GentleDancer
Son
During the years of my dancing I've been to dancing places I liked and some I didn't. Of course the most important thing is if you find partners there who make it enjoyable or not. But I found there are architectures I prefer and some I don't like.
Being a linear crossbody dancer I find it advantageous when there are clear side walls which indicate the direction to dance. Still there are two directions you may choose if the dance floor is square. So even better when the place has an elongated shape.
During covid summer there was an outdoor place we used here a lot: a round circle (without side walls, as it is outdoors). It was confusing, as everybody danced his line in different directions. This leads to more crashes, of course.
Once I was to an indoor place which had side walls in an octahedron way - even more confusing, as it was hard to decide which wall to take as an direction. Not surprisingly most people were dancing cuban there.
Regarding the seats and the bar I like it when they are close to the dance floor and people are sitting right next to the floor. So it is easy to ask for a dance.
Lately I was to a place with a huge room. At first sight it looked good but it turned out to be a hazzle asking for a dance: the bar was 10 meters away and you have to walk all the way to ask and it is hard to determine if she is willing to have a rest or wanting to dance. It was in a another town and I didn't know people there, so it turned out to be not a good evening.
Recently I love to go to this place shown in the photograph: people are sitting or standing really close to the dance floor, so it is easy to ask for a dance . As there are few seats it is not a good place for "lookers" - I never met somebody there saying "Oh, I am not a dancer, I just came with a friend to have a look". That's great, as only good dancers go there. I would prefer it to be slightly bigger as in winter it may get too crowded. But in general that's the way of dance floor I like.
How about your observations? Does architecture matter for your dancing experience?
Being a linear crossbody dancer I find it advantageous when there are clear side walls which indicate the direction to dance. Still there are two directions you may choose if the dance floor is square. So even better when the place has an elongated shape.
During covid summer there was an outdoor place we used here a lot: a round circle (without side walls, as it is outdoors). It was confusing, as everybody danced his line in different directions. This leads to more crashes, of course.
Once I was to an indoor place which had side walls in an octahedron way - even more confusing, as it was hard to decide which wall to take as an direction. Not surprisingly most people were dancing cuban there.
Regarding the seats and the bar I like it when they are close to the dance floor and people are sitting right next to the floor. So it is easy to ask for a dance.
Lately I was to a place with a huge room. At first sight it looked good but it turned out to be a hazzle asking for a dance: the bar was 10 meters away and you have to walk all the way to ask and it is hard to determine if she is willing to have a rest or wanting to dance. It was in a another town and I didn't know people there, so it turned out to be not a good evening.
Recently I love to go to this place shown in the photograph: people are sitting or standing really close to the dance floor, so it is easy to ask for a dance . As there are few seats it is not a good place for "lookers" - I never met somebody there saying "Oh, I am not a dancer, I just came with a friend to have a look". That's great, as only good dancers go there. I would prefer it to be slightly bigger as in winter it may get too crowded. But in general that's the way of dance floor I like.
How about your observations? Does architecture matter for your dancing experience?
Of course this makes precise leading difficult.