Amanda Barr & Rebecca Liu-Brennan: Dance Studio Coaches & Growth Experts
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Do you want to grow your enrolments, make more profit, and find the time in your business to focus on the things that you love? Join hosts Amanda Barr & Rebecca Liu-Brennan as they share the secrets of their Million Dollar Dance Studios. On this weekly podcast, you will get practical, actionable tips how how to grow the BUSINESS of your Dance Studio.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It translates dance-studio growth into concrete decisions about teams, enrolment, facilities and customer experience.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan treat dance-studio ownership as a chain of practical decisions, then test those decisions through candid co-host debate and guest conversations.
Comp hangover, lost ribbons, backstage parents: your studio-owner group chat just got a microphone.
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Concert season works better when the studio makes it easier on parents and treats it as part of retention, not just the show.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan make a practical case for treating concert season like part of the studio's retention work, not just a performance night.
A blunt, practical push to treat enrollment like a real sales campaign.
It frames an enrollment push as real sales work: owners need to sell, keep following up, and use simple tools like texts, bulk SMS, and email so every lead gets a fair shot at enrolling.
Business coaching belongs in the day to day, and small frustrations should not crowd out the work that actually grows a studio.
This episode treats business coaching as part of studio life, with Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan linking ongoing learning to the same kind of upskilling dance teachers already know from studio work and advanced ballet.
A candid studio owner reset on coaching, headspace, and self management.
This episode stays focused on the mindset shifts that help studio owners run their businesses better. Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan keep the advice grounded: coaching matters, business owners need to keep learning, and small problems can eat up too much headspace if they…
A practical reminder that quiet inquiries can reflect busy families, not lost interest.
Amanda and Rebecca frame the back-to-school reset as a practical reminder that enrollment silence often has more to do with family busyness and shifting priorities than with real disinterest.
Growth gets real when a studio moves into its own space and systems have to catch up.
Marie's move into her own studio gives the piece its strongest arc, especially as it moves from signing the lease to the practical pressure of rent, school holidays, holiday hangouts, and week-long musical camps.
A mid-year concert can serve as a practical teaching and upselling moment for a studio.
The concert reads as a practical studio tool as much as a performance: short, low-key, and staged across different venues, with photography that lands well on social media.
A sharp reminder that tiny trial frictions can quietly cost bookings.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan turn their Studio Growth Club retreat into a practical look at a familiar studio choke point: where parents stall before trial.
Serious farrier craft, taught from the foot up.
Clearer marketing for wedding businesses.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan focus on Christmas events as a studio marketing channel, with Amanda describing Tree Lighting as a lead source that has brought in trials and long-term clients.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan focus on making dance-studio enrolment “stupid-easy” for 2026, starting with database outreach to warm and cold leads from the last 5 years.
Dance Principles United podcast episode on mid-year concerts as a business strategy for dance studios.
Chloe and Kiralee sit down with Bec from Dance Principles United.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan use hotel and restaurant examples, including a bad four-star stay in Europe and a top-rated restaurant in Sorrento, to frame what five-star customer service looks like in a dance studio.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan open with the realities of getting to the studio early, juggling family logistics, and recording together in person.
Ticket sales are the lever.
Bec welcomes Bec and Kat from Pulse Performing Arts for a quick, candid chat about regional dance life.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan open Dance Principals United with a studio-owner roundtable about vulnerability, money stress, and leadership changes at Dance Sensations and Edge Dance Center.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan compare studio expansion with optimization, arguing that growth needs a clear payoff rather than growth for its own sake.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan argue that a dance studio website should do one job: get new families to book trials, not impress current students with long pages about values or teacher bios.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan open with a studio-owner problem: cash flow is tight, staff are getting paid, and the owner is not.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan use the end of comp season to talk about the “comp hangover,” 7:30 a.m.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan look back at the habits and mindset shifts that helped them grow as studio owners.
Marie from Dancing with Marie says a school-hall studio with about 120 students in 2020 became a 480-student business with 1,500 class placements.
Bec from Dance Principles United speaks with Cara Dixon, creator of Relative Motion, about why dancers keep hitting a technique ceiling and how her color-blocked apparel turns anatomy into something children can understand.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan host a couch-recorded episode of Dance Principals United with Nikki Diamond, Chelsea, and Marie, three studio owners from Edge Dance Centre, Extreme Talico, and Dancing with Marie.
Ellie from Carnival Dance says her competition has run only two seasons, with a third season starting in 2024, yet studio owners already call it one of the best-run comps they have used.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan use a Fiji resort scouting trip to compare customer service at the Sofitel, Sheraton Golf Resort, and another hotel with pay-for-everything extras.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan recap the Studio Growth Club retreat in the Hunter Valley, including the “SGC Mansion” theme, a three-day program, and a group stay in one hotel.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan use their own studio growth to explain why “million-dollar studio owners” had to stop doing several familiar habits.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan use the Dance Principles United platform to argue that concerts should work as retention, marketing, and profit exercises, not just a showcase for choreography.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan focus on concert planning as a retention, marketing, and profit exercise for dance studios, not just a performance night.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan welcome Jade Barnes and Lucas Newland to talk about *Dance for Your Life*.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan open with a live, staff-focused conversation.
Hosts Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan preview the upcoming Dance Teacher Expo, sharing their excitement, brainstorming creative booth ideas, and highlighting the featured presenters, classes, and business sessions designed for dance studio owners and educators.
Amanda Barr and Rebecca Lou Brennan, experienced dance studio owners, discuss how they manage competitive team enrollment and structure.
Robyn Parris, owner of Prodigy Performing Arts dance studio, shares her 5-year growth journey from 250 to 770 students.
Hosts Amanda Barr and Rebecca Liu-Brennan discuss business strategies for dance studio owners, with a casual conversation about a Gordon Ramsay documentary.
Hosts Amanda Barr and Rebecca Liu-Brennan interview influential dance industry figure Shannon Atkins about her career journey and share business advice for dance studio owners.
Hosts discuss taking time off and share a success story of a dance studio owner who rapidly grew her business.
Hosts Amanda Barr and Rebecca Liu-Brennan share practical tips for growing a dance studio business, with a fun opening about international listeners.
Hosts Amanda and Rebecca discuss a competition in Studio Growth Club to help dance studio owners measure and improve their business numbers.
Hosts discuss how being dance moms has influenced their approach to running their dance studios.
Hosts discuss strategies for managing difficult parent interactions at dance studios.
Hosts Amanda and Rebecca interview dance studio owners about their journey and business growth strategies.
Hosts share highlights and takeaways from their Studio Growth Club retreat, including a funny TikTok mishap.
Hosts Amanda Barr and Rebecca Liu-Brennan discuss the difference between proactive and reactive tasks for dance studio owners, emphasizing the importance of starting the day with proactive work.