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  2. Spike (stagecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Spike tape is used to create a stage marking called a spike. Good quality gaffers tape uses a synthetic rubber adhesive that does not leave a residue when removed from the stage. Spike tape's narrow width means that it can be quickly torn by hand, and its tight weave of cotton fibers allows for straight tearing without stretching.

  3. Performance surface - Wikipedia

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    This includes theatrical, athletic, and recreational forms of performance. However, these different disciplines all require specialized floors to accommodate their specific physicality. Performance surfaces are normally designed as a sprung floor with additional material or layers on top, to create a complete dance floor or sports floor.

  4. Dance studio - Wikipedia

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    Dance studio with barre rails, mirrors, and mounted speakers. A dance studio normally includes a smooth floor covering or, if used for tap dancing, by a hardwood floor. The smooth vinyl floor covering, also known as a performance surface and commonly called "marley", is generally not affixed permanently to the underlying floor and can be rolled up and transported to performance venues if needed.

  5. Dance floor - Wikipedia

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    Dance floor may refer to: Sprung floor, a floor to enhance performance and reduce injuries; Performance surface or marley floor, flooring suitable for dance or sport; Dance pad, a flat electronic game controller used for input in dance games; Illuminated dance floor, a floor with flashing illuminated panels; Portable dance floor, a mobile floor ...

  6. Floorwork - Wikipedia

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    Floorwork is a feature of many kinds of belly dance, often involving the manipulation of a prop while lying on the floor and intended to showcase the dancer's control. Masha Archer , as part of an effort to change what she saw as the over-sexualized and exploitative features of belly dance, rejected floorwork because she did not want audiences ...

  7. Contact improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Contact Improvisation (CI) is a postmodern dance practice that explores movement through shared weight, touch, and physical awareness. Originating in the United States in 1972, contact improvisation was developed by dancer and choreographer Steve Paxton, drawing on influences from modern dance, aikido, and somatic practices. [2]

  8. 4-track - Wikipedia

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    4-track or 4-track tape may refer to: The 4-track cartridge as an analogue music storage format popular from the late 1950s; A 4-track tape for multitrack recording used in professional recording studios; 8-track tape, which has 4 stereo tracks and so was sometimes colloquially called "4-track tape" A quadruple track railway line

  9. Echoplex - Wikipedia

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    Echoplex EP-2. The Echoplex is a tape delay effects unit, first made in 1959.Designed by engineer Mike Battle, [1] the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s; according to Michael Dregni, it is still regarded as "the standard by which everything else is measured."