Overview
The Hop at the Denver Turnverein on Fridays is a private event run by the Denver Swing Dance team. It is a place to celebrate Lindy Hop, Balboa, and other swing dance styles. Whether this is your first time at The Hop or you’ve been to all of our dances, we ask you to join us in creating a memorable and inspiring experience for everyone. We are committed to striving towards a safe and welcoming dance experience for all of our attendees, instructors, staff, and volunteers. To ensure a positive and inclusive experience for everyone, we ask for your cooperation with the following code of conduct.
Declaration of Safer Spaces
Denver Swing Dance is dedicated to striving to build a fun, safe, and comfortable event experience for everyone, regardless of age, disability status, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical appearance, dance ability, body size, race, or religion (or the lack thereof). In order to foster respect for the comfort and boundaries of others, we will not tolerate harassment in any form, in person, or online. Sexual language, imagery, and invitations in social situations are not appropriate within any Denver Swing Dance-managed space, including dances, classes, competitions, and online media.
Safe and inclusive behavior extends to the dance floor. Please do not offer unsolicited advice to fellow dancers either in class or on the social dance floor. Please use your full range of senses on the dance floor to avoid collisions and injuries. It is every dancer’s responsibility to be aware of their own and their partner’s movement and position, as well as the movement and position of the dancers surrounding them, in order to avoid all forms of dangerous contact.
Details and Consequences
People who pose a threat to other dancers’ safety and/or other dancers’ comfort are not welcome at The Hop.
Harassment includes but is not limited to conduct that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, or disruptive.
Unsafe behavior includes, but is not limited to being under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the extent that it interferes with the safety, comfort, or enjoyment of others, dancing in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or discomfort to their partner or surrounding dancers, creating disturbances, and/or interfering with the health of other attendees.
Denver Swing Dance reserves the right to deny admission to individuals whose prior conduct, whether at Denver Swing Dance events or elsewhere, gives the organization a reasonable basis to believe their attendance may jeopardize the safety, well being, or enjoyment of participants. Denver Swing Dance reserves the right to deny admission or remove attendees for behavior inconsistent with this Code of Conduct or for other lawful reasons.
All attendees, instructors, staff, and volunteers are expected to comply with the code of conduct and local, state, and federal laws. Denver Swing Dance reserves the right to take prompt action in response to violations which may include warnings, notification of denial of entry to the event, expulsion from the event without a refund, and involving local law enforcement.
Attendees asked to stop any harassing or unsafe behavior are expected to comply immediately.
If you have any concerns, contact a member of the staff immediately so we can take action which may include contacting safety staff, event organizers, or local law enforcement as needed. The organizers of The Hop will make reasonable efforts to maintain confidentiality consistent with investigating concerns, protecting attendee safety, and complying with applicable law.
We encourage attendees to report concerns as soon as possible. Reports will be reviewed by event organizers, who may gather information from those involved and any witnesses before determining an appropriate response.
Please address all questions or concerns to info@denverswingdance.com
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– Denver Swing Dance Team