Built for dance competitions

The cue board for live dance competitions.

Paper run sheets lose scratches. Walkie-talkies miss cues. NextToStage keeps your Emcee, Backstage, and Stage Manager in sync — in real time, from any device.

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NEXTTOSTAGE
EMCEE
Now on Stage
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Light as a Feather
Jazz · Teen · Starlight Studio
NEXT
43
Gravity
READY
44
Wildfire
45
Midnight Rain
Every show. Same chaos.

Paper lists printed at 6am are wrong by 8am. The emcee calls a routine that scratched three acts ago. Stage manager is in the dark. Backstage is running on vibes.

NextToStage replaces all of it with one shared cue board — live, synced, and built for the wing.

One link. The right view for everyone.

Three roles. One shared reality.

NEXTTOSTAGE
EMCEE
Now on Stage
42
Light as a Feather
Jazz · Teen · Starlight Studio
NEXT
43
Gravity
READY
44
Wildfire
45
Midnight Rain
Emcee / DJ
  • ◆Live cue board — always the right act
  • ◆NEXT + READY signal at a glance
  • ◆Break countdown with vibration alert
  • ◆Fullscreen performance mode
NEXTTOSTAGE
BACKSTAGE
AllReadyChecked InNot Here
42Light as a FeatherON STAGE
43GravityNOT HERE
44Wildfire
45Midnight Rain
Backstage
  • ◆Check in acts as they arrive
  • ◆Mark Ready — triggers emcee alert
  • ◆Add emcee notes + lighting cues
  • ◆Scratch with strikethrough, never hidden
NEXTTOSTAGE
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STAGE MGR
Now on Stage
42
Light as a Feather
Jazz · Teen · Starlight Studio
Up Next
43
Gravity
Peak Dance · Teen
READY
Standing By
44
Wildfire
Elite Arts
45
Midnight Rain
Rising Sun
Stage Manager
  • ◆Read-only overview — calm, no distractions
  • ◆Full queue + break countdown inline
  • ◆Progress counter — X of Y complete
  • ◆Reflects all state, changes nothing
Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Up Next
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Gravity
Peak Dance · Teen
NOT HERE📳
On Stage42 · Light as a Feather
Live Ready Signal
Backstage marks Ready — emcee badge lights up and phone vibrates instantly.
On Break
☕ Lunch Break
14:32
43GravityPeak Dance
44WildfireElite Arts
45Midnight RainRising Sun
Break Countdown
Insert Break, Lunch, or Dinner into the queue. Live timer shows on every screen.
Now on Stage
42
Light as a Feather
Starlight Studio · Jazz · Teen
Scan to follow along
Audience QR View
Public screen shows what's live. Every phone in the room can scan to follow along.
41Frozen HeartSCRATCHED
42
Gravity
Peak Dance · Teen
UP NEXT
43Wildfire
44Midnight Rain
Scratch Workflow
Scratch an act — strikethrough stays visible so the count never breaks and Emcee can announce it.
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Wildfire
Elite Arts · Teen
45
Midnight Rain
Rising Sun · Junior
Prop Tracking
Flag acts needing a prop. Every role sees it on every row — no surprises at the stage.
📄 File Upload📊 Google Sheets
#TitleStudioDivision
101Light as a FeatherStarlight StudioTeen
102GravityPeak DanceJunior
103WildfireElite ArtsTeen
Excel / Sheets Import
Paste your routine list — it maps to the cue board instantly. No manual entry.
CREW CHECK-IN0/5 in
EmceeDJ Marcus · 8:02 AM
BackstageTina · 8:05 AM
Stage MgrPriya · 8:09 AM
LightingCole · 8:14 AM
MediaAva · 8:18 AM
Crew Check-In
Every role taps “I’m here.” The director watches the crew light up — emcee to media — before doors open, without a single text.
Optional Add-Ons

Running a lighting board?

Add the Lighting role. Your op sees every cue, live, before each routine hits the stage — completely separate from Emcee notes.

  • ◆Dedicated lighting cue field per routine
  • ◆Shows current + next 3 routines
  • ◆Completely separate from Emcee notes
  • ◆Read-only — no accidental changes
💡LIGHTING
Now on Stage
42
Light as a Feather
Jazz · Teen · Starlight Studio
Lighting Cue
Blue wash · follow spot on intro
Up Next
43
Gravity
Purple fade
44
Wildfire
Red strobe warning
Also optional

Filming or streaming? Add the Media role.

Your camera or livestream crew gets the same live board — what’s on stage and what’s next — read-only, on their own phone.

  • ◆Same live run order the booth sees — zero radio chatter
  • ◆One-tap comms: “Stream is down” reaches the right people instantly
  • ◆Crew check-in — the director sees the op arrived, checked in and out
🎥MEDIAREAD-ONLY
NOW ON STAGE
42
Light as a Feather
Jazz · Teen · Starlight Studio
UP NEXT
43Gravity
44Wildfire
⚠ Livestream is down — sent to Emcee & Backstage
Audience View

Every parent in the room sees the show live.

Share a single QR code. Spectators see the current act, coming up next, and your competition name — on their own phone, in real time.

No app. No login. Included with every show.
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Live act display
Current routine number, title, studio, and division — always in sync.
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Coming up next
The next few acts shown so families can get ready to watch.
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Break countdown
Parents see exactly how long the break is and when to be back.
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Shout-outs from anywhere
Grandma can't make it? Her message still can — sent right from this view, reviewed by your team, revealed live on her dancer's number.
Now on Stage
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Light as a Feather
Starlight Studio · Jazz · Teen
Coming Up
43Gravity
44Wildfire
💌 Shout-Out · #105
“Dance your heart out, baby girl!”
— Grandma & Grandpa
Sent from this view · reviewed by your team · lands on the dancer’s number
Pilot Show · Season 2026–27

Don’t demo it. Run it.

NextToStage isn’t conference-room software. We set it up for one of your real shows — your run sheet, your crew, your day — and you watch it run live from the wing.

◆Your run sheet, imported
◆Your crew, on one link
◆One show, start to finish
Book a pilot show →
A limited number of pilot shows are open for next season. Tell us about your show — we’ll take it from there.
Your next show.
Run it right.

No walkie-talkies. No paper lists. No chaos.