Linoleum Floor On Stage

Engineered floors are often used for dance performances to provide a high performance and safe floor structure for the ballet athlete.

Linoleum floor on stage.

Stage floors can be complex engineered edge grain maple with sprung sub flooring or simple inexpensive black painted hardboard depending on the performance and look desired. Removing old linoleum is a messy daunting task. Hardwood carpet concrete laminate plywood sometimes painted sometimes completely raw tile rubber linoleum and even marble. Stage linoleum is heavy duty contract quality linoleum that is designed for permanent installations by a professional floor installer.

Through my tour days i ve seen pretty much every possible type of flooring used on stages. It s often associated with outdated designs and with edges that curl and colors that fade. Let s look at the pros and cons of the most common stage flooring options. If the conditions and materials are right however you can avoid this difficult job by installing new flooring over the existing linoleum.

Linoleum has gotten a bad rap over the years. Harlequin s range of vinyl marley floors can be laid on any hard smooth sub floor used alone or as a dance surface on a sprung dance floor.