Dance Floor

Dance Floor is a performance surface. It is also known as "Marley Floors". In the industry it can be used for sprung floors, ballet, tap or sport.

Stock

The stock in the scene dock is as follows:

All rolls should be marked with corresponding ID codes on both ends of the rolls.

All rolls are 2000mm wide unless otherwise specified.

Grey/Black

- 2 000mm x 7 700mm

- DF 2 (2000 x 13300)

- DF 3 (2000 x 13300)

- DF 4 (small hole CS. Covered with tape.) (2000 x 13300)

Wood Grain/Black

- DF 1 SL (2000 x 6500)

- DF 1 SR (2000 x 6500)

- DF 5 SL (2000 x 6500)

- DF 5 SR (2000 x 6500)

Various

- DF - Wing 1-9

- DF - Extra (2 total)

Layout

Other Sources

The production manager of the show should contact Scottish Ballet if more floor is required.

Laying Balletfloor

These instructions were written by Tim Palmer, production manager at Scottish Opera, for the floor borrowed for the Ballet Showcase 2012

To lay the floor:

Unroll the Cascade across the stage and let it settle and warm up over night.

Centre the first roll along your setting line. Tape the P.S. end down to the stage and then pulling from the O.P. end stretch it across to O.P. to remove any wrinkles. Tape DS edge first before O.P edge. Kick out any creases on the dance floor. Do not tape the US edge just yet.

Before Lining up your next roll. First put double sided tape down onto the stage, so that the first roll is just short of the center point of the tape. DO NOT PEAL THE TOP FACE OF THE DOUBLE SIDED TAPE JUST YET. Line up the next roll with the P.S. end, and tape it down. Leaving a small gap 2 -3mm between the first and second rolls, and then stretch it across to O.P. to remove any wrinkles.

Once you are happy with the alignment peal the top face of the double sided tape and tape down the DS edge of your cascade. Then tape the O.P. end down. (There may be a slight variation in the overall length at the O.P. end, don't worry about this, allow it to happen and don't adjust the O.P. end to compensate for it.) Repeat the process with the next rolls of Cascade until you come to your back line.

Tape the seam between the first and second strips of line, ensuring that the edges do NOT overlap or 'kiss' If they do overlap or kiss, pull the U.S. edge of the second strip away from the overlapped area, and, with a short length of gaffer stick the U.S. edge down along the area you have adjusted. Repeat the process along the next seam, and so on.

If you want to use the extra roll of Rosco to widen the dancing area. Repeat the process, You will have to decide on site, whether to lay from upstage or from downstage. Remember the Rosco flooring is a lot thinner than the harlequin so DON'T overstretch it.

We get the black gaffer we use from Northern Light, I suggest you contact them and ask for the same breed as they supply to us.

After the show you will need to take the tape off and roll the lino back onto the plastic tubes. When you peal the tape up - do not rush this - if the tape is simply yanked up it may leave a residue behind, this is VERY difficult to remove. Peal the tape up slowly and carefully and it will lift cleanly. DO NOT roll the lino up with ANY residue left on it. Roll the lino onto the tubes neat and tidy. Don't let it 'cone' off the ends as you roll it, and don't stand a 'coned' roll on end and 'dunt' it into shape. You will damage the centre of the floor if you do.

Do not store any dance floor on edge at anytime.

Cleaning and Care

There are clean mops for dance floor as of June 2017. These can be accessed from the TSM Lecturer or Tutor.

In addition to the dance floor mops there are two dance floor towel mops and four towel coverings. Before June 2017 the solution for dusting dance floor was clipping a damp towel around a normal broom. This is no longer necessary.

Step One – Dry Mop • Firstly make sure that the dry mop (red and fluffy) has been hoovered and is clean. • Start either upstage or downstage and run the mop along the length of the floor. Turning at each corner. Do not lift the mop while doing this. Shake out once complete. • Hoover it once you are finished with the dry mop.

Step Two – Not always necessary ( See note below) • Using CIF (or something similar) fill a bucket with hot water. There will be directions on the back of the bottle as to how much CIF to add to amount of liquid • Wring out the mop and work your way along the floor. Tackle one run at a time going in side to side motion. • Empty the bucket and fill with warm water again to rinse out the mops to prepare for step three.

this process is only done when the floor becomes slippery, it will not have to be done each day. Step Three - Meths • Fill the bucket with hot water and add a glug of meth’s to this. (Purple and in COSHH cupboard). • Mop the floor, this is done in runs from one sided of the stage to the other. You should get twice across the stage and back again before having to rinse out your mop.

Step Four – General Venue Clean • Make sure that the wings are swept and hoovered. It is a good idea to take the mop with meths off stage to pick up any dust. • Hoover the void/backstage area thoroughly.

- This process should take 30 minutes with two people.

Step Five – What to do in between breaks • During food breaks, especially during the tech run the floor can pick up a lot of dust so must be dealt with. • There is a large squeegee in the venues office; you place a slightly damp towel over it then go over the stage from side to side. Do not lift until the end • This is a good way to freshen up the floor when there is not time for a full mop.