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 is kept on two dancefloor trolleys. The first trolley, the smaller of the two, is for the Athenaeum and holds 6 rolls of Harlequin reversible dancefloor that are used as a BLACK dancefloor. These floor rolls are as follows:

- DF 1 SL (2000 x 6500mm) Split Roll - Joins DF 1 SR on centre

- DF 1 SR (2000 x 6500mm)

- DF 2 (2000 x 13300mm)

- DF 3 (2000 x 13300mm)

- DF 4 (2000 x 13300mm)

- DF 5 SL (2000 x 6500mm) Split Roll - Joins DF 5 SR on centre

- DF 5 SR (2000 x 6500mm)

The second dancefloor trolley holds 10 rolls and this is primarily floor for the Chandler, AGOS, rehearsal rooms and external venues. There are two different floors on here and they are:

Harlequin reversible GREY / BLACK

2000 x 12000mm x 4 Rolls

Le Mark reversible WHITE / BLACK

2000 x 10000mm x 3 Rolls

Layout of Athenaeum Floor

Other Sources

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

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.