You may want to consider marly dance floors.  They are used widely in both
dance and gymnastics communities.  I have danced on them in practice studios
and performance stages, and I think its a great surface.  The flooring rolls
up.  When installing, sections are secured together firmly with
tape/adhesive.

Unfortunately, I can't help with distributors.  Perhaps if you contacted
some dance or gymnastics studios you could get more information.

Good luck!

Teresa Morales
Ph.D. candidate, Art education
The Pennsylvania State University


----- Original Message -----
From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: Floor covers for a historic house


> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for floor covers to go over an original wooden floor in a
historic
> house. The house hosts period dances from time to time so it would need to
be
> something smooth and firm enough for people to dance on. Thus something
like a
> simple canvas covering won't work because it would get smooshed into the
gaps
> between the boards in the floor not to mention be hard to tack down.
Obviously,
> a huge throw rug wouldn't work either because it's not good for dancing. A
> portable dance floor like you see in hotels would be too heavy and not big
> enough to cover the floor, which is the front entranceway to a c. 1780s
> mansion.
>
> Are there things like hard covered rubber mats that we could get in
sections to
> put down on the floor? How about a supplier for rubber gym floors? Any
other
> ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> Deb
>
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