://www.score.org), a nonprofit organization and a resource partner of the SBA.

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