Elmhurst chooses Harlequin for new school

UK - When Elmhurst School for Dance made their move to new purpose-built premises in Birmingham, they once again turned to Harlequin for their dance floors. The new facilities were fitted out as standard with wood floors and needed Harlequin Cascade to achieve the right performance surface. Working to a tight schedule during the summer break, Elmhurst moved the 140 miles north from its home in Camberley, Surrey to the University area of Birmingham. Not content with a move to the Midlands, the construction of a brand new school on a green-field site and the rigours of an unforgiving construction programme, principal John McNamara gave himself the task of persuading parents and staff of the necessity of this move. The wisdom of the decision is clear when you consider that Elmhurst is now close to the Birmingham Royal Ballet, to which it acts as a 'feeder' school.

One aspect of the ambitious move, and one which went faultlessly, was the installation of Harlequin's Cascade on the identical sprung dance floor used by Birmingham Royal Ballet. Faced with a heavy overload on its Contracts Division, Harlequin met Elmhurst's demanding schedule by flying to Birmingham its French floor laying team, led by the highly experienced Nicolas Ferrand and Jean-Marie Ducos.

(Lee Baldock)

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