Specifying Dance Floors - White Paper by Australian Harlequin

The dance floor makes an important contribution to safe performance without risk of slips and falls or longer-term stress injuries. A good dance floor instills confidence in dancers to give full expression to their creativity, safe in the knowledge the dance floor will offer a consistent response. Only floors that have been developed specifically for dance can do this - commercial, industrial or sports are not suitable for dance. This publication reviews the issues relevant to specifying floors for dance.