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Obviously telling people an instructor or student tested positive could be bad for business, but are there any legal implications here? For example, maybe the teacher feels it is a private matter. Or maybe a student would feel the studio was liable if they got sick after not being informed, or worse if they got sick and didn't know to social distance from their loved ones.
 
The smart thing to do is follow all local health guidance and medical advice from their doctors. Participate in contact tracing so others who may be exposed can be notified. Quarantine or isolate infected or exposed people for the appropriate amount of time (e.g. no going back to work because someone feels fine, if public health says they should be isolating, etc). Test as appropriate etc.

This is in addition to routine procedures like using masks, cleaning protocols, etc.

Legal implications - you'd need to ask a lawyer. But following appropriate protocols should give the best health protection to clients. Hopefully that is legally sufficient as well - but again, ask a lawyer. Or the studio could ask their liability insurer. Probably a good time to check in with their insurance company anyway, and find out what is covered with the pandemic so there are no surprises.
 
On a personal level, I'd be a lot happier patronizing a business that was open about these things - so and so tested positive, isolated appropriately, got the all clear to come back, and they're back now, etc.

But based on how public health officials are acting, giving up this degree of privacy appears to be a personal choice. (You can participate in contact tracing, and when they in turn notify potentially exposed people, they are not supposed to reveal who the infected contact was.)

(Edited to add - I'm in the USA)
 
DanceMentor said:
Obviously telling people an instructor or student tested positive could be bad for business, but are there any legal implications here? For example, maybe the teacher feels it is a private matter. Or maybe a student would feel the studio was liable if they got sick after not being informed, or worse if they got sick and didn't know to social distance from their loved ones.
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Depends on the country, but probably no legal requirement (with the obvious caveat to consult a lawyer since it's just my unfounded, unqualified opinion). In theory (but probably not in practice) the UK Covid-19 app is supposed to 'alert' users to a case within their visit timeframe to a venue - and then you get tested, but only if you have symptoms. If you test positive and don't quarantine then there may be legal implications (but, controversially, that may depend on who you are, and when relative to the law being enacted). Doubtless there are other legal exceptions yet to be investigated by my learned friends.

I'm highly sceptical that the app actually works to alert users (there's reportedly been ONE alert from an establishment despite massively increasing cases), and our tracing regime is a case study in failure.

Nevertheless, there are good examples - recently a prestige restaurant, for example, and there is pressure to remove the financial impact if a business has to close temporarily - although that may be regarded as 'socialist' in some countries.
 
DanceMentor said:
Obviously telling people an instructor or student tested positive could be bad for business, but are there any legal implications here? For example, maybe the teacher feels it is a private matter. Or maybe a student would feel the studio was liable if they got sick after not being informed, or worse if they got sick and didn't know to social distance from their loved ones.
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I would hope they would inform people that there was a case in general, and be specific to those who may have been exposed. My cleaning service just told me that my cleaning person has covid, and she hasn't been here in four weeks, and didn't develop it until two weeks after the last visit to my home. I super appreciate being notified, and I'm also glad she wore a mask the whole time, and that my kids and i all wore masks while she was there. there may have been no overlap, but better to be informed. I assume that a business would have a legal entity to consult on the public health implications vs hipaa privacy laws.
 
Long time since I put on a court shoe, and I used to wear them for every lesson, so at least 4 hours a week, not including social dancing, group classes, etc. Yesterday, just for s&g, I tried on the pair I wore for my last competition, a year ago.

I lasted about 30 seconds before the pain was so excruciating, I could not bear it a moment longer and whipped them off. Apparently, my feet have changed in the past year, and this wicked expensive pair of Aidas is no longer wearable.

I wonder if my gowns will fit? Not enough to try them on, mind you.
 
j_alexandra said:
Long time since I put on a court shoe, and I used to wear them for every lesson, so at least 4 hours a week, not including social dancing, group classes, etc. Yesterday, just for s&g, I tried on the pair I wore for my last competition, a year ago.

I lasted about 30 seconds before the pain was so excruciating, I could not bear it a moment longer and whipped them off. Apparently, my feet have changed in the past year, and this wicked expensive pair of Aidas is no longer wearable.

