Dance Magazine: Studio owners: The light at the end of the recital tunnel is in sight, and your summer intensive won't start for a few weeks after that. Now is the time to tackle all those pesky studio-upkeep projects that you can't deal with while dancers are literally underfoot. Longtime studio owners Marisa Mailhes (of Red Door Dance Academy) and Misty Lown (of Misty's Dance Unlimited) have both relied on this timing in the past to upgrade their buildings' dance flooring—and they're here to show you how Stagestep Flooring helped them get it done with a minimum of stress.
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I am afraid to admit I still don't entirely know what dancers really want out of a floor system sometimes. It isn't surprising, though, that many dance rehearsal spaces and venues are trying to take advantage of the (hopefully) waning months of the pandemic to fix up some of their floors. I like the first portion of the article that outlines proper cleaning techniques, which is going to be even more important when we return to these spaces, just make sure to follow the manufacturer's recommendations. When it comes to picking out actual flooring, we generally need the flexibility that taped marley offers, but it is good to know that other options exist. For example, a faux wood marley floor would be really nice to have in stock (in addition to black of course) for the occasional design that needs it. A brief look at stagespot and others shows a variety of options there. There is certainly a lot more to dig into when it comes to permanent installation, however. I know that there have actually been a few papers written on the subject and the structural design of dance flooring (it may be worth looking at in structures since we are on the topic of plywood).
As Elliot said in his reply even having worked at a dance company previously I still am not sure what the preferred dance floor / system is for a dance company. It seems to me that different companies and sometimes even different dancers have their own preferences or requests for what kind of dance surface that they like to dance on. That being said Covid has been the best time for a reset for everyone and their spaces if you can afford it, of course. That’s what I think is interesting as lumber prices have sky rocketed I. Recent months and people are going more and more back to work and the ability for change is there know the resources may not necessarily be there. I know from experience as well that often times dancers simply just prefer Marley rolled surfaces to preform on, in a variety of different companies that has been the “simple” solution for movement spaces.
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