Dance Floor

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Elle voulait mourir et aller à Paris, Joachim Latarjet
Paris / France

The music theatre piece "Elle voulait mourir et aller à Paris" (She wanted to die and go to Paris), written by Alban Lefranc and directed by Joachim Latarjet, is about the burden of family as well as exile. Latarjet, whose mother is of Greek and father of French descent and who grew up in France, knows little about his Greek culture.
To write this theatre fiction about family mythologies, a support for writing the script, Latarjet travels to Greece, interviews his family and thus puts together the puzzle pieces of his life.
For the director, the aim of this play is not to tell his story, but "what it conveys". A family play with music and dance in which the shiny black VARIO dance floor, chosen together with lighting designer Léandre Garcia Lamolla, plays the leading role.

Project

For the simple and plain stage design of the music theatre piece "Elle voulait mourir et vivre à Paris", which tells its own story, Joachim Latarjet as well as Léandre Garcia Lamolla decided to use our shiny dance carpet VARIO. This carpet, jet black like "the limbo of memory", as Léandre Garcia Lamolla says, reminds us of the confusion that each of us sometimes faces regarding our origins.
Reflection plays a role in this play. For the reflection, here played by the carpet, seems to us to be identical with reality. In reality, however, we see the opposite. Because of these characteristics of reflection and the deep black colour, the director chose our shiny carpet VARIO in black, which guarantees a play of light.
The light and thin carpet VARIO glossy also offered technical advantages that were perfect for this play, as it could be quickly dismantled and easily installed.

  • Dance floor VARIO BRILLANCE in the colour black with the dimensions 10 m x 10.50 m..

Direction and stage design

  • Joachim Latarjet

Client

  • Compagnie Oh ! Oui…
 

Location

  • Paris / France
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Stage Stars Dance and Acro
Delaware / USA

The Stage Stars Dance and Acro dance studio in Hockessin, Delaware recently renovated two existing dance rooms with VARIO 2.4 Heavy-Duty Marley Dance Floor. The floors were installed by using double stick tape underneath and the seams were then welded together over a preexisting sprung floor.

Angie Craft, the studio’s director about the cooperation with Gerriets and the product VARIO 2.4:

“Thank you for your fabulous customer service and working with us every step of the way in ordering our beautiful new floors.  Your customer service and expertise made me feel confident in the product I was buying and also that I was getting exactly what I needed for our studios.  The floors are gorgeous, easy to dance on for all styles of dance including tap.  They are non-slip but have just the right feel for fabulous turns.  Just wanted to let you know just how much we love the look and feel of our new beautiful Gerriets Floors and would highly recommend to all of our dance community. “

Project details

  • Studio A: Grey/Dark Grey VARIO 2.4, 1,650 sq feet (155 sq m)
  • Studio B: Grey/Dark Grey VARIO 2.4, 1,115 sq feet (105 sq m)

Dance Studio / Client

 

Building

  • Hockessin Athletic Club

 

Location

  • Hockessin, Delaware / USA
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Gregor Seyffert & Compagnie
Berlin / Germany

 

Project

  • Dance floor VARIO ALLROUND in usage for the Gregor Seyffert Compagnie.
  • Gerriets collaborated with Gregor Seyffert who knows what dancers need, to create the unique dance floor VARIO ALLROUND.

 

Client

  • Gregor Seyffert & Compagnie

 

Location

  •  Berlin / Germany
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Athens Epidaurus Festival
Athens / Greece

The Odeon Theater of Herodes Atticus, built in 161 AD into the southern rocky slope of the Acropolis, is one of the oldest and most beautiful open-air theaters in Athens. With nearly 4,500 seats, it was extensively restored in 1950 and is one of the central venues for the annual Athens Festival. Greek as well as international performances take place on the stage. Performances by renowned artists such as ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn, opera diva Maria Callas and singer Liza Minnelli are part of the theater's portfolio.

As part of the Greek Hellenic Festival, the entire dance floor of the theater's open-air stage was equipped with the VARIO 2.0 dance floor by Gerriets for permanent use. The heavy-duty marley dance floor has a matte surface and is suitable for anystyle of dance, even without a reinforcing fleece. Due to its high robustness, the VARIO 2.0 is especially suitable for touring use.


Project details

  • Equipping with over 270 running meters of VARIO 2.0 in black as permanent flooring of the open-air stage of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus theater in Athens 

Client

  • Greek Hellenic Festival

  

Location

  • Athens / Greece
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Euro Dance Festival
Tanzschule Gutmann
Rust / Germany

 

Project

  • Reversible and matte dance floor VARIO 2.4 for Europe's biggest dance event "Euro Dance Festival" which was hold in the famous theme park Europapark in Rust; in the colour combination Balck-White.
  • Performance of the Dance Company "Diamond Dust".