I wonder if my gowns will fit? Not enough to try them on, mind you.
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I always felt like my shoes broke my feet in over time, rather than my feet breaking in the shoes ... so you have my sympathy. I never found a pair of court shoes I could wear reasonably comfortably for that many hours a week. I did find some I could compete in without grimacing, and took that as a win at the time in the shoe shopping game, LOL.

I suspect once you're back to dancing regularly, your feet will change back. Hope you have a comfy pair of practice shoes for the transition!
 
Ok... so one official name for what I call "Disney Princess" is "Waltz runaround" It's shown starting second 9 here:

The reason I called it "disney princess" is the dancers look at each other, which struck me as something the princess and prince charming must do at some point during the dance. In many other steps, we don't do that.

Also, just being up on toes and feeling a little bit like "tippy-tap" instead of rising and falling made me feel sort of "disney princess".
 
lucia_l said:
Ok... so one official name for what I call "Disney Princess" is "Waltz runaround" It's shown starting second 9 here:

The reason I called it "disney princess" is the dancers look at each other, which struck me as something the princess and prince charming must do at some point during the dance. In many other steps, we don't do that.

Also, just being up on toes and feeling a little bit like "tippy-tap" instead of rising and falling made me feel sort of "disney princess".
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A molinete (windmill) from AT, but without the pivots? Not forgetting the related half-giro/molinete, the media luna. What might have been done in the early days on a stone floor in working clogs where you couldn't pivot. Maybe it comes from the earlier Vals (Viennese Waltz) moves imported into Argentina with European settlers.

If I remember correctly there's some story about the tango dancer Gerardo Portalea transforming the earlier move to the modern giro, but dance historians can research and maybe correct that. There's some examples from 'early' tango here where it's shown as a variant of 'La Rueda' (the wheel).

Probably also related to the Argentine Chotis (from Schottische), so there's probably a whole set of Scottish and folk dance words to describe the move. I should imagine many dances have derivatives to allow partners to rotate.

Ah well, modern language - a 'runaround'. That step was shown to us years ago after discussing dancing outside without a proper dance floor and dance shoes so you didn't rip your knees pivoting, but never came across it in my ballroom days.
 
I might have come too late to this, but if I was sensitive to others political views, my life would have been horrible for so long. I agree and disagree with each party, so I am an outsider in every political conversation. I learned to simply ignore others views and that includes my husband, my coworkers and friends. I value my views, but I am not on a mission to change the world. If a studio or a teacher expressed their views, well, I would listen and ask when is my next lesson.
 
open_mind said:
I might have come too late to this, but if I was sensitive to others political views, my life would have been horrible for so long. I agree and disagree with each party, so I am an outsider in every political conversation. I learned to simply ignore others views and that includes my husband, my coworkers and friends. I value my views, but I am not on a mission to change the world. If a studio or a teacher expressed their views, well, I would listen and ask when is my next lesson.
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I too have learned to ignore others when listening to different political views and don't consider myself sensitive to opposing views. However it is dangerous for certain groups (my family) to ignore political policies/practices/viewpoints, that may put my life in danger for doing nothing but existing. It is from this observation that my life has been altered in my approach to my ballroom lessons and comps.

I've asked for all lessons to be over by a certain time of day so I am not in a car when it's dark. Nor will I stay late to watch pros for fear of being on the road late at night when dark. It is a justified fear that my adult children also need to deal with. So although listening to opposing political views roll off my back, they inch their way into everything I do. Ballroom included.

Support is always welcome but negative comments are not fair. This is the political reality I face, and it's a very real consequence for me.
 
Danceisjoy said:
This is the political reality I face, and it's a very real consequence for me.
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I think @Brummbaer made the point beautifully:
Brummbaer said:
Once upon a time we kept our political views to ourselves. But maybe it is becoming so bad in some places that people do need to speak out, with the consequences.

As Niemöller said: They came for....and I did not speak out because I was not a ...
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Unfortunately, it's much more than just a political reality. It's a daily, 24/7/365 in-your-face, life-or-death reality, and we should all pay attention to that fact, because IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
 
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