Set your rules
Lock any routine to an exact spot — the opener, the finale, the senior tribute — or lock a break after a certain number.
SHOW ORDER OPTIMIZER
The perfect show order, in seconds instead of weekends.
Set your rules and priorities, press Optimize, and get a lineup with fewer quick changes, better spacing and balanced acts. Then fine-tune it by hand with live conflict checks. You stay in control of every final call.
Building a recital lineup is a puzzle with hundreds of pieces. Every dancer in more than one number needs time to change. The minis can't wait until 9 PM. Your senior soloists need their spotlight. Most studio owners spend nights moving index cards around a table, then find a back-to-back change the week of the show. The Show Order Optimizer works through every combination for you and hands back a lineup that fits your rules.
How it works
Your rules. Our math. Your final say.
Set your priorities
Tell the optimizer what matters most for this show, from fewer quick changes to getting the minis home early.
Press Optimize
ShowSculptor searches for the lineup that best fits your rules and priorities.
Fine-tune by hand
Drag routines around. Every drop zone tells you right away whether the move is safe.
Publish
When it's right, publish the lineup to the show. Until then it stays a draft.
Rules and goals
Hard rules are never broken. Goals are balanced by priority.
Lock a routine's position
Pin a routine to an exact number, or make it last.
Lock a break
Keep intermission or a short pause right where you want it.
Set each goal to Low, Normal or High, and the optimizer trades them off for you.
Minimize quick changes
Gives dancers in more than one routine as much time as possible to change.
You set: How many routines between counts as a quick change (0–5)
Style spacing
Keeps two tap numbers, or two ballets, from landing back to back.
Teacher spacing
Spreads each teacher's routines through the show.
Youngest dancers early
Puts the little ones near the start so they can go home.
You set: The age cutoff for “young”
Big numbers spread out
Keeps large-cast routines from clustering together.
You set: How many dancers makes a “big number”
Act balance
Keeps Act 1 and Act 2 close in length.
You set: How many minutes apart is acceptable
Fine-tune with live feedback
Every move checked before you make it.
The optimizer gives you a strong starting point. Then you make it yours, with ShowSculptor checking every change as you go.
Color-coded drop zones
As you drag a routine, each spot turns green (no new conflicts), amber (adds a quick change) or red (back-to-back, or breaks a rule).
Live show stats
Run time, act lengths, back-to-back count and quick-change count update with every move.
Start times
Set each routine's length and see the estimated start time for every number.
Intermissions and short pauses
Add a break anywhere with one click.
Conflicts, Dancer and Insights panels
See every conflict in the show, look up any dancer's schedule, and check how the lineup is balanced.
Undo, redo and versions
Try ideas freely, and go back to any earlier version.
Export
Share the lineup with your team once it's set.
Use cases
From a first draft to a last-minute fix.
The first draft
Start with an optimized lineup instead of a blank page, then adjust for artistic flow.
The impossible quick change
A teen is in back-to-back numbers in tap shoes and pointe shoes. Optimize and get them time to change.
Minis home before bedtime
Raise “Youngest dancers early” and the 3-to-5-year-olds land in the first part of the show.
Protect the big moments
Lock the opener, the senior tribute and the finale, and let the optimizer arrange everything around them.
Balanced acts
Keep Act 1 and Act 2 within a few minutes of each other so intermission lands in the middle.
Late additions
A new routine joins the show in April. Re-optimize and see where it fits without breaking everything else.
Compare options
Save a version, try different priorities, and pick the lineup you like best.
Questions about the optimizer
Will it change my lineup without asking?
No. Optimizing creates a draft. Your show's lineup only changes when you publish.
Can I still arrange routines by hand?
Yes. Drag any routine anywhere. Color-coded drop zones show whether the move adds a conflict.
What if there's no perfect order?
Some casts make a perfect lineup impossible. The optimizer never breaks a hard rule, balances your goals by priority, and shows you the conflicts that remain so you can plan for them.
Does it split routines between shows?
No. The Show Order Optimizer orders the routines within one show. Use the Show Assignments Builder first to decide which routines go in which show.
Which plan includes it?
The Show Order Optimizer is included in Production Pro.
Spend your weekend on choreography, not the lineup.
Upgrade to Production Pro and optimize this year's show.