No more chasing
Instead of texting eight teachers for lighting notes, you check one screen and see who's done and who isn't.
Show Planning
Get recital planning out of the group chat.
Every routine's costumes, music, lighting, set and staging notes live in one place — and each teacher fills in their own. You see it all come together without a single “did you send me that?” text.
Planning a recital usually means a dozen spreadsheets, a folder of costume photos, and weeks of chasing teachers for lighting notes. ShowSculptor gives every routine its own page and every teacher their own login. They add what they know, you see it the moment they do, and the same information runs your lineup, your dressing rooms and your stage manager on show day.
Routines
Every routine gets its own page. Every teacher fills in their own.
A routine page holds everything anyone needs to know about that number, from the first costume pick to the final pose. Give each teacher a login and they keep their routines up to date themselves.
Dancers, teachers, assistants and volunteers assigned to the number
Costume choice and color
Set and prop notes
Lighting notes and lighting looks saved from Light Lab
Sound notes and video notes
Start and end positions — behind the main curtain, on stage in a pose, entering from stage left
Cue table for lighting, sound and other cues
Staging diagram
Routine photo and documents — music edit notes, costume order forms, choreography notes
Everything saved with the routine, ready for show day
Teacher logins
Each teacher gets their own login to ShowSculptor. They add notes, pick costumes and update staging for their routines, and you see every change as it happens.
Notes from the source
The teacher who choreographed the piece writes the start position and the lighting idea, so nothing gets lost in translation.
Last-minute changes
A teacher swaps a prop the week of the show and updates it themselves. Your stage manager sees it on show day.
Guest choreographers
Give a guest teacher a login for their piece without sharing your whole studio inbox.
One handoff for your crew
Lighting designers and stage managers work from the same notes the teachers wrote, not a retyped copy.
Costume planning
Know every costume before you place a single order.
Teachers choose costumes for their routines right in ShowSculptor. You see what each teacher picked, what it costs, and which numbers still need a decision — all on one screen. Costume planning is free on every plan.
Costume selections
Teachers add their picks as they choose them. You review everything in one place instead of a pile of catalog screenshots.
Budget check
See costume pricing across every routine before orders go out, and spot the one that blows the budget.
No duplicates
Catch two teachers who picked the same costume, or the same color, for back-to-back numbers.
Answer parents fast
When a parent asks what their dancer is wearing, look it up in seconds.
Dressing room prep
The costume color and notes your teachers entered show up for the dressing room team on show day.
Staging diagram
Show everyone exactly where to stand.
Place dancers and props on a stage map — backdrop, stage right, stage left, audience — and save it with the routine. Teachers, stage managers and crew all see the same picture.
Opening positions
Dancers and backstage helpers know where each child starts before the curtain opens.
Props and set pieces
Crew sees where the bench, the ladder or the giant flower goes, without a sketch on a napkin.
Substitute teachers
Someone covering a rehearsal can run the opening from the diagram.
Spacing rehearsal
Pull it up on a tablet at the theater and set the stage in minutes.
Show day
Your stage manager sees the diagram for every number while calling the show.
Show lineup & quick changes
Build a lineup that works backstage, not just on paper.
Drag routines into order, add intermissions, and split your recital across as many shows as you need. ShowSculptor counts how many routines each dancer has between costume changes, so you catch the impossible quick change before it happens on stage.
Build the show
- Put routines in order and add intermissions
- Run as many shows as you need, each with its own lineup
- Check the lineup for conflicts before you publish it
Handle quick changes
For every dancer in more than one routine, ShowSculptor shows the number they're coming from, the number they're going into, and how many routines they have in between. Filter to the tight ones — three routines or fewer — and fix them while you still can. On show day, the Wardrobe Supervisor view gives your dressing room team the same list.
Fix it in the lineup
A dancer has one routine to change from tap shoes to pointe shoes. Move a number and the problem is gone.
Plan the dressing room
Know which dancers need a helper and a pre-set costume waiting in the wings.
Intermission placement
Put the intermission where it gives your busiest dancers the most time.
Multiple shows
Spread your heaviest-cast routines across shows so no one dancer is stuck with back-to-back changes.
Show day
Dressing room parents tick off each change as it happens, so no dancer misses an entrance.
To Do List
Every recital task in one list, not on sticky notes.
Keep the work of putting on a show in ShowSculptor, right next to the show itself. Add tasks, check them off, and see what's still open as the date gets closer.
Recital countdown
Book the theater, order programs, send the costume deadline email, confirm the photographer.
Costume follow-up
Track which costume orders have arrived and which are still missing.
Volunteer and staff jobs
Keep a list of the jobs still to fill before show day.
Nothing falls through the cracks
When a teacher mentions a prop they need, it goes on the list instead of in someone's memory.
Next year, faster
Look back at this year's list when you start planning the next show.
Questions about planning
Do teachers need to pay for their own logins?
No. Add your teachers to your studio account and each one gets their own login.
Can teachers see everything?
Teachers work on their own routines.
Do I have to retype my roster?
No. Import dancers and classes from Jackrabbit, Dance Studio-Pro, Akada or Excel.
Does planning carry over to show day?
Yes. Everything entered while planning — positions, cues, staging, costumes — is what your stage manager, dressing room and backstage monitors use on show day.
Plan it once. Run it smoothly.
Start with costume planning free, and add the rest of your show when you're ready.