Sarah Gittens

The Den

Sarah Gittins The Performance Business Mentor launched The Den (Previously The Dance Den) in 2016 to help empower Dance, Theatre, Music and Performing Arts Schools to build a thriving studio with 100’s of happy students without sacrificing their personal well being. With a postgrad in mentoring, entrepreneurial practice and management she has helped thousands of studio owners to scale their business. Creator of The Start Scale Steer Evolve Legacy Studio System, whichever stage in your business journey you are, the strategic systems taught within her programmes are relevant to you. The CPD Accredited roadmap training within her membership is game changing. Her tailored financial strategies and efficient simple systems help you maximise profits while focusing on what matters most - inspiring your students and creating lasting impact. A best-selling author, Sarah has also created The Performance Business Tracker, Show Planner, ENCORE Immersive weekend and spoken on numerous stages, podcasts in the UK and America. She has led training for the ISTD, BBO and IDTA and is the CAA Board member representing Independent Businesses. For 24 years she ran her own successful multi venue 350 plus school, selling it in Summer ‘23 with a smooth and easy sale. What you get with her is straight talking business sense, she has the t-shirt in many colours and really comes from a place of experience.

Louise Brough

The Dance Business Academy

The Dance Business Coach community offers LIFE CHANGING results to Dance Business Owners. Much more than just adding more students to your classes, the community will grow YOU as a person, giving you more confidence and clarity to build the business of your dreams. So if you're ready to transform your school, you're in the right place... Louise is a school owner herself, mum of 3 under 5, and has successfully grown and stepped back from her school of 500 students. She understands the struggles and juggles you face and has all the tools you need to succeed. The Dance Business Coach community offers innovative and relevant ways to grow your school and build a team, helping school owners hit incredible milestones with some even reaching £50k+ months, proving anything is possible with the right support and skillset! Louise's community is a space for driven and unapologetically ambitious DBO's, with game changing insights, it's a place to elevate yourself and your results. 2025 isn't going to hand you success, you're going to have to take it. Fight for it daily. Fight for your growth. Fight for your goals. Fight to be better than you were yesterday. This community will help you do just that and the results of the hundreds of schools that have experienced the huge, transformative results, really do speak for themselves.