Hey! :) so If any of you have seen my other question you will know I'm redecorating my room. I'm a dancer so I'm making space to mount a ballet barre on my wall. I have cork flooring in my room.Is cork floor bad for dancing on?It has a little give (it's a little soft) but it's not like hardwood so I'm worried it will rip (with soles of my ballet slippers and pointe shoes..)If it's a bad idea to dance on it (barre work), what should I do?I wouldn't be able to change my floors but is there something I can lay down on the floor?I could use a carpet for regular barre work and stretching but carpet is bad for pointe work... Any ideas of what I could do?
Was curious on the answer too
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I do not recommend hardwood or any type of wood floor for ballet/pointe. Ideally, you want to have marley, if your existing floor is flat, you can just call up some dance floor companies to see if they have any reminants (small left over sections of professional dance floor) they can sell you. Let them know you need it for ballet and pointe, so they do not sell you something too slippery. Marley is semi permanent, meaning you just cut it to the size of your room and put over your existing floor. No glue, no prep needed.
Marley okorder /... Timestep (thicker) or Timestep mat (thinner and cheaper) would be what you would want. @SandraL- there are both portable marley flooring and permanent installations. Dance venues and ballet academies all have the permanent installation. True hardwood is a no- no. However a wood floor that is sprung or floating is preferable to marley over any floor that is not sprung or floating. State of the art is marley over a sprung or floating floor.
