Dancelife Music
Bring a smile to your feet through music.
Explore music for dance — and the knowledge, rights and technology that make it work.
Music · DanceSport Music · Knowledge · Rights · Technology
Find your starting point
Follow what moves you.
Find music to dance to.
Releases, albums and a starting point for discovering music for your dance.
Discover the Music →Understand why music works for dance.
Look beyond genre. Explore the character, structure and demands of the music.
Understand DanceSport Music →Use music with the right permissions.
Connect your intended use with the rights and arrangements it needs.
Explore Licensing & Rights →Explore the framework behind our approach.
The DanceSport Music Guide brings terminology and methodology together.
Explore the Guide →Discover · Listen · Dance
Music for movement.
Start with a dance. Find the sound that fits the moment.
Bring 18 Smiles to Your FeetExplore release & listening links →
Movies and Musicals · Vol. 3Explore release & listening links →
rhythm.
Practice · Teaching · Social Dance
the floor.
Rounds · Final · Performance
Album artwork from Dancelife’s existing catalogue. Playlist panels illustrate future discovery routes.
A preview of the future catalogue structure. Browse the existing releases for music available now.
How Dancelife understands DanceSport Music
We analyse how music works for dance.
Not only its genre. Its timing, character, energy and the kind of movement it invites.
The Four Pillars
- Music TypeApproach to the sound
- Target Group / GenreAudience and musical context
- LevelListening and dance demands
- DS ScoreFramework-based assessment
- ApplicationThe practical setting
Go deeper into the framework
The Four Pillars describe the musical foundation. Music Type, target group, genre and level add classification and context. DS Score connects with the wider assessment framework. This flow is an overview of the approach, rather than a scoring formula.
The DanceSport Music Guide
The framework behind our approach.
A structured way to analyse, classify and select music for dance and DanceSport.
Start with the accessible Dancers Edition, Version 1.3. The wider Guide framework provides the professional depth.
Music Rights & Licensing
The right music.
The right permissions.
Start with what you want to do. Connect the music, its rights holders and the scope of your use.
Professional music use brings together creative choices, agreements and clear responsibilities.
The underlying music & lyrics
A particular recorded performance
Identify both foundations, then map the intended use.
Repertoire, masters and publishing.
Permissions and royalty arrangements.
Delivery and operational responsibilities.
Metadata, usage information and systems.
I want to use music
Tell us where it will play.
Dance schools · Competitions · Events · Video · Streaming / Apps · CDs / Compilations · Media
License MusicI want to understand music rights
Get a clearer picture.
Master · Publishing · Neighbouring · Synchronisation · Performance · Mechanical Rights
Understand Music RightsThe applicable permissions depend on the repertoire, territory, use and agreement.
Independent Music
Clear ownership.
Clear rights.
Clear possibilities.
An approach to music whose relevant rights structure can be clearly identified and managed for professional use.
Match each use with its permissions, agreements and reporting requirements. Independent Music does not automatically mean royalty-free or free of collective-management obligations.
- Music
- Rights
- Usage
- Reporting
Built for the dance industry
Different roles.
A shared connection to music.
Innovation & Development
The next connections.
Bringing music knowledge, rights and data into the systems the dance industry can use.
DSMAS
DanceSport Music Analysis System applies measurements and analysis to the DanceSport Music framework.
Illustrative layout · No measured track data or score shown.
- Measurement
- Four Pillars
- Music Type
- Level
- DS Score
Music4.dance
Exploring Independent Music, music access, usage reporting and rights for dance schools, connected through technology.
Illustrative direction · Not a live product interface.
Initiated by Sylvain van Hemert. The project has not yet been fully commercially launched.
Discuss a development collaboration →Research & Development
Room to explore the next questions.
Knowledge
A closer listen.
A wider understanding.
Structured knowledge
The DanceSport Music Guide
The framework behind the listening and classification approach.
Explore the Guide →
Conversations
The Practice Room
Music, DanceSport and the people shaping the industry.
Explore the editorial direction
A space for conversations and interviews. Episodes, guest photography and listening links will be added when confirmed.
Practical explanations
Music Rights Explained
Ownership and use, connected to real music situations.
Understand Music Rights →becomes
movement.
Articles & Research
Ideas worth exploring.
New questions, developments and professional knowledge.
Read the introduction →About Dancelife
Music is where the connections begin.
Dancelife Music connects music for dance with DanceSport knowledge, rights and technology. Each area informs the others — from a recording on the dance floor to the systems behind its use.
Our development direction
- Music
- Digital Distribution
- Rights
- Knowledge
- Technology
The connecting perspective
Sylvain van Hemert
Music · Dance · Music Rights · Technology · Business
CEO of Dancelife Music I.P. B.V., author of The DanceSport Music Guide and initiator of Music4.dance. Sylvain connects music, dance, rights and technology, turning ideas into workable business models.
More about Sylvain →Let’s connect
Let’s talk music.
Looking for music, licensing, a custom production or a professional collaboration?