Proposal:Dance

The Feature Page for this approved proposal is located at Tag:leisure=dance

Tag:leisure=dance
Proposal status:	Approved (active)
Proposed by:	jrutila
Tagging:	leisure=dance Data item
Applies to:	node,area
Definition:	Places to go dancing on spare time
Statistics:
Rendered as:	Dancing couple
Draft started:	2009-06-01
RFC start:	2009-06-02
Vote start:	2009-06-25
Vote end:	2009-07-19

Summary

Places to go dancing. In Finland there is lots of wooden dance halls on the country side (called Tanssilava). Usually in dance halls there is live music and dance types vary (waltz, tango, jive etc). These places are meant just for dancing and they are not nightclubs or restaurants although there is usually serving of beverages.

Reasoning

As there is other places tagged to go to spend the evening/night, I think also dancing halls should be tagged too. One use case I can think of is that a couple who is looking for a place to go dancing searches all the dance halls nearby. So this is just a one more type of leisure activity. There is no appropriate tag for this yet. Dance halls are not restaurants, they are no pubs and they are not nightclubs. Also, I don't think that it would be tagged as sports, it's more a leisure-activity.

Examples

In Finland, there is roughly 600 dance halls or places to go dancing. More about them (in finnish) from [1]

Tagging

leisure=dance. Applies to nodes and areas.

I think this goes under leisure although nightclubs and restaurants are tagged under amenities. I don't think this is sports but maybe sport=dance could be applicable to a sports_center that is dedicated to dance contests and professional dance training.

Other useful tags:

• building=yes
• name=*
• dance:teaching=yes/no Default: no
• dance:style=* Any of these (can be multiple): social, nightclub, folk, ballroom, latin, swing, hiphop, traditional, liturgical, improvisation, miscellaneous, concert, historical, belly. Reference: [2]

Applies to

Node and area. Node if it is inside a bigger building (usually in cities). Area if it is a building.

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Comments

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Voting

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• I approve this proposal. -- Jrutila 10:18, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. -- Renaud 18:18, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal. I think sport=dance is more adequate. In Germany many Sportclubs have a dance-division --josias 20:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Lulu-Ann 23:16, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. -- MikeCollinson 06:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC) I would have preferred amenity=dance_hall as that is what we are talking about but a tag is a tag. sport=dance can still be used where more appropriate,
• I approve this proposal. -- --FabC 08:33, 27 June 2009 (UTC) Same comment of MikeCollinson.
• I approve this proposal. -- Dieterdreist 13:42, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. Frankie Roberto 09:02, 29 June 2009 (UTC) Nice tag!
• I approve this proposal. --Oh1gwk 08:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Nop 08:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. Though amenity=dance_hall would be better --Skippern 03:54, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal.--Walley 06:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal.--Socks 13:18, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal.--larza 12:19, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. -- Markobr 12:18, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. -- jklippel 09:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. -- --Amai 17:44, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. MikeN 23:20, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Japa-fi 16:46, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --turbodog 22:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC) This has passed, and needs a post vote cleanup.
• I approve this proposal. --CMartin 18:27, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --ideal for purpose-built places and places whose only leisure use is dancing. For real multi-use stuff we may need a rethink. --achadwick 20:44, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --though seems to be most usefull for ballroom dance (standard and latin). There are a few more specialized locations and dancing schools, e.g. salsa, tango, belly dance --Iknopf 07:18, 11 May 2012 (BST)