Randy Swartz Interview

The MartinO Show!

Links
Stage Step
One of the very first modern suppliers to the North American dance scene for more than 40 years, Stagestep - the dance floor system experts - has brought innovative dance, theatre and performing arts flooring solutions, including a full line of flooring surfaces, subfloors, installation and maintenance products to stages, studios and homes around the world.

http://www.stagestep.com/

Dance Affiliates
Stagestep's sister organization, Dance Affiliates, has been one of Philadelphia's leading dance presenters for decades. This academic year, Dance Affiliates will present 10 dance companies from 7 different countries. Dance company activities in the city include multiple performances and classes for the community. The organization presents diverse world-class dance with a broad outreach locally.

https://danceaffiliates.org/

Written Interview with Anne Marie Mulgrew 2009
http://philadelphiadance.org/blog/2009/01/27/interview-with-randy-swartz-artistic-director-of-dance-affiliates-and-dance-celebration/

A written interview with Henrik Eger October 2014
http://phindie.com/dance-celebration-interview-randy-swartz-economically-strapped-5968/

Marley
The vinyl top-surface that dancers perform and rehearse on is often referred to as a “Marley Floor.” However, actual Marley Floors are no longer available. Marley Flooring was founded in 1948 in Kent, United Kingdom, and it offered a range of floor coverings – including a rolled vinyl floor that ballet dancers liked the feel of. The company stopped offering that range of floor in the late seventies, yet the term “Marley Floor” has stuck around, and it is now a general term that refers to any vinyl top surface for dance,

Tarkett
http://www.tarkett.com.au/

Tarkett Dansflor is our home grown “Marley”

Bill Akers
http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/akers-william-arthur-bill-16853

With apologies Bill, I said you had been with Sydney Ballet I meant to say the Australian Ballet. Thank you for some great advice over the years and for creating some great products.

Bilt Floor
http://showworks.com.au/our-products/biltflor-show-works/attachment/biltfloor-hero/

Walnut Street Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Street_Theatre

Yuri Grigorovich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Grigorovich

Fernando Bujones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_7mW4s-tq0

Donald Saddler
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/arts/dance/donald-saddler-dancer-and-choreographer-on-broadway-dies-at-96-.html

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755439/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Saddler

Panovs Valery & Galina
http://www.balletpanov.com/en/index

Oleg Protopopov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amlhlyKN9QE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Protopopov

Anton Dolin
http://dancelines.com.au/anton-dolin-dance-this-for-me-ladies-and-gentleman/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Protopopov

The Dying Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU

Dance Magazine
http://dancemagazine.com/

For over 80 years, Dance Magazine has elevated the art form on a global scale

original Member of American Ballet Theatre

Walter Terry
http://archives.nypl.org/dan/18546

Jackson Competition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_International_Ballet_Competition

Dance floor vinyls
http://www.stagestep.com/flooring_surfaces_timestep.php

http://www.stagestep.com/flooring-surfaces-bravo.php

http://www.stagestep.com/flooring_surfaces_supertimestep.php

https://www.stagestepaeson.com/

Slip- no -mor and Floorshield
http://www.stagestep.com/maintenance_products_slipnomor.php

Springflex
http://www.stagestep.com/subfloors-springflex.php

Bill Goldberg
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-goldberg-ba423630

Game of Thrones
I don’t think this needs a link!

Rogue Lawyer
http://www.jgrisham.com/books/rogue-lawyer/

Orca
http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/features/blackfish-documentary-exposes-seaworld/

Michelle Dorrance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy3HFCppLoY

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/935/

Dance Informa
http://danceinforma.com.au/