Looking for Dance Studio Space to Rent Per Hour in DFW (Dallas: leasing, house)

[Atlanta_BD]

I am a dance instructor relatively new to the DFW area. I would like to start growing my dance business here and I am looking for a dance studio space that I could rent by the hour. When I rented in a studio in Atlanta, the cost for my space was $20 per hour. Class is typically an hour long.

I live in North Arlington and would prefer a space here to start but I'm willing to travel up to 15-20 miles if there is a good studio space in another area. Quite naturally the studio needs to be in a high traffic area.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[jennifw]

I am not saying that it isn't out there, but I have never heard of rentable studio space with the intention of building your own business. Most studios I have ever worked with would rather build their own business. Good luck!

[Atlanta_BD]

Originally Posted by jennifw

I am not saying that it isn't out there, but I have never heard of rentable studio space with the intention of building your own business. Most studios I have ever worked with would rather build their own business. Good luck!

Most of the dance instructors I know rent out a space hourly in an existing studio. Only a few have their own. I may try to get my own studio eventually but I'm looking to a pre-existing one with time slots I can reserve to teach classes. This is not at all uncommon in the dance teaching business.

[Atlanta_BD]

An important note: I'm also open to yoga studios with mirrors willing to rent out a time slot for a bellydance class.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Atlanta_BD

Most of the dance instructors I know rent out a space hourly in an existing studio. Only a few have their own. I may try to get my own studio eventually but I'm looking to a pre-existing one with time slots I can reserve to teach classes. This is not at all uncommon in the dance teaching business.

It may be common in the business, but here in Dallas there are dozens of owner-operated studios (Preston Center Dance, Park Cities Dance, Power House of Dance, etc) as well as owner-operated finess / yoga studios (Sunstone, Bikram, Pure Barre, Pilates, etc). Having taken classes for the past 25 years in Dallas, I can tell you they all started out by starting their own studios and definitely do NOT allow independent instructors to rent their space.

I think you're going to need to think outside the box....maybe UT Arlington has studio space on campus that they'll rent out?

[pepper131]

Maybe you could rent space at a Recreation Center. See what Arlington has in your area - or in an area that you are targeting.

[Atlanta_BD]

Originally Posted by pepper131

Maybe you could rent space at a Recreation Center. See what Arlington has in your area - or in an area that you are targeting.

I've looked at rec centers here. They don't rent space, they have instructors come in and pay them an hourly fee, which isn't the kind of arrangement I'm looking for.

[Atlanta_BD]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

It may be common in the business, but here in Dallas there are dozens of owner-operated studios (Preston Center Dance, Park Cities Dance, Power House of Dance, etc) as well as owner-operated finess / yoga studios (Sunstone, Bikram, Pure Barre, Pilates, etc). Having taken classes for the past 25 years in Dallas, I can tell you they all started out by starting their own studios and definitely do NOT allow independent instructors to rent their space.

I think you're going to need to think outside the box....maybe UT Arlington has studio space on campus that they'll rent out?

Thanks for the advice. I think will just call around anyway and ask. I know dancers all over the country who rent studio space by the hour to teach their classes.

I am not at a point where I think I want to put down permanent roots in Texas so buying a building or fully leasing a commercial space isn't an option for me right now.

[MurphyPl1]

I'm confused. You want to use another business' space to build your own clientele, but you aren't actually going to stay here?

My daughter was in drill team in HS, and I can honestly say not one of the 80+ girls who took dance classes went anywhere but an owner-operated studio. And of the girls I know who dance now, they are also at existing studios, not independent operators. Actually, I have heard of an independent but she had a small studio in her converted garage.

[Atlanta_BD]

Originally Posted by MurphyPl1

I'm confused. You want to use another business' space to build your own clientele, but you aren't actually going to stay here?

My daughter was in drill team in HS, and I can honestly say not one of the 80+ girls who took dance classes went anywhere but an owner-operated studio. And of the girls I know who dance now, they are also at existing studios, not independent operators. Actually, I have heard of an independent but she had a small studio in her converted garage.

I appreciate the feedback but clearly those who are answering aren't dance teachers and don't understand how studio usage works.

While there are people who own independent studios, they often offer different styles of dance and those dance teachers teaching different styles have to pay to use the space, either an hourly rate or a percent of the take. The same applies to yoga studios. The only time I've seen studio owners not renting out studio spaces is if they only teach one dance style or all of their teachers are "in-house" and are paid a wage.

Put more simply, I'm looking to be an independent contractor to rent time in a pre-existing studio. This is done everywhere. If you aren't a dance instructor yourself, you clearly won't understand what I am saying. Very few teachers I know from the east coast to the west cost and everywhere in between who teach the dance style I do own their own private studios. The rent hourly time slots or pay a monthly fee in the studios they teach in that are owned by someone else.

Many studio owners don't just make money teaching classes themselves, they make money renting their studio spaces out to other instructors as well.

The last studio I taught at was a ballet studio. I don't teach ballet. On the day that they did not have ballet and jazz classes, they rented hourly slots out to me, along with a tai chi instructor, who had the slot after mine. This is highly common.