Nice article, though mostly aimed at partner dancing.
For solo dancing (e.g. in some clubs where a dance-targeted event is happening) there is at times a frustrating lack of awareness as the boozers wander round aimlessly, "dancing" ironically and obliviously spilling drinks and banging into people who are there to actually, you know, dance.
I'm not talking about nights where its a bog-standard drunken meat-market and obviously its up to the event organisers to set the parameters for the night, but part of the reason for the decline of dance culture in some parts of the world (e.g. the UK) is a contempt for dancers, and priority given to packing them in.
Those non-partner-dance events where dance culture and etiquette is still respected are incredibly rare.
For solo dancing (e.g. in some clubs where a dance-targeted event is happening) there is at times a frustrating lack of awareness as the boozers wander round aimlessly, "dancing" ironically and obliviously spilling drinks and banging into people who are there to actually, you know, dance.
I'm not talking about nights where its a bog-standard drunken meat-market and obviously its up to the event organisers to set the parameters for the night, but part of the reason for the decline of dance culture in some parts of the world (e.g. the UK) is a contempt for dancers, and priority given to packing them in.
Those non-partner-dance events where dance culture and etiquette is still respected are incredibly rare.