Websitesbuilt around performances, programs and audiences
A performing-arts website looks after many people at once: audiences choosing what to see, students looking for classes, presenters researching your work, donors deciding to give, and a small team keeping it all current.
We come from the creative and performing arts, so we get the arts world. For more than 20 years we’ve designed and built websites for dance companies, arts organizations and talent agencies, and we film and edit performance work ourselves.
Built for the way a season moves
Programs open and close. Artists join, classes fill, repertory grows and every production brings new photos and video. We build your website around how those pieces connect, so you add a new performance, class or artist once and it shows up wherever it belongs: on the calendar, the artist’s profile and the program page.
We shape the structure around your organization, not a template. Depending on what you do, that might mean performances, classes and workshops, artists and instructors, education programs, repertory, press, digital programs and video.
Clear paths for every audience
People visiting your site should see right away what’s happening, why it matters and what to do next. We’ll plan the navigation with you around the journeys that matter most: buying tickets, registering for a class, exploring an artist’s work, booking a performance or making a donation.
Then we connect those actions to the tools you already use, from ticketing and donations to online stores, class scheduling and privacy consent, with platforms such as Ticketmaster, Stripe, Shopify and Calendly. We’ll help you choose the approach that keeps your box office and day-to-day admin simple.
Media that carries the work
Photos and video carry the emotional weight of a performing-arts website, so we give them real space while keeping dates, venues and calls to action easy to find on any screen.
We film and edit live performance ourselves, so we know how movement, timing and staging translate to the screen. You can plan your website and video together or on their own; see our video production and professional video editing services.
Editing tools for small teams
We know most arts organizations run on small, busy teams. So we build the editing experience around the people who will actually use it, walk them through the finished site, and make everyday tasks like adding a show, updating a class schedule or publishing a video quick and hard to get wrong.
“Beyond building great websites, they teach you how to confidently manage your own content. That support has been invaluable for operating a small arts organization with limited staff.”
How an arts website comes together
- Discovery: we get to know your audiences, programming, the people who publish, and your existing content and platforms.
- Content planning: content types, relationships, navigation and how your editors will work.
- Design and development: the visual experience, integrations and functionality.
- Content, testing and training: your content moved over, key journeys tested and your team trained.
- Launch and continued care: we launch the site, then stay with you for hosting, maintenance and improvements through website support.
Long-term partners in the performing arts
Some of the people we work with have been with us for nearly two decades. We’ve designed and built websites for L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, Stomping Ground L.A. and Invertigo Dance Theatre, and kept evolving them as their programs, audiences and ambitions have grown.
We know that kind of commitment from the inside, too. In 2008 we co-founded DancePlug, a global dance network built by dancers for dancers, with online classes from respected choreographers and instructors, audition listings and dance articles. We’ve designed, built and run it ever since.
For L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, one manageable Drupal platform brings together performances, programs, repertory, digital resources and video. The site for Thomas King Flagg and FlaggDance gathers performance, education, publishing, a podcast and media initiatives in one structured home. For Movement Talent Agency and GTA Talent Agency, we built searchable talent rosters, rich performer profiles and submission workflows around how each agency represents its artists.
“I have worked with Glyn and Anh for almost 20 years on the design, development, and ongoing evolution of websites for L.A. Contemporary Dance Company and Stomping Ground L.A. They consistently bring our vision to life while balancing creativity, performance, and the unique needs of our organization.”
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Invertigo Dance Theatre
Tri-Link
Thomas King Flagg
Stomping Ground LA
GTA Talent Agency
GROOV3
Movement Talent Agency
Petros Brand
LACDC
Questions about performing-arts websites
Yes, that’s exactly what we build for. You’ll add and update shows, classes, artists and media through clear, simple forms, and we’ll walk everyone through it before launch. When you want new features or design changes, we’re here to help.
Yes. We’ve worked with ticketing, payment and booking platforms including Ticketmaster, Brown Paper Tickets, Stripe, Shopify and Calendly. Depending on the platform, that might be a full integration, an embedded widget or a simple link to checkout. We’ll help you pick the option that works best for your audience and is easiest for your team to run.
Yes. We’ll look through what you have with you, including past seasons, repertory, press, photos and video, and plan where it all belongs in the new site. Well-organized archives can often move over automatically; older or inconsistent material may need some cleanup by hand, and we’ll tell you which is which up front.
Yes, and we love this part. We film and edit dance, theater and live performance, including multi-camera productions. Plan your website and video together and your media stays consistent from the stage to the screen.
Because we get the arts world, you won’t spend time explaining seasons, repertory, performance footage or presenter materials. That time goes into your goals instead. We’ve also run our own dance platform, DancePlug, since co-founding it in 2008, and several of our arts clients have been with us for more than a decade.