Because social dancing involves being pretty close to other people, many events have covid requirements after most other things have stopped. I was curious what dances have what requirements: I found 35 different series and put the results in a sheet. Here’s a chart:
Notes:
Some dances are grouped because they are similar forms; others are just grouped because they happen to have consistently similar policies and I had too many colors.
I didn’t code the difference between “strongly encouraged”, “encouraged”, “optional”, “permitted”, and not mentioned. All of these are “optional”.
If multiple dots would be in exactly the same place I shifted some to the right so you can still see them.
“Double surgical” is coded as “surgical”.
Some dances offer the option to test instead of showing a vaccination card; this adds another dimension I didn’t chart.
One dance requires a booster from within the last six months; I coded it as requiring a bivalent booster, since those are the only boosters that includes. I’m curious if they would turn me away, as someone who got my last shot 7+ months ago and isn’t eligible for another?
Patterns:
Ballroom, Bachata, and Salsa don’t require anything. Bullet points below ignore them.
Swing dances are the only ones with “masks required until [time]” policies.
Contra and English Country are the most strict on masks (no one else requires high-filtration masks), Swing is the least.
Blues, Fusion, and Swing are the only styles ones that have some series that don’t require vaccination.
Is this saying most Contra dances require an N95 mask and booster? Or is it an “or” thing?
An “and” thing. The only “or” thing any of the dances I found had was that some allowed either proof of vaccination or a test. Sheet with details.