Dance class fees

manvantara · Post by **manvantara** » 08 Apr 2008, 23:54

I am curious to find out what dance class fees are like in the US...
I live in the mid-west and my teacher charges $25.00 per class! (which I feel is high). This means that many students take up only one class a week.

manikand28 · Post by **manikand28** » 10 Apr 2008, 09:28

Bay area a dance class in Santa Clara charges approx $10 per class, and arangetram fee charged is $40,000 after 6-8 years.

manvantara · Post by **manvantara** » 10 Apr 2008, 21:05

$10.00 per class?! For beginnners...? What about for students who have learnt for 4-5 years?
And arangetram fee? Does this cover the musicians' fee/auditorium costs? Wow, that is quite a big amount, in any case.

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 15 Apr 2008, 10:36

40,000 is incredibly high.

On the east coast, I think it runs about 10-15 k, max

manikand28 · Post by **manikand28** » 16 Apr 2008, 18:38

yes, $10 is beginner fee. After some experience, I am not sure. There are over 150 students in total in the school and last year there were 12 arangetrams and so is this year. The arangetram fee is I believe all inclusive. Musicians from India come and stay for 3 summer months. Mathurai R Muralitharan is the nattuvangam.

ashoksubra · Post by **ashoksubra** » 08 May 2008, 12:16

Hi Friends,

This thread has been brought to my notice by one of the board members of Shrikrupa.

I am the Chairman of the Shrikrupa Foundation, a 501 (C) non profit foundation and I want to set the matters straight! It is better to know the facts direct from us instead of surmising, guessing and having a discussion based on some hearsay. The amount quoted here is somebody's wild imagination is NOT what the truth is.

Let me give an approximate break down for you to figure.

(1) The fee for the whole year of training with individual classes, special sessions, specially chosen and choregraphed items is more like 1/10th of the fee quoted here.
(2) The cost of bringing artists is again close 1/10th of the quote figure. These are the two so called high ticket items. In fact, the 2nd cost is almost the same when you engage local artists too per program. The parents want to do for the obvious benefit of more practice time with visiting artists.

The frills of an arangetram which in recent years has become more like big family occassion for most parents, include catered dinner for friends and family after the program, invitations, photo shoots, dresses for the entire family (may be!) can escalate the overall cost to such an amount for some parents who want to do it that way. For most parents, the overall cost may be more like 1/4th of the cost cited, including theaters.

Frills are neither mandated by Shrikrupa nor hinted to the parents.

I suggest that the people interested should check with the parents of arangetram students and know the facts.

You''re most welcome to write to me @ [email protected], should you need accurate information.

Thanks
Ashok Subramaniam:|

radha1r · Post by **radha1r** » 23 Jun 2008, 07:04

Would anyone have an idea of dance class fees and locations of classes in Toronto Canada?

Thanks!