By "slippery", I don't mean the floors on a gymnasium or the like, I mean laminate floors that are slipperier than average and by traction, I mean average laminate floors.(I'm installing a new dance floor)-What about pirouettes and fouettes and a-la-secondes? (Which is better?)-What about for all sorts of dance?-Mainly, are turns done more properly on more slippery floors or floors with more traction? -Are they easier to do on more slippery floors or not?-Are they easier to do on REALLY slippery floors compared to not as slippery but still a little slippery?*Any additional info would be helpful too or any suggestions etc. :)Thanks in advance!
Marble is the best floor. It's made for dancers as they use it at all competitions. But it's super expensive! Fouettés are harder in general but they are all hard you just have to know how to do em! Traction floors (marble specifically) are better for turns. & it's harder on slippery floors cause you can slip. That's why they make rosin for dancers. Because rosin helps grip. It takes practice on grippy floor but a little slippery is ok. Although still not safe haha! Hope I helped!
You want to get a marley floor for ballet. The traction helps you better control the moves and not slip in your pointe shoes (which can be very dangerous). Dance floors are legally required to give some. That just means they aren't rock solid like concrete. They absorb shock, which makes injury less likely. Marley floor is a covering you put over the dance floor and tape it down. Marley helps you keep better control. Normal wooden dance floors work too. You'll just need to use rosin more often.
Unless the floor is sprung, you really should not be dancing on it to begin with, as you will likely injure yourself. A floor that isn't sprung can put stress on joints, especially ankles and knees, and can lead to shin splints and other injuries. The best surface to dance on is marley. It provides enough traction to prevent slipping, yet does not interfere with turning easily. While certainly not cheap, it is the most reliable flooring to dance on. Most professional ballet academies use marley flooring. Although I cannot stress enough the importance of sprung marley flooring, if you are going to turn (while wearing canvas/leather ballet shoes), I would say the more slippery floor is better. Turning on a floor with too much traction can be more dangerous than one that is a little more slippery. Turning on a floor with too much traction can lead to strained ankles.
