Music on, phone still answered.
An AI receptionist for dance studios answers the phone while the music is on, places new dancers in the right class and books trial classes. Studio owners teach back to back from 4 p.m. on, which is when every parent calls. It picks up in about 0.3 seconds, day and night. It asks the dancer’s age and experience, and which style they want: ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop or acro. Using your class schedule, it suggests the right level and books a trial class into Google Calendar or Calendly, then texts the details. During recital season it answers the usual costume, dress rehearsal and ticket questions from what you loaded. When a parent asks for the owner, it rings your people in order. It speaks 32 languages, including Spanish, Polish and Hebrew. Plans start at $249 a month, with a free five-day pilot and no credit card.
Updated September 2026Dance studios:
the numbers.
U.S. businesses with employees in this industry (NAICS 611610 · Fine arts schools · United States · County Business Patterns 2022)
U.S. Census Bureau, CBP 2022People they employ (NAICS 611610 · Fine arts schools · United States · County Business Patterns 2022)
U.S. Census Bureau, CBP 2022Each figure is copied from the public source it links to, last checked 2026-09-23. They describe the market, not Voxgard’s results.
What your callers
ring about.
Class placement
A parent asks which ballet class fits a six-year-old with one year of dance.
Trial classes
A teen wants to try hip hop before signing up for the season.
Recital questions
Parents ask about costume fees, dress rehearsal times and tickets.
Competition team
A dancer’s parent asks how auditions for the team work.
How the call sounds.
An example of the flow, shortened. The business is fictional.
VoxgardThanks for calling Studio Pointe. How can I help?
CallerMy daughter is seven and wants to try tap.
VoxgardHas she taken dance before?
CallerJust one year of ballet.
VoxgardOur Tap 1 class for ages six to eight fits well. There’s a trial spot Wednesday at 4:45.
CallerPerfect, book it.
VoxgardDone. I’ll text the class details and what to wear to 555-0129.
What it does
for you.
Class placement
Matches age, style and experience against your schedule and levels, the way your front desk would.
Trial classes booked
Books trial spots in Google Calendar or Calendly and texts what to wear and where to park.
Recital season answers
Answers costume, rehearsal and ticket questions from your notes, and takes a message for anything else.
It will not decide competition team placement or take tuition on the call; it explains your audition steps and rings the owner when a parent asks.
What it
costs.
Billed on minutes used. The same operator on every plan.
Basic · $249/month
300 call minutes included, then $0.55 a minute. One assistant, one call at a time. Recordings, transcripts, summaries, two-way SMS and MMS.
Standard · $549/month
1,000 call minutes included, then $0.35 a minute. Up to three assistants and three simultaneous calls, CRM integration, automated SMS follow-ups.
Enterprise · from $1,500
A custom minute pool, unlimited concurrency, custom integrations and a dedicated account manager.
SMS $0.05 and MMS $0.15 per message, never from your minutes. Month to month, 15% off yearly, and every plan starts with a free five-day pilot, no card. Full pricing and billing examples.
Dance studios:
questions and answers.
Yes. You load your class list with ages and prerequisites, and it places callers the way you would.
Standard answers three calls at once, and Enterprise has no limit. Basic handles one at a time.
On Standard, automated SMS follow-ups can go out after calls, for example to families who tried a class.
Standard and Enterprise sync with HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Salesforce, Zoho CRM or Pipedrive. Other tools connect by webhook through Zapier, Make or n8n.
It does the job of both: it answers your business calls, takes messages and books appointments. A virtual receptionist is usually a person working remotely, and an answering service usually takes messages. Voxgard is AI: it picks up in about 0.3 seconds, day and night, and books straight into your calendar.
Forward your number or port it; nothing to install. Every plan starts with a free five-day pilot on your real calls, no credit card. How the pilot works.
Five, six,
seven, eight.Phone answered.
Start a free five-day pilot on your studio’s real calls, no credit card.