Free guide + tools for working dancers

Understand your
dance money.

Getting paid for gigs, classes or choreography? Learn to plan for taxes, track your work expenses, and figure out what you can actually spend.

No finance background needed. No sign-up.

The game's pixel neighborhood: the stoop, a dance venue, fresh kicks and an afterparty.
What you can do here

Learn it. Use it. Try it.

New to managing your money? Start with the guide. Already need an invoice? Head straight to the tools.

01 / Start with the guide

Know what happens
after you get paid.

Understand profit, tax set-asides and write-offs, with simple examples from dance work.

Read the money guide ↗
02 / Put it into practice

Invoice a client.
Organize your money.

Make an invoice, plan tax set-asides, track expenses or get help with a W-9. The tools are free.

Choose a tool ↗
03 / Learn by playing

Practice with
pretend money.

Try a short 8-bit game about saving, spending and the tax bill that shows up later.

Play the money game ↗
Staks outside the shoe store in the 8-bit game.
Tax Man: after dark / The money game

Spend the whole check.
Meet the Tax Man.

You're Staks, a dancer with a $200 gig. Set some aside—or buy the shoes. When the tax bill lands, see what's left. Rewind and try a different move.

Try a round