Overview
Location: Hopkinton, MA
Position Type: Full-time, On-site (35 hrs/week)
Start Date: Summer 2026
Experience Level: Assistant Director or Director-level experience required
How to Apply: Interested candidates should email their resume detailing their applicable experience to: Stephanie@hopartscenter.org
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity, is a visual and performing arts center located in Hopkinton, MA. HCA is seeking an inspiring, highly organized Dance Studio Director to lead our vibrant and growing studio. This role blends artistic leadership with operational excellence: you’ll guide programming for both recreational and pre-professional dancers ages pre-K to adults, teach advanced-level ballet, mentor faculty, and ensure the studio thrives artistically and financially. While the studio is heavily based on ballet instruction, the studio also offers multiple genres of dance instruction.
If you’re passionate about shaping dancers, developing teachers, and building a studio community where every student can grow, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Key Responsibilities
Teach Advanced Ballet: Lead upper-level ballet classes with strong technical and artistic expertise.
Program Leadership: Oversee curriculum and programming for all levels—from young recreational dancers to serious pre-professional students.
Faculty Management: Recruit, hire, schedule, mentor, and evaluate teaching staff to maintain a high standard of instruction.
Studio Operations: Manage day-to-day studio functions, ensuring smooth operations and a welcoming environment for students and families.
Financial Oversight: Track and manage the studio’s P&L, enrollment trends, and budget to support sustainable growth.
Community Engagement: Build strong relationships with families, staff, and the broader arts community.
Optional: Lead or support the production of stage performances, recitals, and special events.
Inter-departmental: Collaborate with other HCA Departments on collaborative organizational events.
Qualifications:
Assistant Director or Director-level experience in a dance studio or comparable performing arts environment.
Strong background in ballet technique and pedagogy, with the ability to teach advanced-level students.
Demonstrated experience managing staff, programming, or studio operations.
Solid understanding of budgeting, financial tracking, and P&L management.
Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
Experience producing dance stage productions is a plus, but not required.
About Hopkinton Center for the Arts
The HCA dance program welcomes students of all ages and levels of experience. The HCA Dance program is known for its high level of training and welcoming environment where students are encouraged to take chances and learn. All students are embraced. Whether a student's objectives are simply based on the joy of movement or rooted with the intention to progress to a pre-professional or professional level, our HCA instructors are committed to providing guidance and instruction to the highest standards.
Classes in ballet, character, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, tap, and modern are offered, and intermediate and advanced students receive lessons in conditioning and injury prevention from certified instructors and physical therapists. At the heart of it all is a place we can come together to build lasting connections whilst we explore, celebrate and promote the art of dance.
