Dance troupe for events and corporate bookings

Event planners, corporate clients, wedding couples, councils running festivals, venues and shopping centres.

A fee per booking, priced by performance length, number of dancers and travel. Custom choreography or themed costumes can be charged as extras.

• Strong dance technique and stage presence
• Choreography and teaching routines to others
• Organising rehearsals and bookings
• Confident at pitching to event clients

• Public liability insurance, and whether your dancers need their own cover or are included in yours
• Whether you pay dancers as contractors or employees, and whether you need workers compensation (check your state's rules)
• Music licensing for public performance, check what the venue or event already holds and whether you need your own licence
• Injury risk on unfamiliar stages and floors, ask about the surface before you accept a booking
• Register for an ABN, and check when you need to register for GST

Startup costs are typically around $600 to $3,000, based on estimates, depending on studio hire for rehearsals, costumes, insurance and how you promote the troupe.

Estimated monthly revenue is typically around $800 to $4,000, depending on how many bookings you win, your fees and the size of your troupe. Weddings, festivals and corporate nights can all feed bookings.

Check public liability insurance and whether dancers need their own cover. Check whether dancers are contractors or employees and workers compensation rules in your state. Also check music licensing for public performance, stage surfaces, ABN registration and when to register for GST.