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The importance of specifying the correct floor for dance and dance education


schools, colleges or universities, the same fundamental criteria apply. Wherever a student chooses to study dance, it is important to make sure that the learning environment is equipped to professional standards with sprung floors, mirrors and barres.


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Sprung floors Choosing the correct dance surface is vital for dancers’ health, safety and artistic performance. All sprung floors are not the same and understanding the differences between various types of floors is important. Experts in biomechanics have established


a link between the quality of a dance floor and the likelihood of injury, demonstrating that a floor with a consistent response and the correct degree of ‘traction’ is vital.


The Performance Surface One of the main attributes that dancers look for in a floor is slip resistance or ‘traction’. Although athletes share the risk of slipping and falling, they are generally protected by their footwear from floors that might be considered a slip hazard for dancers. Harlequin floors are the performance floor


of choice for the world’s most prestigious dance and performing arts companies, theatres, venues and schools. Harlequin’s reputation is founded upon the design, manufacture and supply of a range of high quality sprung and vinyl performance floors specified by the world’s leading venues.


Kingston University – The Town House A recent Harlequin project was the new Town House building at Kingston University. Designed by RIBA 2020 Royal Gold


Medal winner and Stirling Prize nominated Grafton Architects and constructed by Wilmott Dixon Construction, work on the £260m project started in 2017 and was completed in January 2020. The new facilities transformed the entire


estate including a performance auditorium and teaching space and three specialist dance


Case Study


hether you are specifying a dance floor for the world’s leading dance companies or for classes in


studios. For the three studios Harlequin supplied and installed a fully floating Harlequin Activity sprung floor with Harlequin Cascade and Harlequin Standfast vinyl performance surfaces totalling over 330 square metres. Harlequin Ballet Barres and Harlequin Mirrors completed the dance studio facilities. In the Performance Teaching Space, a


Harlequin WoodSpring sprung floor system with a Harlequin Standfast vinyl top surface was supplied and installed to an area of over 180 square metres. Jason Piper, Associate Professor of


Performing Arts at Kingston University said “I’m always reassured by the quality and consistency of Harlequin floors. All the floors are of the highest quality and allow teachers and students to move with confidence, happy in the knowledge that resistance and shock absorption is consistent across the entire floor and safe across all expected levels of humidity. The mirrors are huge and provide distortion free reflection and virtually seamless joins”.


Ensure correct specification Harlequin is the global brand leader for sprung and vinyl performance floors and has an enviable portfolio of dance and education clients from top universities and dance schools to the world’s leading dance companies including the Royal Opera House and Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Houston Ballet and New Zealand Ballet. Harlequin has over 45 years’ experience manufacturing, supplying and installing professional performance floors and offer a wide range of sprung floor systems and vinyl performance floors to meet every requirement.


01892 514 888 www.harlequinfloors.com


ADF SEPTEMBER 2021


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