Harlequin is the floor Phoenix Dance Theatre keep coming back to!

"I am very happy with the Harlequin floors in the building" . said John Slater, Technical Manager of Phoenix Dance Theatre. " I’m yet to find anything else that makes the dancers happy". 

The Leeds based contemporary dance company, founded in 1981, is now sharing a purpose-built facility that includes studios equipped with Harlequin WoodSpring™ sprung floors and Harlequin Studio™ vinyl dance surfaces. Phoenix Dance Theatre effectively re-launched about three years ago with new dancers and new management, but retained the "amazing legacy for the quality of work". John continued, "We are a contemporary dance company and they dance not in ballet shoes but barefoot and in socks. It is difficult to find a floor that has the right amount of traction so they are not slipping around when they are in socks, yet allows them to move when they are barefoot and Harlequin seems to be the one they keep coming back to". 

"For touring I have used Harlequin floors in the past and I am about to buy some more...the dancers and the rehearsal director won’t allow me to buy anything else! " 

The interview with John Slater can now be viewed on the Harlequin YouTube channel or via the Harlequin video channel .