Instruction manual for the dance floor

[opendoor]

Found this traffic sign recently at the entrance of a milonga. Sorry in a hurry, so I had no time to translate it yet.


http://web.archive.org/web/20120916...da_files/Tanzfluss_HiRes_inCYMK_DirkApitz.pdf

 

[ajiboyet]

And the sign is...

 

[Dave Bailey]

And the sign is...

German.

Very very German.

 

[bordertangoman]

what it says; if you get a green tango card you are allowed in any lane but have to stick to it. If you have a red tango card you are allowed to change lanes (ie much in the same way that police are allowed to break traffic regualtions)
the grey dancers are oaps, and of course its okay to pass them if they are dancing slow; they should stick to the outside lane or the very centre, so the inner lane is for passing, or crossing the lanes..
if a blue card dancer is on the floor this is the equivalent of an L-driver so you can overtake them on the inside or outside ( musically) of course.

If you are dancing in the club pool you must bring your own sonar.
the pictogram illustrates that a quedbrada is allowed on the dge of two zones eg red & green

I think it also says if you are dancing to Pugliese's Zum you can only do giros to the left!!!

 

[Shaka]

Funny, I would never imagine something like that exists in the world. People go crazy. Definitely not for me. Seems like fascism for me, where everyone has been assigned to go one way.

 

[NZ_Guy]

The diagrams seem pretty straightforward...

1. When waiting to enter the floor, It's ok to stand at the edge of the floor, but not in the path of oncoming couples. Also enter into a gap in the flow and not directly in front of an oncoming couple.

2. Don't veer about the dance floor. Stay in your track. You may change tracks if there is a clear gap you can enter in to.

3. (Continued on next page)

4. Don't leave a lot of space between you and the couple in front. Also, don't dance too close to the couple in front. You may overtake slow dancers, but only on the left (relative to the line of dance).

5. The leader should be aware of other couples in his immediate vicinity.

6. The tracks should not be too far apart, nor should they be too close together.



[Any German readers can correct me if I'm wrong of course...]

 

[dchester]

I think it also says if you are dancing to Pugliese's Zum you can only do giros to the left!!!

That's only if you are in the outside lane. The inside lane does them to the right.