How Dansly fits together
The handful of ideas behind every screen, including buildings and rooms, level lists, courses versus open classes, and the ways a dancer can end up in a class.
For owners, managers and teachers
Most questions about Dansly come down to a few ideas. Read this once. Every guide assumes it.
Where you teach#
School ─┬─ Building: De Loods, Utrecht ─┬─ Room 1
│ └─ Room 2
└─ Building: Zaal Noord ─────── Room 1
Your school can teach in several buildings. Each building has its own address, directions, opening hours and first-evening notes, and its own rooms. Every class picks a building and a room, so dancers always know which door tonight's class is behind. See Buildings and rooms.
What you teach, and at what level#
Each style you teach has its own level list, lowest first:
Salsa: Beginners 1 → Beginners 2 → Beginners 3 → Intermediate 1 → Intermediate 2 → Intermediate 3
Bachata: Intro → Level 1 → Level 2
A class picks one step from its style's list, or Any level. The order matters: fill-ins and catch-ups match dancers to classes by how many steps apart they are, across group names. Beginners 3 and Intermediate 1 are next to each other. See Styles and levels.
Two kinds of class#
| Course | Open class | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A block of weekly lessons with the same group | One date at a time: weekly, every other week, or once |
| Dancers | Enrol once, for the whole block | Book one lesson at a time |
| Paid | Once, at the block's own price | Credits, a price per class, or free |
| Example | Salsa Beginners 1, ten Tuesdays, €120 | Wednesday practice class, 1 credit; Friday social night (an event), free |
| Set up in | Course editor | Open-class editor |
Both create lessons: one dated class per week or per date. Editing the course or open class changes what it creates. Editing one lesson changes just that date. See Change one date.
How dancers pay#
- Course price: set on each course, paid once at enrolment.
- Credit plans: a month of credits bought once (it doesn't renew), spent on open classes priced in credits. See Credit plans.
- Per class: an open class with its own price, paid at booking.
- Free: nothing to pay.
Credits never pay for a course, and an Unlimited plan covers open classes only.
What your school pays Dansly is separate again; see Billing.
Five ways into a class#
| Way in | Who | Costs them | Set up under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrol or book | Any member | The course price, credits, or the class price | The class itself |
| Try-out | A newcomer | Free or your try-out price | Try-out classes |
| Catch-up | A course dancer who told you they'd miss a week | Nothing: they paid for that week | Catch-ups |
| Fill-in | An eligible dancer asked because the class is short on their role | Nothing: they're helping you out | Fill-in rules |
| Added by staff | Anyone you choose, even without an account | Free, or an amount you set, paid within your deadline | Add a dancer |
These are easy to mix up. A fill-in fixes the balance between leads and follows; it isn't a way to fill empty places. A catch-up needs a missed course week behind it; it isn't a free class. A try-out is for somebody who has never danced with you.
Leads, follows and capacity#
A partner class counts leads and follows separately. "12 of each role" means 24 people in the room. A solo course counts everybody together: "12 people" means 12.
Fill-ins only react to imbalance. A class with 6 leads and 6 follows has plenty of room but isn't short of anything, so nobody is asked.
Draft, published, live#
Three switches that are easy to confuse:
- A class is published: it's on your schedule and its lessons exist.
- Your school is live: dancers can find you, your join code works, and published classes can be booked.
- Payouts are on: dancers' money can reach you. Going live waits for this.
A published class inside a draft school is on your schedule and nowhere else. See Go live and payouts.
Who does what#
- Owner: everything, including publishing the school, payouts and billing.
- Manager: runs the school day to day, including classes, members, payments and settings.
- Teacher: their own classes, rosters and attendance.
See Team.
Next#
- Choose your setup: courses, open classes, or both
- Glossary