Thread: Slippage

Hi all,
I did a gig the other night and the stage was EXTREMELY slippy. I could not perform my routine properly because I would have just fallen over and hurt myself. Which got me thinking, what is everyone's way of dealing with this? Any tips on overcoming it? So I can do the correct fully fledged routine in future?

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For extremely slippy I don't know. But hairspray on the bottom of your shoes will buy you a little non-slip

Have you tried specialist dance shops to see if there is anything other than hairspary to give a reliable non-slip coating to the soles of shoes?

Or perhaps a dusting with gymnasts chalk....

Hi! I used to work in a shoe shop and we told customers to use a little sandpaper on the toe area to create grip also a few score marks with a knife will have a similar effect.
Lv Bitsy

I went on in fishnets giving the effect of bare feet which made walking a little easier i had some skin contact with the floor which was safer than my heels!

Hmmm - putting sandpaper on bottoms of shoes might upset a venue if you scuff their stage. As for dance shoes - Angel used dance shoes at at another event and had the same problem. As I was watching I noticed that those who performed without shoes or who did not move around much fared better balance wise - those who used shoes and needed to move around looked like they were performing on ice.:thumbsdown:

Hi honey
I have not heard of the hairspray one cheers for the tip. I normally find if it happens that the stage is slippy that I tend to do my act with less movement and more upper body movement. If that makes sense this also helps if you have to do your act on a very small stage with lots of band equipment on it.
Diva x

Originally Posted by DivaHollywood

Hi honey
I have not heard of the hairspray one cheers for the tip. I normally find if it happens that the stage is slippy that I tend to do my act with less movement and more upper body movement. If that makes sense this also helps if you have to do your act on a very small stage with lots of band equipment on it.
Diva x

I had this problem on Sat, lots of bang equipmentof the stage made for more upper body and lest prancing around, but it was all good...also, if the stage is really bad how about stepping into the audience area for a bit of movement if their floor is steadier?

Originally Posted by Gehenna

Hmmm - putting sandpaper on bottoms of shoes might upset a venue if you scuff their stage.:

I meant rub the sandpaper all around the ball of the toe area on the sole of the shoe so the bottom of your shoes are rough and so have grip. I wondered if I'd made it clear lol, couldn't think how to say it! Hope that clears it up!
xx

Originally Posted by Bitsy De-Lightful

I meant rub the sandpaper all around the ball of the toe area on the sole of the shoe so the bottom of your shoes are rough and so have grip. I wondered if I'd made it clear lol, couldn't think how to say it! Hope that clears it up!
xx

Ha ha! And there I was gluing sandpaper to the bottom of my shoes!!