Dance Recital Question

[3prettyprincesses]

Our ballet school requires a $95 fee for doing the spring show. Included in that are 5 free tickets. Tickets normally cost $15 each so it pretty much evens out.

 

[emma'smom]

We have to pay $12-15 per ticket.....which is ok, I guess...since they are paying for the venue, licensing rights for the music, etc. However, what bugs me....is we have to buy a ticket for our own DANCER if they are only dancing in the first half and want to stay for the second half. I suppose this is because they are taking up a seat....

...but it is NEVER a full-house.

 

[Sleepy]

I have a son who dances

His first school was very small. They were not in it for the money. They were fortunate enough to receive small donations from local businesses. Local schools rented their auditorium cheaply for the recital. Recital for the parents was very cheap. I think it was $30 per class. So, if you were in just ballet, it was $30. If you took ballet and jazz, it was $60...and so on. The lady who ran the school also had a small kids company that performed ballets 2 times a year. The school furnished the costumes for the ballets and the recitals. The parents helped to make the costumes to keep costs down. Each parent received 2 free tickets. I think additional ones were maybe $5 each. Seats were first come first serve. There was no assigned seats. They made small profit off the cookies we made and drinks we furnished. Some other things to make profit was handcrafts.

His last school depended on recitals for their profit. They had to rent a theater, supply the services of a coffee shop, buy flowers, etc (things are a bit different over here). It was expensive. Overall, the recital cost us 1,000 Euro. Back then, the conversion to American was about $1,500. It included the cost of costume and tickets. We were given 4 tickets and had assigned seats. The school assigned them for us.

His current school does not depend on recitals for their profit. The school is attached to an opera house, so there is no need to rent a facility for the recital. They also receive a percentage of the money donated to the opera house. This makes tuition cheaper. In addition, the school has access to the costuming department that also dresses the professional company and opera. Parents don't have to pay for costumes.

The only real expense to parents is tickets. The past years have been 15 Euro each. Tickets go on sale at the box office. Each family gets 4 tickets. The seats are assigned and they are first come first serve. It does not matter if you choose the main floor or a box seat, the tickets are all 15 Euro. The only seats you can't have are in the king's box. Those would be sweet seats Once everyone from the school has received their available 4 seats, any additional seats go on sale first come first serve and they too are 15 euro.

This year I expect the price to go up. They just did a major renovation of the entire building. I am almost afraid to see what they will cost this year. Even if they were 50 Euro each, it is still cheaper than what I paid at the other school.

I truly believe the cost of recital depends on how much money the school wants/needs to make in profit. One that does not receive donations will most likely charge more for recital.

 

[Mandychelle79]

10 per week for class ( doesnt charge if your child is not there )
35 per costume ( needs 3 costumes) Ballet, tap and jazz
Take your own pictures
5 per ticket for the recital.

 

[madge]

So, I'm just wondering how much if any do you pay to see your daughters dance?

it's free here!

 

[MichelleinMaine]

Tickets are $8 each, which I think is reasonable as they need to rent the local HS auditorium. (Costumes are also $55 per class, they try to do ones that can be multiple classes if they can- eg change a tap skirt for a tutu for the younger combo classes.)

I do not think it's fair that the students themselves need a ticket if they want to watch. (Otherwise they have to sit in the gym.)

I also do not like you need to line up for *hours* for tickets. There is no online/presale option. People are allowed to buy as many tickets as they want. (The auditorium seats about 600...but there are families bringing 20+ people to each show...) The first year, I didn't understand you had to be there hours before the sale started and the show sold out. (They did find us 2 seats so DH and I could go.) I strongly feel they should let everyone prebuy 2 tickets (or whatever) before anyone gets to buy more than that.

Honestly, I invite people to watch the dress rehearsal because even with 2 shows, there is no way for everyone who wants tickets, to get them.

 

[scrapquitler]

At my daughters dance recital, tickets are $17, for everyone, including children.
Mom's get a special 'moms ticket' for $10 that gets Mom into all the performances and backstage. Dancers are NOT permitted in the auditorium, period.

Our recital is at a rented high school auditorium, with approximately 800 seats. BTW, there are 4 performances (about 500 kids in the studio).

 

[smschex]

I don't know of any of the local schools that charge admission to recitals, so this is new to me.

Our studio charges a $30 recital fee for each student which covers the rental of the local Music Center auditorium. We have two performances. The older girls perform in both shows, multiple dances. The intermediates are in one show, but usually 3 or 4 dances. The youngest dancers usually do only one number in one show, either ballet or tap.

As for costumes, the babies have one costume usually around $60. The intermediates have a matching costume "set" that includes a leotard with a tutu of some kind for ballet and jazz pants or skirt for tap and jazz, all for about $75. The oldest girls have separate costumes. One for ballet, one for tap & jazz, then one each for modern and hip hop if they take those classes. Each of those costumes is about $70.

Ours is a technique studio, not a competition studio, so we don't have those expenses. Some of DD's friends compete and the cost boggles my mind. Even just for recital, parents are expected to buy 5 or more costumes at $100 each. I don't know how people afford it.

I am very grateful for the owner of our studio. She is committed to providing the highest quality instruction as affordably as possible.

