DAN 464 Private Studio Practicum

Questionnaire for Studio Owners

Please read the questions (1-14) and fill in your response. When you have completed all of the

questions, please email this back to Marianna Blizzard at blizzard@email.meredith.edu

Thank you for your participation.

1. Where and how do you advertise? Where have you found the most effective places to

advertise?

2. How do you draw new students to your studio? Do you host any events to bring in new

students?

3. What methods for communicating with students and parents/legal guardians are used by

your studio?

4. When planning and starting your business, what necessary resources, such as the actual

studio space, musical equipment, flooring, etc. did you have to consider? How were these

items found and purchased?

5. Do you have a specific person or team that is in charge of creating and managing the

budget?

6. What criteria are needed for applying teachers?

7. What is your process for hiring new teachers?

8. How is the salary of each employee determined, and what qualifications do you look for

in an employee to determine this?

9. Does your studio offer benefits such as health insurance, dental, 401K, sick/vacation

leave, and retirement options to employees?

10. How do you handle compensating your teachers for extra rehearsal time including

competitions, time to travel to these locations, dress rehearsals, and recitals?

11. What placement procedures does your studio follow for students? Are they placed in

class strictly on age and skill level? Is there a maximum number of students you allow in

one class at a time?

12. What have you found to be the best way to set prices for tuition, registration fees,

competition fees, recital fees, and costume prices? Do you believe your prices are

reasonable enough for the population that occupies your studio?

13. Do you have a dress code requirement for the students and/or teachers at your dance

studio? If yes, please explain what that is.

14. How does your studio operate during the summer months? Do you continue classes as

usual or do you follow the public school schedule? What, if anything, does your studio

offer during the summer?