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Summary: Ballet Dance Floor tips and advice; learn how to find the best ballet class studio for your kid in this free video clip from a professional ballet dancer.

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Linda J. Brown Linda Brown has been teaching children ballet, jazz and other forms of dance for over 20 years. Brown studied dance at the prestigious Florida State Universi... read more

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The Right Floor for Ballet Class Studios

Hi! This is Linda Brown on behalf of Expert Village. The next thing to need to consider when you're touring the studio is the studio dance room itself. Look at the floor. The floor is crucial part of the studio. Dancers' bodies can take a lot of stress on the joints and the back. You want to make sure that the appropriate type of floor is placed in the studio. A floor designed for the needs of the dancer helps to reduce the fatigue and the injuries like knee injuries, shin splints, and back problems. A well-designed floor also can improve their performance. Fewer injuries means longer dancing careers. The best type of dance floor is a professional floating floor. A floating floor is one that is cushioned on wood stringers with air space and sub floor layers of wood, and it's covered in a vinyl surface designed for dance. Dancing on concrete, even taught with a vinyl surface, causes fatigue and it can cause a lot of injury. Make sure the studio has bars and full-length mirrors. The dance floor should be large enough for the children to dance around freely. They should be able to run and do leaps as needed in the dance class.

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