Running a dance competition or convention? Stop paying monthly fees. Use Communiti for your intensives and workshops. Simple registration, digital waivers, and $0 overhead.
Dance
If you run a dance competition or touring convention, you likely already have a system for the Big Day. You use industry standards (like DanceBUG or DanceComp Genie) to handle scoring, judging, and scheduling the stage.
But what are you using to run the rest of your business?
Most dance organizations are more than just a competition. You run Fall Intensives, City Tours, Master Classes, and Teacher Workshops.
Trying to shoehorn a one-day master class registration into complex dance competition software is a revenue killer. It is overkill for parents, it is expensive for you, and it causes "cart abandonment" when a mom just wants to buy a $150 workshop pass but gets forced to create a "Studio Roster" first.
This is why smart tour directors are adopting a Hybrid Strategy in 2026: They keep their scoring system for the judges, but they switch to Communiti to drive revenue for their conventions and events.
The Scoring Trap: Are You Losing Money on Registration?
Traditional dance competition software is built for Adjudication, not Sales.
When you use a Scoring Tool to sell tickets to a Fall Convention or Master Class, you are hurting your bottom line in three ways:
Friction Kills Sales: If a parent has to click through 10 screens to register for one class, they give up. You lose the sale.
The Seasonal Tax: You are paying monthly subscription fees year-round. If your tour is off-road in December, why are you paying $200+ for software?
No Upsell Flow: Scoring software isn't designed to trigger automated reviews or waivers efficiently.
4 Reasons Dance Tours Are Switching to Communiti
You need a registration system that moves as fast as your tour does. Whether you are running a 10-city tour or a single studio intensive, you need speed, flexibility, and higher profit margins.
1. Ticket-Style Registration (Higher Conversion)
For a master class, you don't need a "Roster of Routines." You need a checkout flow that feels like buying a concert ticket.
The Problem: Asking a parent to enter "Studio Code" and "Routine Length" for a generic workshop.
The Solution: A mobile-friendly checkout that takes under 2 minutes. Parents pick the class, sign the waiver, pay the fee, and get their confirmation.
The Result: Fewer abandoned carts, more dancers in the room.
2. Build Hype with Automated Reviews
If you are running a multi-city tour, social proof is your biggest marketing asset. You need the dancers in Chicago to know how amazing the event in Detroit was.
The Workflow: Our system automatically emails parents after the event ends, asking for a review.
The Benefit: These 5-star ratings appear right on your booking page. You don't have to lift a finger, yet your reputation grows in every city you visit.
3. Iron-Clad Digital Waivers
Every dancer on your floor needs a signed liability release. If you are collecting paper forms at the door, or using a generic "checkbox" that doesn't hold up in court, you are exposed.
The Solution: Mandatory digital signatures. A dancer literally cannot register for your intensive until the parent has digitally signed your specific legal text. You have a timestamped, searchable record for every single attendee.
4. Zero Overhead in the Off-Season
Dance tours are seasonal. You might be slammed in the Fall and quiet in the Winter.
The Old Way: Paying monthly fees for software you aren't using.
The Communiti Way: We charge $0/month. We operate on a simple transaction fee model (which you can pass on to the customer). If you aren't selling tickets, you aren't paying us.
Pro Tip: Many top tour directors use a Dual Stack. They use their legacy software only for the competition stage (judging/scoring) and run all their revenue-generating events (workshops, conventions, intensives) on Communiti to save on fees and capture more registrations.
Ready to Streamline Your Tour?
Stop forcing your profitable conventions into a competition box. Switch to the platform that makes registering for intensives easy, fast, and profitable.