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Architects Guide
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BREEAM Fact Sheet
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The aim of BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method.) is to encourage a healthy indoor air quality by promoting the use of materials with no or low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC).
Guide To Dance Floors
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Harlequin Activity
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Harlequin Activity is a fully floating sprung floor system using Harlequin’s proprietary ‘triple sandwich’ construction method. The layers provide consistent shock dampening across the floor and offer the same feel and energy return
to one or several dancers. There are no fixings to the walls or subfloor and it is suitable for all genres of dance.
Harlequin Allegro Performance Vinyl Surface
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Harlequin Allegro is a substantial heavy-duty dance floor, it is the thickest roll-out vinyl dance floor available. Its high point-elasticity, closed-cell foam backing and slip-resistant dance surface provides excellent protection for dancers.
Installation: Harlequin Allegro is specified for permanent installation. It can be used as a vinyl performance surface in conjunction with a Harlequin sprung floor or laid directly onto any hard, smooth subfloor.
Usage: Harlequin Allegro is suitable for contemporary and modern dance, aerobics and Zumba. It is also widely used as a multi-use floor in performing arts schools, dance institutions, dance studios and gymnasiums.
Harlequin Cascade Performance Vinyl Surface
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Harlequin Cascade is Harlequin’s flagship professional vinyl performance floor, used by the world’s leading dance companies and dance venues. As a hard-wearing homogeneous vinyl, it has a slip resistant embossed dance surface and is ideal for use in dance studios, theatres, concerts and as a high-quality base for lighting designers and photographers.
Harlequin Engineered Beech Hardwood
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Harlequin Engineered Beech is a light floor in slightly reddish beechwood. The strips are selected to provide a subdued, harmonious impression.
Harlequin Engineered Maple Hardwood
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The golden straw hues found in this 3-strip maple floor are specially selected to create a subtle and harmonious expression. The silk lacquer finish gives the floor a polished appearance and brings out the natural character of the timber. The even finish protects the wood from daily wear, without adding
artificial shine.
Harlequin Engineered Oak Hardwood
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Harlequin Engineered Oak is a floor with strips selected to provide a calm appearance but still with a certain degree of variation in the grain.
Harlequin Fiesta Performance Vinyl Suface
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Harlequin Fiesta is a vinyl performance floor with a clear surface wear layer on top of an oak effect printed film. It looks exactly like a wood dance floor but avoids the cleaning and maintenance problems associated with traditional wooden floors.
Harlequin Fiesta is ideal for contemporary dance, ballroom, salsa, hip-hop, jazz, street and percussive dance styles (flamenco, Irish and tap). It is also widely used for aerobics and as a theatre floor.
Harlequin Flexity Sprung Floor Panel System
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Harlequin Flexity is a self-install sprung floor system featuring stained birch plywood panels and shock-dampening single density elastomer pads.
Harlequin Flexity can be used with a variety of performance
surfaces. Harlequin have a range of performance vinyls and solid or engineered wood finishes to choose from. Ramps are available if required.
Harlequin Floors - vinyl floors brochure
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The following brochure contains the current range of vinyl floors available from Harlequin Floors. These include both permanent and portable vinyl floor options.
Harlequin Freestyle Performance Vinyl
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Harlequin FreeStyle is a cushioned vinyl performance floor with a slip-resistant dance surface, a vinyl support layer and closed-cell foam backing, this provides added protection against hard subfloors.
Harlequin FreeStyle was developed for dance styles such as hip-hop, jazz and street dance (break dance). It is widely used for all contemporary and modern dance, aerobics and Zumba.
Harlequin Liberty
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Harlequin Liberty is a lacquered birch plywood sprung floor panel system featuring
shock dampening dual-density elastomer pads. The panels join using a rounded
tongue and groove and are secured in place using our proprietary ‘one turn of the
key’ latch and lock mechanism.
Harlequin Liberty Accessories
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Edge trims and ramps are available for stage use and for gaps where the sprung floor does not extend to the walls of the studio and for door thresholds.
Harlequin Liberty HD Sprung Floor Panel System
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Harlequin Liberty HD Sprung Floor Panel System
Harlequin Marine Performance Vinyl Surface
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Harlequin Marine is a hard-wearing, homogeneous vinyl dance floor which conforms to International Marine Organization (IMO) standards and fire ratings and is widely installed on cruise liners. It is fire resistant, with a slightly marbled surface.
