The Floors you Dance On - Why They are Important

As a dancer, if you develop a bad technique, you will get hurt.

The same goes for flooring - if you dance on a bad floor, you will get hurt.

One of the reasons I picked the building I did to open The Studio was the wood floor.  I knew the natural spring was a better option than dancing on a cement sub-floor (which gives no absorption).  When dancing, movements repeated over and over put strain on particular muscles, ligaments and bones and lead to chronic pain and injuries such as Stress Fractures.  Have you ever left class with a pain that is different that the "good pain"?

A couple of things to consider when you are looking for the perfect studio to make your home as a student or member:

1. Surface.  Simply laying a laminate over concrete is not good enough for even recreational dancers. Wooden flooring offers natural spring, and allows disperse the force over the area.

2.  Condition of surface.  When dance floors are cleaned with a dirty mop and a bucket of water, or layered up with diluted Coke, run.  The sticky build up will do harm.

Ultimately, consider the floor you are dancing on if you find you have joint and shin pain and pressure.  It's is just as important as learning good technique.

Good technique, good floor - injury-free!

Bad floor, good technique - injury.

Good floor, bad technique - injury.

Bad technique, bad floor - run!