The Weirdest Floor You've Danced On?

[pygmalion]

I know most of us prefer a nice floating wooden floor -- not too old, not too new, with just the right degree of stickiness/slipperiness. But you don't always get that. Just curious. What is the weirdest surface you've ever danced on?

[KevinL]

I know most of us prefer a nice floating wooden floor -- not too old, not too new, with just the right degree of stickiness/slipperiness. But you don't always get that. Just curious. What is the weirdest surface you've ever danced on?

The USS Hornet, an aircraft carrier at Alameda Air Force Base in the San Francisco Bay. That wasn't really that weird, though, they did import several of those portable wood floors.

A ferry on the lake last summer. Basically it was a paved parking lot floating in the middle of the lake. Not that you could _see_ the lake because of the walls of the ferry, but we were in the middle of the lake...

Kevin

[Spitfire]

In sand at the bottom of a wash. I was doing a country swing with a buddy's girlfriend at this place some miles outside of town that me and my two friends use when we go target shooting with our guns which we didn't do on this occasion and it was at night.

[msc]

Argentine Tango performance on concrete at a winery.

[ShyDancer]

Id have to say the grass in my backyard! Not great for anything really, its really difficult to glide on. Couldnt turn to save myself :lol:

Or when I first moved out of the beginners class, where they had an older style floor, out onto the main floor where they had just installed a new competition level floor. I had no idea it would be any different and BOY was it slippery! Even the teachers were sliding around. Thankfully it has been "worn in" now and Im no longer at risk of sliding from one end to the other!

[dnquark]

Lindy in the middle of Pac Bell Park

[lilsexyclogger07]

on a stage made out of those long tables you see at places like...i dunno bingo night lol but they are liek brown......very slippery and wouldnt suggest anyone attempt it :P

[pygmalion]

LOL! I had forgotten about that. You just reminded of when I was younger and a groupie for a local rock band (all G rated -- don't get any weird ideas! :lol: ) I danced on folding chairs -- one foot on each chair, for a whole two hour concert. It was great! :D

[lilsexyclogger07]

LOL! I had forgotten about that. You just reminded of when I was younger and a groupie for a local rock band (all G rated -- don't get any weird ideas! :lol: ) I danced on folding chairs -- one foot on each chair, for a whole two hour concert. It was great! :D

lol all g rated...uh huh dont worry no weird ideas..(what if?........hmmm...lol j.k) that would be kinda fun though at a concert...i was unforunatly performinginfront of a pretty large audience and my tap got stuck in between the tables......very interesting.....lol :oops:

[youngsta]

concrete driveway at a house party.

[SDsalsaguy]

Long picnic table at a German beer festival (in Murnau, near Munich).

[Tasek]

A cobblestone terrace outside a restaurant, the unevenness makes it real fun.

[bordertangoman]

on a newly varnished floor in a club. the varnish hadn't quite gone off and safety floor or what? You couldn't possibly slip on it.

on a gritty concrete floor in a basement of a restuarant which they had just cleared out for a latin jazz band.

[Jmatthew]

we have our saturday Lindy practices outside on a brick walkway which is a fun experience. You can sort of turn. sort of.

What really wierds me out is the girls that dance on it barefoot. Ouch.

[LauraB]

Um, on a bar... Try that in 4 inch heels without knocking anyone's drinks over. :lol:

[Jmatthew]

I don't know if I'd want to try it LauraB, but I'd love to watch it. <g>

[Vince A]

Me too . . . :shock:

[LauraB]

hee-hee! I've got pictures, I'll have to post one... (Don't get too excited, I'm fully clothed.)

[dancing_moogle]

we have our saturday Lindy practices outside on a brick walkway which is a fun experience. You can sort of turn. sort of.

What really wierds me out is the girls that dance on it barefoot. Ouch.

I danced V. Waltz on carpet with bare feet. Now that hurt! :x

[petitetonya]

hmmm...this is pretty funny. I would say the floor on a very rocky boat going from Dover, England to Calais, France. Mainly because the floor kept rocking back and forth.

[msc]

I danced V. Waltz on carpet with bare feet. Now that hurt!

So much for closing the foot with floor pressure. Ouch.

[LindyQuest]

On the stage of the Paramount Theater in Oakland. Halfway through the tour, our tour guide led us onto the stage, turned on some swing music, and away we went! :D

[crystal clear]

The path outside my house. And carpet on the stairs in my house.

The path was a strange feeling on my feet..... metal (taps) on concrete..... it makes my teeth feel like they are clashing against each other. :evil: :P