 

Client

  • Tanzschule Gutmann

 

Location

  • Rust / Germany
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WALK-IN
Harris Theater
Chicago / IL USA

 

Project

  • Individually printed design floor VARIO PRINT as flooring and wall covering for the dance production "Walk-In" by the Luna Negra Dance Theatre.

 

Choreography

  • Fernando Melo

 

Stage Set

  • Markus Pysall

 

Venue

  • Harris Theatre

 

Client

  • Luna Negra Dance Theatre

 

Location

  • Chicago / IL USA
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BACH
Grupo Corpo
Belo Horizonte / Brasil


Project

  • Manufacture of a backdrop made from 6 point sharkstooth FALSTAFF for the dance production "BACH" by the dance company Grupo Corpo; dimensions of the sharkstooth: 18.0 x 8.5 m (59 x 28 ft); in a custom dyed blue tone.
  • Usage of approx. 120 rm of the reversible dance floor VARIO; in the colour combination bluebox-greenbox.

 

Client

  • Grupo Corpo

 

Location

  •  Belo Horizonte / Brasil
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THE BITTER TEARS
OF PETRA VON KANT
Stadttheater Aachen
Germany


Project

  • VARIO REFLECT dance floor used for the theatre drama "The bitter tears of Petra von Kant" by Rainer Werner Fassbinder; scope of delivery: approx: 35.0 m² (377 sq ft).
  • Used upstage, a MACAU CLASSIC string curtain was custom printed according to customer requirements to create a unique backdrop; dimensions of the curtain: 9.0 x 4.0 m (30 x 13 ft).

 

Client

  • Stadttheater Aachen

 

Location

  •  Aachen / Germany
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CHECKMATE Trainor Dance
New York City, NY / USA


Project

  • Trainor Dance, a NYC based dance company known for visually compelling, physically exciting, thought provoking dance performances, required a marley dance floor with the right combination of quality, feel and grip to be danced upon safely if cut into roughly 1.6 x 1.6 m (5 x 5 ft) squares while being easily moveable by the dancers in the piece.
  • Gerriets manufactured and precisely cut 18 1.6 x 1.6 m (5 x 5 ft) of Black/White VARIO CLASSIC reversible floor for Trainor Dance’s performance of “Checkmate”.

  •  In “Checkmate”, dancers moved the squares to create different shapes and patterns on the floor during the dance piece.

 

Client

  • Trainor Dance

 

Venue

  • Manhattan Movement’s Art Center

 

Location

  • New York City, NY / USA
 

Photographer

  • Ellen Crane Photography
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Miss Turkey
Istanbul / Turkey


Project

  • Production of the stage set of the event „Miss Turkey“ with the aid of 360.0 m² (3.875 sq ft) of the design floor VARIO HIGH GLOSS.
  • Usage of a multi-part star curtains ShowLED ANIMATION; dimensions of the curtains: 25,0 x 7,0 m (82 x 23 ft).

 

Client

  • Benart Sound-Light-Vision-Stage System

 

Location

  • Istanbul / Turkey
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UNLEASHED
Barbican Theatre
London / Great Britain


Project

  • Stage production of the dance show "Unleashed" with the aid of the durable silver metallic dance floor VARIO MET. 


Venue

  • Barbican Theatre


Client

  • Barbican Centre / Boy Blue Entertainment

 

Location

  • London / Great Britain
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STABAT MATER. HARNASIE
Opera Nova
Bydgoszcz / Poland


Project

  • Creation of the stage design for the stage production “Stabat Mater. Harnasie“ with the aid of the design floor VARIO HIGH GLOSS; in the colour black.


Choreography

  • Robert Bondara

 

Stage Design

  • Julia Skrzynecka

 

Light Design

  • Maciej Igielski

 

Client

  • Opera Nova

 

Location

  • Bydgoszcz / Poland
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Prague Quadrennial
Prague / Czech Republic


Project

  • Approx. 48,0 square meters (516 sq ft) of VARIO MET event flooring for USITT / USA's national exhibit for the "Prague Quadrennial".


Exhibit Designer

  • Klara Zieglerova

 

Venue

  • Industrial Palace / Prague Exhibition Grounds


Client

  • USITT

 

Location

  •  Prague / Czech Republic
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Den Norske Opera
Oslo / Norway


Project

Matte dance floor VARIO 2.0; in the colour black.


Client

  • Den Norske Opera

 

Location

  •  Oslo / Norway
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MEET ME AT DAWN
Dot Theatre Istanbul
Istandbul / Turkey


Project

  • Dance and design floor VARIO HIGH GLOSS; dimensions of the floor: 8.0 x 8.0 m (26 x 26 ft); in black.
  • Manufacture of a cyclorama backdrop made from rear projection screen TRANSMISSION for the theatrical production "Meet me at dawn"; dimensions of the projection screen: 10.0 x 2.2 m (33 x 7 ft).

