[SML] Flamenco Floor

[Richard Niederberg]

This resembles TAP DANCE floors that I have laid out, except for No Sound
Deadening beneath the floor and the use of Microphones appropriate for
castanets and tap shoes, which I mic wirelessly. I never considered myself
a Cobbler until I had to mike each tap shoe separately! The audience,
mostly composed of dance affectionados, loved it. Furthermore, was rewarded
well by the Dancers (unnecessary, as I produced the show!)
/s/ Richard

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Nathan via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I'm a digester and I never post, but I actually have first-hand experience
> with a floor built for flamenco.  I live in the Albuquerque area and we
> have a 2-week flamenco festival every summer.  They bring in artists from
> Spain and our flamenco floor gets set up and torn down several times during
> the festival as there are 2-3 venues and only one floor. It also gets used
> several other times throughout the year.  I didn't build the floor, but
> I've set it up more times than I like to count.
>
> IIRC, our floor is 4'x8' panels built out of 2x2 and 3/4" ply.  I don't
> know what your requirements are, but the Spanish flamenco artists insist on
> mic-ing the floor (each panel).  To this end, the floor is built with 2x2
> around the edge of the lid and then eight "ribs" that jut in toward the
> center so there is space for a microphone.  There is also a shallow notch
> cut into the bottom of the center frame on all four sides, to accommodate
> the mic cable.  We generally use either SM57s or PZMs.  The panels are
> then, of course, all coffin locked together.  The floor is actually
> installed over a layer of carpet padding, I believe for sound deadening
> purposes.  Since we mic everything, that keeps it from getting too "boomy".
>
>
> I'm not sure if pictures should be attached or embedded, but below is a
> rough diagram of the structure of the floor. Hopefully, it shows up.  I
> haven't set it up in a couple years, so I don't remember the exact layout
> of ribs, but it is similar to this.  It has worked well for us and I don't
> think they have every really had any problems with it.  Let me know if you
> have any questions on it.  I might have a picture on my computer at home I
> can send you and I can probably get a hold of the guy who built it to get
> more specifics.  Feel free to contact me off-list.
>
> Nathan Capriglione
>
>
>
> > lots of experience building sprung floors for ballet companies / studios
> up and down the east coast . .
> >
> > but this has to be a temp stage . . 4 x 8?s ( probably coffin locked )
> for flamenco
> >
> > i?m thinking a top surface of hardwood tongue and groove . . over ply .
> .
> >
> > want it to ?ring? nicely . . .
> >
> > don?t think lots of folks have had to build temp / portable staging
> specifically for flamenco . . and I think I can come up
> > with a good ?formula? but was curious if anyone out there had by chance
> actually built one specifically for this purpose
>
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/s/ Richard
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