Transform Your Dance Formations with ArrangeUs | A Comprehensive Review

If you're anything like me, always on the lookout for tools that can make your teaching more efficient and fun, then you're in for a treat. I've been using the ArrangeUs app for the past couple of years, and it has been a total game-changer for my dance classes. Whether you’re working with a solo performer or choreographing for a big group, ArrangeUs is an intuitive and powerful app that helps you create, animate, remember, and share dance formations.

Why Arrange Us?

I stumbled upon ArrangeUs while hunting for something that could help me visualize dance formations, and it quickly became one of my favorite tools. Here’s why I love it:

1. Super Easy to Use: The app is very intuitive and has a simple layout, making it a breeze to add, edit, and manage formations.

2. Visually Engaging: The animated formations are a hit with my students and make learning so much more engaging and easier for me to visualize what will happen onstage.

3. Convenient Sharing: The ability to export formations as PDFs or share them within the app has been really helpful when I have to send notes to a sub or when I'm collaborating with another teacher to create a piece.

4. Accessible Anywhere: It’s available on both iOS and Android, so everyone can use it!

What Could Be Improved

Of course, no app is perfect. Here are a few things I think could be improved in ArrangeUs:

• Horizontal Rotation on Android: The app doesn’t support horizontal rotation on Android, which can be a bit annoying. However it does support it for IOS devices.

• Note-Taking Functionality: It would be super helpful if I could jot down notes directly within the app.

• Props Integration: Being able to note where blocks, risers, and other props are onstage that dancers would be interacting with would be nice.

Video Walkthrough

Watch my full review and walkthrough of the app HERE! I cover:

✅ Getting Started: How to set up the app and start creating formations.

✅ Adding and Managing Dancers: Tips for efficiently organizing your dancers within the app.

✅ Creating and Editing Formations: Step-by-step instructions for designing your formations.

✅ Sharing Your Work: How to export and share your formations.

✅ Using Custom Backgrounds

If you do end up paying for the premium version and want to use custom backgrounds, I have a free pack or backgrounds for you! You can download the pack at https://bit.ly/arrangeus_custom_backgrounds

Conclusion

Using Arrange Us has totally transformed how I approach teaching dance formations. It’s an intuitive, powerful, and versatile tool that I highly recommend to any dance educator or choreographer. Whether you’re teaching beginners or advanced students, this app can help streamline your choreography process and make your lessons more engaging.

Happy Choreographing!