Greetings Tap Experts, Studio Owners, et al:HELP!
As you may know, I teach tap at wonderful, fabulous ChapmanUniversity in Orange, CA.
We have a fairly new dance building, with a room dedicatedto tap anddance forms not in need of a marly surface.When the building was brand new, the floor was workable. In my opinion, it was always too "fast." I noticed that dancers'postureschanged in order to compensate for the feeling of losing control.Increasingly, dancers have slipped and/or fallen, and, frankly, there are some things requiring quick weight or directional changes that we just don't do anymore. (Even one of the modern teachers,who sometimes uses the room, said he noticed the same posturalphenomenon.)
Last year, the floor got worse when the maintenence crew apparently resurfaced/waxed it when they went in to repair somedivots. They made it "all shiny and pretty" to be sure! Now, it is virtually an ice rinkin some places, and to make matters worse, it is uneven;that is,slower in some areas to really fast in others; makingsliding a"trip," if you know what I mean!! ;o)Well, our fantabulous department chair is always there toplease, andwants to know, once and for all, what I would tell to our facilities team to make it right. They will do pretty much anything,except replace it. (I believe the floor is maple, though I'm notpositive. Itis a properly "sprung floor," with an apparent cost of$10,000 when itwas installed)
So, experts: what would you advise??? What would you dowith this beautiful wood dance floor to make its surface right for tap??? Do youknow of a perfect finishing product??? Is there anything we should avoid???
THANK YOU very much for your advice!!
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