dance floor
type: Item
label: baletní koberec @cs
label: Tanzbelag @de
label: tappeto per danza @it
label: balletvinyl @nl
label: tapis de dance @fr
label: dansmatta @sv
label: tapiz de danza @es
description: Black, white or grey portable flooring rolls that cover the stage floor for dance productions.
description: Baletní koberec kterému se také často říká baletizol je vlastně přenosnou taneční podlahou která změkčuje povrch jevištní podlahy a zároveň zvukově izoluje. Vyrábí se v několika barvách nejčastější je černá. @cs
description: Rollos usualmente de vinilo de color negro blanco o gris con los que se cubre el piso del escenario para las producciones de danza. @es
description: Spezieller Tanzboden aus aufrollbarem Kunststoff welcher für Tanzproduktionen auf dem Bühnenboden verlegt wird. Alle Farben sind erhältlich. @de
description: Zwart wit of grijs. Draagbare rollen vloerbekleding om de toneelvloer te bedekken meestal voor dansproducties. @nl
alternative label: Marley floor
alternative label: ballet floor
alternative label: balletvloer @nl
alternative label: piso para danza @es
DTW_ID: 140125
DTW_ID_old: 124
courtesy of: Digital Theatre Words Team OISTAT
DTW_creation_date: 2013-08-03T00:00:00Z
DTW_word_group_ID: 11
Field: stage mechanics and sets
Type of information: equipment
subclass of: floor
historical term: dance floor
historical term: baletní koberec @cs
historical term: tappeto per danza @it
historical term: balletvinyl @nl
historical term: Tanzbelag @de
historical term: tapiz de danza @es
historical term: dansmatta @sv
historical term: tapis de dance @fr
Wikidata source: Q13511622
Source URL: Performance surface
First use date: 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
discontinued date: 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
context: Swartz explains, “Once upon a time, there was a company called Marley. They made all things related to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the basic fundamental product and what we call ‘sheet vinyl’. They made roofing, wall treatments and all types of other things. The story goes that one of the executives of Marley had a daughter who was a professional dancer in Europe, and she complained to her father that at every theater they went to, they’d wind up on a wooden floor that was different from the last one they’d used. It was very difficult for the company to perform on all these different surfaces. So he came up with a product called ‘Stageflor’.”Swartz says this product was a “reversible, dark grey, lightweight, portable touring floor” designed for professional ballet and contemporary dance. It found great success both in Europe and abroad, expanding the company’s fortune.
context: In the beginning, in order to get one of these floors, you had to buy it directly from Marley,” Swartz says. “Hence the term ‘Marley floors’ became ubiquitous with a rollout dance floor. Many years later, every floor ends up being called a ‘Marley floor’ even though the floor itself was originally called ‘Stageflor’.”What most people don’t realize is that the original Marley floor stopped being produced around 1979. “So there’s nothing that anybody has at this point in time that is that original Marley floor,” Swartz points out. “But it started a whole trend.”In the beginning, companies would have to wait five months to receive their floor once they ordered it, especially if they were in America or in another location outside the U.K. They would also have to reorder a floor every year.