Weirdest studio policy moments ;)

Terpsichorean Clod said:
"Boys on the blue line. Girls on the pink line." :lol:
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Haha! That is exactly how it was too lol! It was funny, because I was if they are afraid to touch me then how can I dance with them lol? It became to much. But the thing was... how can you control touching in a dance studio? It would be one thing if students were making out all over the place making it look like it was an escort service or something, but it was not like that at all. I do wonder though if maybe new students have a problem with it, because they just don't understand that in dance you can touch someone all over the place without having feelings for them. But that's why I think that teachers should explain to students about the dance world during their first lesson, so that they don't have assumptions about dancing. In fact, I would set up once a week, a sort of lecture type of class that all of the new students would have to go to before they attended my dance classes. It would be part of a package deal, but I think it's necessary. You could explain other things like about what to expect. Weird times lol. ;)
 
fascination said:
when our studio sold to a franchise two rules at the paries became: you couldn't say no to a dance (I can live with that one but don't like it) and you have to clap after everydance...I HATE that rule...I would much rather thank the gentleman and take his arm and speak a few word on my way off the floor than standing there clapping like a trained seal
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:shock: Ayuh, always yes, and always clapping, bah humbug.
 
fascination said:
that's right, applauding after the music machine...I think they think it is the best way to compliment your partner but I find it lame...at any rate, it is no longer relevant

as for saying no...unless my teeth are floating so to speak, I am not going to trun someone down, but there are times when, if dh does one more dance he's gonna buy the farm, there is just a limit to what he can do ...so he just will not go now
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There has got to be a better studio.
 
SPratt74 said:
Contracheck gave me an idea in another thread, and I thought that we could have some fun with this one. I would like to know what is the weirdest dance studio policy that you all have encountered? There are two for me. One is a no hugging policy. Yes I was pulled aside and lectured for hugging my teacher (as to which he hugged me right before I was lectured lol), needless to say he was afaid to touch me after that. I mean come on when you dance you do worse things than hugging each other. You usually end up touching each other all over (especially in Latin if you choreograph right :raisebro: did I just say that outloud lol :shock: ).

The other is the no student/teacher contact outside the studio policy. So, I guess this means that the students and teachers can't talk outside in the parking lot then right, or right outside the studio door lol? Or what about the mall? Are you supposed to pass them and not say anything at all lol? Most students and teachers actually hang out in clubs when they are not in the studio (I've heard that a lot on here too, and I've done it myself), and they go to different studios to learn as well. I was like you have got to be kidding me. I think that some policies that I've been hearing about on here even need to be worded differently. I can understand if a policy was like don't date your teacher or something like that lol, but to say that there is no student/contact outside the studio policy is ridiculous.

Anyways, I wanted to have some fun with this one, so please have fun!!! Be nice lol!!!
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fascination said:
when our studio sold to a franchise two rules at the paries became: you couldn't say no to a dance (I can live with that one but don't like it) and you have to clap after everydance...I HATE that rule...I would much rather thank the gentleman and take his arm and speak a few word on my way off the floor than standing there clapping like a trained seal
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Holy Crap!!! :-x That sounds more like a cult!
 
Spitfire said:
I don't know how weird it is, but when I first started out one of the other students who had been at a Fred Astaires mentioned that at the dance socials the students could only use moves and patterns that they learned at the studio. Perhaps it's not as uncommon as I may think, but I've never heard of this as being a standard rule.
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What? Will they sic the Dance Police on you? :uplaugh: :twisted:
 
Wow, interesting thread. Some colorful rules out there...

Forced clapping? Can't turn down a dance with the arrogant *ss-grabber with steel-clad boots that crush your toes after he's yanked your shoulder out of its socket?

My goodness. And I don't think I've ever clapped after a regular old social dance. Never heard of that. Where have I been, I wonder?

My current instructor leases space to teach, but is opening up his own studio soon. Thank goodness he isn't a non-fraternizer... he & his partner regularly socialize with their students. I'm so glad for that! They're great people and I definitely enjoy getting to know them on a personal level.

<still amazed at the forced clapping & no turn-down rules... madness!>

:D
Samina
 
Sometimes it naturally happens at parties I go to that a bunch of people end up watching one couple do some very impressive dancing (i.e. two guys dancing, or maybe someone's just having a really good dance night and pulling off some fantastic stuff), and at the end of that we'll all usually spontaneously start clapping, but other than that I've never heard of clapping after a dance. It just seems unnatural - who are you clapping for??

I don't think my studio has any special rules, or at least I don't notice if it does! My instructor doesn't seem much inclined towards any kind of fraternization anyway...
 
fireinflight said:
... other than that I've never heard of clapping after a dance. It just seems unnatural - who are you clapping for??
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Except for when music is provided by live musicians, the only context I can think of in which this makes sense is the youth cotillion/etiquette school sort of setting, in which instructors would help young people develop the habit of applauding so they remember to do it when the music is live. If a dance studio that serves adults feels part of its mission is to teach etiquette, it should encourage dancers to thank each other verbally and PERHAPS with a head nod or small bow, not applaud. Applauding your dance partner is just silly.
 
I like good ol' fashioned Jane Austen sort of etiquette, with unstated rules and highly maneuverable social discourse, with a tasty undercurrent of scandal.

<hehe>
 
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