Usage: Harlequin Marine is widely used as a stage surface on ships but is also suitable for multi-purpose use including concerts, television, theatre, operatic performances and various dance types including percussive (flamenco, Irish and tap).
Harlequin Reversible Performance Vinyl Floors
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Harlequin Reversible is the original double-sided vinyl performance floor. It is a versatile, lightweight and durable calendared vinyl with a slip-resistant performance
surface on both sides.
Harlequin Reversible is suitable for use in theatres, concerts, display, exhibitions, television, aerobics and for many genres of dance including ballet, contemporary, percussive dance (flamenco, Irish and tap) hip-hop, jazz, street and Zumba
Harlequin Stages
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Theatre professionals know how important it is to have a stage that is hardwearing enough to
withstand all the fit ups, get outs and rigging that needs to be completed for every show - that will
happily accommodate trucks, flats and scissor lifts.
Harlequin work alongside architects and stage consultants to design, build and install stages which
will satisfy this need for strength as well as being easy to maintain and flexible with the optional
inclusion of dip traps, orchestra pit fillers and provision for trap doors and ballet wagons.
Harlequin Standfast Performance Vinyl
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Harlequin Standfast is a durable multi-purpose homogeneous vinyl performance floor with a slip-resistant surface. It is is an ideal heavy-duty floor for studios as well as stage flooring for dance studios and theatres.
Harlequin Standfast is suitable for theatre, drama and many genres of dance including percussive dance (flamenco, Irish and tap), hip-hop, jazz, street and Zumba. It is also ideal as a multi-use stage floor
Harlequin Studio Performance Vinyl Surface
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Harlequin Studio is a hardwearing, slip-resistant, vinyl performance floor that features a lightweight closed-cell foam backing to provide protection against hard sub-floors, it is ideal as a multi-purpose dance or stage floor.
Harlequin WoodSpring
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Harlequin Woodspring is a wooden sprung floor system that is a modern update of the traditional ‘basket weave’ construction. It has a counter batten configuration, comprising a triple layer of custom machined southern yellow pine arranged at right angles. Shock absorption and energy return are enhanced by dual-density elastomer blocks attached at predetermined intervals to the underside. Layers of flexible MDF and plywood panels are installed on the battens which support the chosen Harlequin performance top surface. Harlequin Woodspring is suitable for all genres of dance.
Liberty Switch Brochure
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Harlequin Liberty Switch is a modular multi-use
floor that transforms from a rigid stage floor into a
high-quality sprung floor designed for dance, so
protecting dancers by reducing the risk of injury.
Mirrors
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The mirrors have a smooth polished edge and are the latest low iron Pilkington mirror providing a whiter, brighter appearance compared to a standard mirror.
Harlequin mirrors conform to British and European Safety standards.
Range of freestanding and wall-mounted ballet barres
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Whether you choose portable freestanding or permanent wall-mounted ballet barres, you’ll realise they are almost a prerequisite for the dancer. Without a comfortable and sturdy barre, it is hard to do the essential warm-up and stretching exercises. Both amateurs and professionals can minimise the risk of injury by stretching properly to increase blood-flow to the muscles and improve flexibility whilst achieving an elegant stance.
Specifying Dance Floors - A Guide for Architects. This guide explains the differences between sports floors and dance floors as well as useful information for specifying for dance
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With a growing interest in the provision of spaces suitable for dance – for professional performance and rehearsal, private dance schools and throughout the education sector - there is increasing focus towards specifying dance floors that both meet performance aspirations and conform to health and safety requirements. The purpose of this guide is to introduce architects to recent developments in dance floor technology and practice, specification issues – including aesthetic versus performance considerations – and why the choice of floor is also critical in minimising injuries to dancers.
Specifying Dance Floors - White Paper Summary
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Professional dancers can spend 6 to 8 hours a day working in a dance studio and as their place of work it should offer a safe environment fit for the purpose.
The dance floor makes an important contribution to safe performance without risk of slips and falls or longer-term stress injuries. A good dance floor instils confidence in dancers to give full expression to their creativity, safe in the knowledge the dance floor will offer a consistent response. This publication reviews the issues relevant to specifying floors suitable for dance, progress on defining standards and new research.
Stage Floor Construction and Technical Solutions
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Useful guide for those involved with in theatre planning. Helpful tips on stage building and refurbishing, case studies and innovative products such as the Harlequin Ballet Wagon.
Thermal Values of a Sprung Floor
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Thermal Resistance & Thermal Insulation values of a sprung floor - R & U Values.
White Paper Harlequin Specifying Dance Floors
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