Thread: One-on-One Classes, What`s the Most You Pay

Obviously, this is spin-off from a thread about workshops.

I paid 150 US$, kind of going rate, I suppose.

For an hour, I can't afford more than $30/class.

currently $50 for 1hr, $100 for a 2 hour private

About $50 to $60 for one hour seems the norm in Toronto...and for the master instructors in the area, it's about $70 to $90 per hour.

The most I've paid is $90 per hour.
The going rate ranges from $40 - $125 per hour.

The going rate in our city is $50 for a private lesson. Since we're a small city (80,000) with a low cost of living, I doubt anyone could get a higher amount.

I go to the UK for my private lessons with master teachers, I pay $70 -$100 per hour. Seems to be pretty much the same as the US then.

I pay $55 per hour for private lessons in Chicago with Sabah. Because the drive, round trip, takes about 3/4 tank of gas, I think that's about the upper limit of what I can afford. She's totally worth it, though. :-)

If it were a big name, who traveled from outside my area, I would go up to $75 - $100, because it would be a one time thing. It would have to be someone I really wanted to learn from, though, not just any famous dancer.

ive paid $85 and would do it again, it was totaly worth it for me,and that is not including the ticket to get there

Wow. $50 seems really inexpensive to me. In the ballroom world, I charged $125/45 minutes. Yes, it's a bit extreme. I don't charge as much now that I'm not having to cover the overhead of a studio.

most of the time there IS no overhead, sometimes pay more if they have to travel, but that's fair...................the privates are either my home, their home, or a host's home.................well worth it and would pay more..........

shira and i are in the same boat, town wise...but if we went over $20.00 a private hour, we would price ourselves out of a job.
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Going rate in Portland, OR is $50 per hour, which is what I charge. I have paid up to $75 per hour multiple times for two-hour lessons with Souhail Kaspar and would not hesitate to do it again because I get so much out of it.

I agree that $50 is not really so much for what we provide to our students and our levels of knowledge and expertise, but that is about what the market will bear.

Of the teachers I'm AWARE OF in the Boston area, the range seems to be $25-50/hr for a private lesson, with most at $30 or $40. That may not be representative of the whole community, though: just the 7 or 8 I can recall.

For comparison, group classes seem to be $12-20/hr drop-in, often with discounts if you pre-pay for the session.

The most that I've paid is 40 euro per hour + studio rent. So that would be 60 usd + studiorent. It's on the high end, the going rate is between 20-30 euro per hour.