 

Client

  • Dot Theatre Istanbul

 

Location

  •  Istanbul / Turkey
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STREET DANCE STORY
Stowarzyszenie Arteo
Wroclaw / Poland


Project

  • Reversible dance floor VARIO CLASSIC for the dance contest "Street Dance Story".
  • Scope of delivery: approx. 80.0 square meters (860 sq ft).
  • Colour-combination: black-grey.

 

Client

  • Stowarzyszenie Arteo

 

Location

  •  Wroclaw / Poland
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USITT
Exhibition Stand Gerriets
Fort Lauderdale / FL USA


Project

Flooring for both the Gerriets USITT booth and the USITT main stage.

  • 37.0 square meters (400 sq ft) of the VARIO HIGH GLOSS flooring in white was used for the Gerriets booth floor.
  • 120.4 square meters (1,300 sq ft) of VARIO BRILLIANCE in black was used as flooring for the USITT main stage, where the keynote, early career honors and distinguished award winners ceremonies were held.

 

Venue

  • Broward County Convention Center


Client

  • Gerriets International, USITT

 

Location

  •  Fort Lauderdale, FL / USA
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PIESNI O NOCY & ERWARTUNG
Capella Cracoviensis
Krakow / Poland


Proejct

  • Dance and design floor VARIO PRINT used as the central design element of the composition "Piesni o nocy & Erwartung" by the ensemble Capella Cracoviensis.
  • Scope of delivery: approx. 76.0 m² (818 sq ft).

 

Stage Set

  • Marcin Chlanda


Client

  • Capella Cracoviensis

 

Location

  •  Krakow / Poland
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O CORPO
Grupo Corpo
Belo Horizonte / Brasil


Project

  • Manufacture of a backdrop made from 6 point sharkstooth FALSTAFF for the dance production "O CORPO" by the dance company Grupo Corpo; dimensions of the sharkstooth: 8.0 x 8.5 m (59 x 28 ft); in a custom dyed red tone.
  • Usage of approx. 120 rm of the reversible dance floor VARIO CLASSIC; in the colour combination red-beige.

 

Client

  • Grupo Corpo

 

Location

  •  Belo Horizonte / Brasil
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THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Theater Rabenhof
Vienna / Austria


Project

  • Dance and design floor VARIO PRINT used as the central design element of the classic fairy tale "The Emperor's new clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen.
  • Dimensions of the design floor: approx. 7.8 x 7.5 m (26 x 25 ft).

 

Direction

  • Roman Freigaßner-Hauser

 

Client

  • Theater Rabenhof

 

Location

  •  Vienna / Austria
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DRACH
Teatr Ziemi Rybnickiej
Rybnik / Poland


Project

"Drach" von Szczepan Twardoch:

  • VARIO REFLECT as reflective flooring; dimensions of the design floor: 35,0 m².

 

Client

  • Teatr Slaski 


Location

  • Rybnik / Poland

 

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Rockin' Road to Dublin
US Tour


Project

  • A stage production that features a fusion of both rock and Irish music with Irish step dance. 
  • Over 295.0 m² (3,190 sq ft) of VARIO UNI in the colour iron grey for use as their touring dance floor.

 

Client

  • Rockin' Road to Dublin

 

Location

  • US Tour
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Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH / USA


Project

  • Art installation in artist Ugo Rondinone's colour spectrum series, titled 'Let's start this day again'.
  • Over 1,430 m² 1(5,400 sq ft) of VARIO flooring, including standard VARIO 160 black-white and custom dyed VARIO COLOUR in satin finished, neon red and neon yellow, covering two entire floors of the art museum in bright colours.

 

Artist

  • Ugo Rondinone

 

Client

  • Contemporary Arts Center
 

Location

  • Cincinnati, OH / USA
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The Little Mermaid
State Theatre
Linz / Austria


Project

  • Manufacture of several air pillows made of front projection screen OPERA® white.
  • Manufacture of pillow covers made from Satin PROJEKT 350.
  • Usage of approx. 480 square meters of white dance floor VARIO CLASSIC.
 

Client

  • OÖ Theater und Orchester GmbH
 

Location

  • Linz / Austria
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Special Olympics
Athens / Greece


Project

Various stage materials for opening and closing ceremonies:

  • VARIO BRILLIANCE high-gloss dance floor (approx. 12,056 ft² / 1,120 m²).
  • VARIO GRIP anti-skid flooring (approx. 22,604 ft² / 2,100 m²).
  • Stage Mesh (for LED walls; approx. 5,597 ft² / 520 m²).
  • Black duvetyne R55 (approx. 16,146 ft² / 1,500 m²).
  • Black Sharkstooth scrim (approx. 3,229 ft² / 300 m²).

 

Designer

  • Elias Ledakis


Client

  • P. Karavas Abete

 

Location

  • Athens / Greece