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Dance floor tiles are really popular for social dancing and at-home practice spaces. People like using tiles because they come together in a snap and they are ultra-portable so you can move them around as you need.

Vinyl flooring rolls are one of the more popular options for dance flooring. They offer the best grip and slip-resistance on the market. They’re sometimes referred to as marley rolls, which is an older brand name of dance flooring that’s not around anymore, though the name stuck.

Kits are for the dedicated dancer who wants a home practice space. Portable dance floor kits are an easy, relatively inexpensive option perfect for practicing tap, turns, ballet barre, centre and adagio and more.

For ballet flooring, you need to make sure your floor has the proper amount of slip control. Traditional ballet floors are engineered to offer just the right amount of traction to allow for triple pirouettes while keeping you from sliding to the ground when you land your grand jete.

Most ballet companies or studios use “marley” flooring, which is a slip-control rolled vinyl dance flooring. There are lots of types of marley flooring, depending on your studio or company’s needs.

You want your tap dancing to look pretty, but it’s really all about the sounds. That’s why choosing the correct floor is such a high priority. When you’re buying tap dance flooring, you want to look for a faster floor with just enough grip to keep you safe on your slides and turns. You also want to look for a floor designed with tap resonance in mind.

Your choices boil down to natural wood or “marley” flooring. Wood will often produce the best sounds, but it can be slippery. Typically, a marley vinyl roll designed for tap dancing will give you the best combination of sound and safety. If you want an even brighter, louder sound, then dance tiles are the way to go.

Jazz is one of the few styles where dancers often alternate between wearing jazz shoes and dancing barefoot. This means you want a slightly faster floor with a little more slide than grip.

Most jazz studios and companies use “marley” flooring, since the slip-control vinyl offers the best of all worlds. We have several different marley options to suit your specific needs.

Flamenco combines the sound from tap and Irish step with the heels and fast footwork of ballroom dancing. Because of this, it requires a special dance floor.

To get the most out of your choreography, we recommend going with hard plastic dance tiles. You can also use a marley floor if it’s rated for Flamenco specifically.

Contemporary dance is the only style where dancers are primarily barefoot. You still need some slip resistance, but too much, otherwise, you tear up your feet.

Remember that you (or your dancers) will be rolling and sliding all over this floor. There’s nothing worse than leaving rehearsal with floor burns all over your body. Most contemporary studios and companies are using either plain old wood floors or vinyl “marley” flooring.