Dance Floor Etiquette


  • Leave the perimeter of the floor available to traveling dancers.


  • If you bump, touch or make contact with another dancer, say "excuse me."


  • If you step or kick another dancer, make sure they are not injured. Offer to help or get ice if needed.


  • If you ask someone to dance and they say no, don't take it personally (they may simply be needing to rest).


  • If someone asks you to dance and you say no, it is considered impolite to dance with another person during that same song.


  • If your shirt/blouse becomes soaked with sweat, change into a clean shirt.


  • Remember personal hygiene: deodorant, toothpaste, breath mints.


  • Be aware that some people want to keep the teaching and learning in the classroom and would rather just have fun on the social dance floor.


  • Consider dancing with less-experienced dancers. It will improve your leading/following technique and will welcome more and more dancers into the scene.