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Floor space per set?
S. Keith Graham
June 8, 2006, 12:42 a.m. (Message 45460)
I'm calling around to various dance studios and other facilities to see if some of them have reasonably priced sprung wood floors (please, no laughter), and I'm trying to get a guess for about how many sets can fit in different sized rooms. I have some intuitive ideas about how much space a set occupies, but I'm not sure I can convert them into numbers. So does anyone have any guidelines for how much space you need for a set in SCD (or for different numbers of sets)? Thanks, Keith Graham Atlanta, GA, USA xxx@xxxx.xxx
We reckon the minimum reasonable space you need for a rectangular set is 3.6 metres x 5.2 metres (18.72 m2 per set). However 25 m2 per set feels more comfortable, and the shape of the room is an important factor! We've booked 150 m2 for 6 sets for our Beginners' Weekend in September. For the 2005 Iberian Weekend in Lisbon, we had between 18 and 20 sets in about 420 m2, and we felt this was acceptable (21.00 - 23.33 m2 per set). If you want to convert these measures into feet and inches, you might find the following site useful http://www.onlineconversion.com/ Incidentally, there are still a limited number of places left for our Beginners' Weekend (not just for beginners!). If anyone reading this message knows of someone who may be interested, please direct them to "Events" section of http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~rpicken/SCD/Telheiras Roger Picken Message: 4 Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:42:19 -0400 From: "S. K. Graham" <xxx@xxxx.xxx> Subject: Floor space per set? To: "SCD news and discussion" <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> Message-ID: <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm calling around to various dance studios and other facilities to see if some of them have reasonably priced sprung wood floors (please, no laughter), and I'm trying to get a guess for about how many sets can fit in different sized rooms. I have some intuitive ideas about how much space a set occupies, but I'm not sure I can convert them into numbers. So does anyone have any guidelines for how much space you need for a set in SCD (or for different numbers of sets)? Thanks, Keith Graham Atlanta, GA, USA xxx@xxxx.xxx
We reckon the minimum reasonable space you need for a rectangular set is 3.6 metres x 5.2 metres (18.72 m2 per set). However 25 m2 per set feels more comfortable, and the shape of the room is an important factor! We've booked 150 m2 for 6 sets for our Beginners' Weekend in September. For the 2005 Iberian Weekend in Lisbon, we had between 18 and 20 sets in about 420 m2, and we felt this was acceptable (21.00 - 23.33 m2 per set). If you want to convert these measures into feet and inches, you might find the following site useful http://www.onlineconversion.com/ Incidentally, there are still a limited number of places left for our Beginners' Weekend (not just for beginners!). If anyone reading this message knows of someone who may be interested, please direct them to "Events" section of http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~rpicken/SCD/Telheiras Roger Picken Message: 4 Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:42:19 -0400 From: "S. K. Graham" <xxx@xxxx.xxx> Subject: Floor space per set? To: "SCD news and discussion" <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> Message-ID: <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm calling around to various dance studios and other facilities to see if some of them have reasonably priced sprung wood floors (please, no laughter), and I'm trying to get a guess for about how many sets can fit in different sized rooms. I have some intuitive ideas about how much space a set occupies, but I'm not sure I can convert them into numbers. So does anyone have any guidelines for how much space you need for a set in SCD (or for different numbers of sets)? Thanks, Keith Graham Atlanta, GA, USA xxx@xxxx.xxx
Keith, Roger's reply reminded me that I had called the Hillcrest Arts Center, where my class is held, to find out for you the size of the room that we use, and then I absentmindedly forgot to actually write a reply! Our room is a dance rehearsal room that is 25 X 30 feet. It's great for one set, also fine for six couples, but starts to get tight with seven or eight couple. With two full sets, we can manage either eight couples lengthwise or two sets side by side up and down the short side of the room, but that's a tad tight either way. Since we're comfortable with six couples, I imagine that you could reduce the footage by five feet in each direction and still have plenty of room for one longwise set for every 20' X 25' rectangle or maybe even a couple of feet less each way. Robb Quint Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
We have a 20 ft by 32 ft stage we use at various Scottish Games. A single demonstration team dancing a square set dance can easily use most of it, especially in the 20 ft direction. Three sets can fit side by side comfortably if you're willing to forgo any dances with down the middle and back (i.e., "up" and "down" are in the 20 ft direction. I think I've seen four sets on it for audience participation, i.e., 10 feet per set in width and 16 feet per set in length. But that's pretty crowded, and again, the lower sets have no room for down the middle and back. -Don At 6:42 PM -0400 6/7/06, S. K. Graham wrote: >I'm calling around to various dance studios and other facilities to see if >some of them have reasonably priced sprung wood floors (please, no >laughter), and I'm trying to get a guess for about how many sets can fit in >different sized rooms. > >I have some intuitive ideas about how much space a set occupies, but I'm not >sure I can convert them into numbers. So does anyone have any guidelines >for how much space you need for a set in SCD (or for different numbers of >sets)? > >Thanks, > >Keith Graham >Atlanta, GA, USA >xxx@xxxx.xxx -- ------------------------- Don MacQueen xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx California, USA -------------------------