VIP Dance

What VIP Dance does

VIP Dance is a privately held, for-profit US company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Kenner, Louisiana. It operates a focused, vertically specialized business around live dance competitions, providing live stages and interactive programs for the traveling dance competition circuit. The company's core product is a unified web-based "VIP Dance website and staff management system" that bundles website, event operations, and back-office contractor management into a single application used across each stop of its competition tour.

The platform is composed of approximately 19 functional modules covering the full event lifecycle: Admin, Users, Jobs, Judge Apply, Photographer Apply, Staff Applications, Live streaming, Media gallery, Photogenic Contest, Photogenic Confirmation, Sign Contract, Tour scheduling, W9 Form handling, Rates management, Rules documentation, and Complete Profile. Technically, the system handles contractor onboarding (judge and photographer applications, contract signing, tax/W9 capture), per-competition operational configuration (rates, rules, photogenic contest setup), in-event broadcast (live streaming, media gallery), and per-season scheduling (Tour module). Two distinct rate schedules (Rates26 and Rates27) indicate that the platform models multi-season annual tour cycles. The architecture is a standard web application with role-based entry points rather than a documented API, SDK, or mobile app; no API, no SDK, and no mobile app are disclosed.

The business model and customer base are not publicly disclosed. The platform addresses three user constituencies: (i) competition organizers and tour operators (using Admin, Tour, Rates, Rules modules), (ii) judges and photographers (using Judge Apply, Photographer Apply, Staff Applications, Sign Contract, W9 Form), and (iii) dancers/audiences (consuming Live, Media, Photogenic Contest). Revenue appears to be tied to running the touring competition circuit itself and providing operational infrastructure, but pricing is opaque and not publicly disclosed. No parent company, no institutional investors, no funding rounds, no mergers or acquisitions, no partnerships, and no management team information are evidenced in the source material — indicating an independent, founder-controlled entity.

Name

VIP Dance

Website

https://vipdance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VIP Dance is a privately held, Kenner, Louisiana-based company that operates a web-based platform providing live stages, interactive programs, and integrated staff management infrastructure (judge/photographer applications, contracting, W9 processing, live streaming, and tour scheduling) for traveling dance competition circuits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dance Competition Management Software

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Competitions & Showcases (Non-Esports) (MPAGADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Party Invitations, Stationery & Guest Management (HSACACAK), Dance Festivals & Dance Series (MPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Dance competition management
• Event management software
• Live event streaming
• Judge application platform
• Photographer booking system

Headquarters

HQ city

Kenner

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

VIP Dance operates a web-based dance event management platform that provides live stages and interactive programs for dance competitions. The platform integrates website functionality with staff management capabilities, supporting modules for admin, user management, jobs, judge and photographer applications, live streaming, media galleries, photogenic contests, contract signing, tour scheduling, W9 form handling, and rates management.

Product overview

VIP Dance offers a unified web-based platform that combines website management and staff management capabilities specifically designed for dance competitions and events. The system includes multiple integrated modules: Admin, Users, Jobs, Judge Apply, Photographer Apply, Staff Applications, Live streaming, Media gallery, Photogenic Contest, Sign Contract, Tour scheduling, W9 Form handling, Rates management, and Rules documentation. The platform serves as a centralized hub for managing all aspects of dance events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VIP Dance Website and Staff Management System A comprehensive web-based dance event management platform that provides website functionality and staff management capabilities for dance competitions and events. The system includes modules for admin, user management, jobs, judge and photographer applications, live streaming, media galleries, photogenic contests, contract signing, tour scheduling, W9 form handling, rates management, and rules documentation.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Dance Studio Pro: Studio management software for dance schools with class scheduling, registration and recurring billing; overlaps on the registration/user-management primitives used by competition organizers.
• Jackrabbit Dance: Class management and registration platform built specifically for dance studios, with parent portal and event registration features that overlap with VIP Dance's user management modules.

Others

• WHOVA: Event engagement platform used across conferences and competitions for schedules, networking and content; an adjacent platform that increasingly overlaps with VIP Dance's media/tour/event-engagement modules.

Direct peers

• Comp Genie: Dance competition management platform focused on registration, scheduling and scoring for dance events — overlapping core workflow with VIP Dance's admin, judge and photographer modules.
• CompuDance: Provides software for scoring and managing dance competitions and is among the long-standing direct competitors in the U.S. competition circuit alongside VIP Dance.
• Dance Competition Live: Provides live streaming and video-on-demand for dance competitions, directly comparable to VIP Dance's /Live module and a possible complement-or-competitor for live event coverage.
• StarDance / Star Systems: Provides scoring and adjudication systems for dance and other performance competitions; directly comparable on the judging/scoring primitives that VIP Dance's Judge Apply module supports.
• DanceComp Genie: Provides dance competition scoring and management software with similar judging, registration and event-day functionality; one of the most widely used direct competitors in the U.S. dance competition circuit.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Large general-purpose event ticketing and registration platform that competes at the entry-level for event registration and ticketing, though it lacks dance-specific judging and live scoring.
• Regpack: Online registration and payment platform for camps, events and recurring programs — an incumbent that competes for the registration and contract-signing primitives within dance competition workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vipdancecomp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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