Concrete dance floor?

Question

Has anyone ever danced on a concrete dance floor, I mean an actual sealed concrete surface designed for dancing ?
What are your thoughts ?

Answer 1

Concrete is usually not something you want to dance on. It is to hard on your body (there is no give). The best is a free floating wood floor (which is what most dance studios have). If you must dance on concrete make sure you warm up very well and and bend those knees on take-off and landing when doing any types of jumps so you do not injure yourself (knees, back, ankles..etc.)
I hope this helped....I realize you wrote sealed concrete designed for dancing...so if that is the case they might have put a layer over it to protect you (I hope). Go to Harlequinfloors.com That will help understand dance flooring better then me since I just dance on them and not make them. Be safe!

Answer 2

Yes, I have danced on concrete floor. Only for 1 month of my training. I'm not quite sure it was designed for dancing, but there was a layer of smooth wood surface glued directly on it.

Long story short: very bad for your joints. Don't do it, if you're talking any kind of professional of semi-professional dancing. All the shock from every step you take gets absorbed in your joints, bones and muscles, there in no rebound from the floor. Dancing feels very different because of that, kind of dead.

For a school dance, back in the days, it was just fine. Our school dance was always in a hall with a concrete floor. But it only happeded like twice a year, and you hardly make any actual steps when you dance like that. You kind of shake your body with the rhythm of music, the floor doesn't matter so much.

Answer 3

The dance floor that I grew up dancing on was concrete with tile laid over it for better sounds from tap shoes. It's VERY bad for your joints, particularly your knees, because there is no shock absorption, it all radiates back up your legs. It doesn't have to be complex either-just a simple jump, repeated many times will affect your knees over time. Believe me, it's not fun.

If you're going to be doing any stunts, involving lifts or tumbling, it's even more dangerous, because falling on a concrete floor could seriously injure someone. Sprung floors are the best-they help absorb the shock when you come down on them.

Answer 4

i have danced on 1 but i fell backwards with 3 other people and two cracked there head open so i wouldnt recemend it

Answer 5

i dont reccomend it cause one time my dance team was performin and we had to do it on a concrete slab. it was awful and everybody hated it

Answer 6

sounds like it would hurt your feet and knees.
wood floor have some "give" that protect the dancers.

Answer 7

Lots of them. I do wish people would use wood, but I also understand the economics.

Answer 8

sounds horrible!