Floors are either sprung or not. The surface, often called a Marley, can be rolled up and transported fairly easily. The "sprung" part, which is essential if any jumping or intense physical activity is to take place - in order to insure the safety of the dancers, is larger and heavier. This can be constructed of 4x8 sheets of plywood layered with a special kind of rubber spacers in between. A company that makes a good ready-made flooring system is L'Air out of Texas I believe. You can order plain and provide your own surface (or Marley) or they can make the sprung sections complete with a surface. This is sometimes referred to as the Baryshnikov floor, since he travels with one. jdm >Ive used portable floor on tour - a roll-up flooring - and it worked really >well. We went though a lot of gaffa tape and quite a bit of elbow grease >cleaning it up before returning it to the co. we hired it from but apart >from that, no problem at all. The white on one side black on reverse was >useful too as we could adjust our portable lights according to space needs. > >Good luck with whatever youre planning! > > > > >>From: carol murota <cmurota@socrates.Berkeley.EDU> >>Reply-To: dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu >>To: dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu >>Subject: dance floors >>Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:45:42 +0800 >> >>General question: >>does anyone have experience/advice re: portable dance floors for modern >>dance? >> >>thanks, >>carol m >>-- >>Carol Murota >> >>Department of Dramatic Art and Dance >>101 Dwinelle Annex >>University of California >>Berkeley CA 94720-2560 >> >>(510) 643-6125 >>FAX: (510_-643-9956 > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. John D. Mitchell Arizona State University p. 480.965.2709 f. 480.965.2247
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