The institutional problem
Graduating students who audition badly, then stop auditioning. The talent was there. The capacity to keep going after the fourth no wasn't.
The dancer who was thriving and is now quietly disengaging: overtraining, underperforming, or on the edge of leaving the profession entirely.
Dancers who push through what they should report, and dancers who are physically cleared but not psychologically ready to go back on.
When a parent, a board or an inspector asks what you do about performance anxiety and dancer wellbeing, you need something better than good intentions.
None of this is a technique problem, which is why more hours in the studio don't fix it. It is a mindset problem, and it is trainable: in groups, at scale, with the same rigour you already apply to physical preparation.
Three formats
Indicative fees, exempt from VAT, excluding travel and accommodation outside the Netherlands. Final fees are set in consultation. See how the rate is built, below.
Two hours · up to 30 dancers · on site or online
A single session that gives a whole year group or company a shared language for what happens under pressure, plus two tools they use the same week. The usual entry point, and the one that tells you whether to go further.
Four sessions across a term · graduating years
Built for the cohort walking into audition season. Four sessions timed to the season itself: before the applications, before the first round, in the middle of the rejections, and after. The students keep the materials for the years of auditions still ahead of them.
A full season · embedded
Mindset becomes part of how the institution works rather than an event in its calendar: recurring group sessions, a confidential 1:1 allocation for the dancers who need it most, and staff sessions so the language survives after she leaves.
How the fee is set
There is no published fee guideline for mindset specialists in dance. Where a discipline has no guideline, the Fair Practice Code's position is that the rate is set in consultation, and funders accept a rate based on a comparable CAO or guideline as long as the reasoning is stated.
So the reasoning is stated. A two-hour workshop is roughly five hours of work once scoping, preparation, travel, delivery and the written follow-up are counted. At €950 that is about €190 an hour for a certified coach who is also a working professional dancer, and about €32 per dancer reached. Both numbers are defensible in a budget, and neither is negotiated in the dark.
What the institution receives
Who she works with
Naira coaches dancers individually from companies including these, and has delivered mindset sessions at summer intensives. Institutional references are available on request.
“She is also a professional, so she understands all the demands inside out. I can highly recommend Naira to all professionals and dance students.”
Noah Dunlop
★★★★★
One next step
No form, no proposal deck. A short call with Naira about your cohort, your calendar and your budget, and a written quote within two working days if it makes sense.
The one-pager is designed to be forwarded to whoever holds the budget.