Comments on: What to do when you elbow or get elbowed on the dance floor http://blog.alainwong.com/2007/07/26/what-to-do-when-you-elbow-or-get-elbowed-on-the-dance-floor/ about lindy hop, social entrepreneurship and jazz music Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Maria http://blog.alainwong.com/2007/07/26/what-to-do-when-you-elbow-or-get-elbowed-on-the-dance-floor/#comment-2480 Maria Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:21:31 +0000 http://blog.alainwong.com/2007/07/26/what-to-do-when-you-elbow-or-get-elbowed-on-the-dance-floor/#comment-2480 That is so true. The majority of the times I have collided with another dancer, whoever was in the wrong seems to feel just horrible and go out of their way apologizing, while the victim usually says it's no big deal and keeps on dancing. It's when they have to stop dancing that you feel really bad. Only victims who are drama queens/kings are going to make a big deal about it even if it doesn't really hurt. One exception to this is that I've noticed that when ladies crunch someone else's toes with their heel (usually another wearing open-toes shoes, of course), they seem to be completely oblivious to what they have done. Having been on both the giving and receiving end of that, I can tell you it's one of the things that hurts the most, and you can feel the difference when your heel makes contact with something soft rather than with the floor (and you shouldn't even be putting your heels down to begin with) That is so true. The majority of the times I have collided with another dancer, whoever was in the wrong seems to feel just horrible and go out of their way apologizing, while the victim usually says it’s no big deal and keeps on dancing. It’s when they have to stop dancing that you feel really bad. Only victims who are drama queens/kings are going to make a big deal about it even if it doesn’t really hurt.

One exception to this is that I’ve noticed that when ladies crunch someone else’s toes with their heel (usually another wearing open-toes shoes, of course), they seem to be completely oblivious to what they have done. Having been on both the giving and receiving end of that, I can tell you it’s one of the things that hurts the most, and you can feel the difference when your heel makes contact with something soft rather than with the floor (and you shouldn’t even be putting your heels down to begin with)

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