 

[sacall]

We pay $100 for a registration fee at the beginning of dance (that was for two girls) and that includes 5 tickets. Additional tickets are $12 a piece if you buy them by a certain date and $15 after. I guess those are cheap after I have paid:

$225 a month (Sept - June) for 7 dances classes (dd#1 - takes 5 and dd #2 takes 2)

$70 dollars a costume (7 of those babies)

DD #1 made Gold Jazz and Gold Tap line - that is another $70 for those two costumes and additional $60 a month for 3 months.

DD#1 just got on Pointe - needed new pointe shoes plus she out grew her leotard. Plus, one of them always seems to need new shoes or tights!

After adding it all up, Mom has told DD#1 she needs to get a summer job this year to help pay for the cost of her dancing because I would like to retire before I'm 80 She wanted to try out for convention crew this year and I told her no way (saw how much that cost).

DD#2 would like to play rec softball next year - $75 plus cleats, I think I can handle that one!

I used to complain when they played soccer, I think I would rather go back to that

Stacy

 

[NHdisneylover]

My son dances. In Michigan we paid $12 each for recital tickets and were asked to sell candy bars to help cover additional costs. Classes ran about $45 per class per month and costumes were in the $50 range (younger kids).

In New Hampshire we paid $15 each for recital tickets. Classes were $45 a month for the first and $30 each for addtional classes. Costumes ran about $60-$75 per class.

Here in Germany we are paying 25 Euro a moth for lessons. I have no idea what performance fees or costumes might run--not there yet.

I try not to think about what I spend to keep DS's growing feet in decent shoes

 

[Kitzka]

We pay $22 per ticket. there is a costume fee but no other recital fee.

laraa

 

[sneadae]

I own a dance studio in Ohio. Our tickets are $10 each. Each family also pays a $30 recital fee, which includes two tickets to the show. This is pretty much the norm in our area.

 

[tiggger1]

Ours is at the community college. Tickets are $16 for balcony and $18 for orchestra. The theater is beautiful and we have use of the dressing rooms and 2 classrooms connected to the theater to change in. Its a 700 seat theater and there are 3 shows. They have to limit the tickets per person so every family can get to see their kids

 

[czycropper]

We pay $15-18 and it's at the theatre of the local VoTech.

Unfortunately, this is the first year in 8 years that my DD won't be performing at either the recital or competition, she's been diagnosed with a knee injury (she's on 12) and is not able to dance for 3-6 months . She's devastated and has cried herself to sleep for the past 3 nights, on the other hand my DH is all excited because we're saving thousands on competition fees, overnight stay, etc BUT her health comes first!

 

[nikkistevej]

We pay $12-15 per ticket, and have to buy at least 5. So even if we don't use them- we still havr to buy. The costumes are generally $40-80 each. It's not cheap, but DD7 loves it.

 

[Sleepy]

Here in Germany we are paying 25 Euro a month for lessons. I have no idea what performance fees or costumes might run--not there yet.

I try not to think about what I spend to keep DS's growing feet in decent shoes

I have no idea how things are in Germany, but if the recital fees in your area is anything like the recital fees in my area, I suggest you ask NOW, so you can be prepared for sticker shock. Dance classes are usually dirt cheap as compared to America, but the recital fees can be as much as 1,000 Euro, so do the conversion and you will faint.

What kind of dance is he taking? If it is just ballet, you can get a decent slipper for $13 online. Can't help with other forms. My son only does modern as the second form and they use ballet slippers for that too.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I have no idea how things are in Germany, but if the recital fees in your area is anything like the recital fees in my area, I suggest you ask NOW, so you can be prepared for sticker shock. Dance classes are usually dirt cheap as compared to America, but the recital fees can be as much as 1,000 Euro, so do the conversion and you will faint.

What kind of dance is he taking? If it is just ballet, you can get a decent slipper for $13 online. Can't help with other forms. My son only does modern as the second form and they use ballet slippers for that too.

Thanks for the heads up I will try to get in to ask next week then. I did ask around when we first moved here and most people I spoke with (mostly not parents of dancers but people who danced as kids) thought it should range from free to about 100 Euro (plus costume of course) so hopefully I am not in for that big of sticker shock.

Can you PM me the link for where you are able to order decent slippers at that price? I wouild love it. Rio is only doing classical ballet and lyrical at the moment. He is really missing tap--but here in Germany they are totally seperate schoosl and we oculd not find a tap class which works aorund his school and ballet schedules and he would never give up ballet. The tap shoes were always the most expensive so I am kind of enjoying that savings Hopefully by next year we can get him back into both though as his school schedule should be more fixed then.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Wow... I am at the wrong studio. We pay a $35 costume fee and we have to buy a minimum of 5 tickets at $20/each. This is for the kids in regular ballet. The kids that are in the select and company classes have to pay much, much more.

Our costumes are $70 each and tickets are usually $12 with a min of 5. I have 2 kids in the school this year and I am not selling 10 lol. Its always help at a high school and this years its being held at mine.


I just hope both of my kids are in the same show (they do 2) so I don't have to buy tickets to both shows.

I cant wait to see my son, its his first years and he is taping to King Fu Fighting.

 

[mtemm]

its 10 or 15 per ticket, can't quite remember. no assigned seats