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Portable Sprung Dance Floor Rentals

Designed for Dancers

Boston Dance Alliance will elevate your dance experience with a high-quality portable sprung dance floor that can be customized to your performance needs. Our floor is an ideal platform for schools, municipalities, community organizations, clubs, and cultural institutions seeking to share dance with a broad range of audiences and participants. From festivals and block parties to competitions and performances, our portable dance floor provides dynamic support for dancers and can be configured in a range of sizes to meet your specifications.


Designed with dancer safety and performance in mind, BDA’s portable dance floor offers both cushioning and dynamic support to help absorb impact and reduce strain on the body. Its sprung construction balances resilience and stability, providing the right amount of bounce and resistance for a wide range of movement qualities. This trusted platform comfortably supports styles ranging from ballet and pointe to modern, contemporary, and hip hop, as well as percussive and traditional forms such as tap, Flamenco, Latin/social dance, Irish step, and Indian Kathak – just to name a few!

Rental Types & Technical Specs

Rental Types

  • Indoor Rentals: BDA’s portable dance floor makes it possible to present your classes, performances, rehearsals, and special events in any space without the concern of unsafe floor surfaces. Floor technicians must be able to access the space without the use of stairs.
  • Outdoor Rentals: The portable BDA floor transforms almost any outdoor surface into safe, dance-ready surfaces, ensuring safety and stability. As long as the surface is relatively level, we can accommodate gravel, brick, pavement, and grass surfaces.

Technical Specs

  • Modular portable floor with a sprung subfloor and smooth, durable performance surface; panels install, remove, and slow easily.
  • Panel construction: Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) with a double top coat of high-grade latex epoxy floor paint and catalyzed sealant for durability and smoothness.
  • Shock absorption: 4.5″ diameter, 1″ thick cell foam pads evenly distributed beneath each panel for a springy yet supportive feel.
  • Secure locking system: WaveLock interlocking panels with perimeter latches that clamp together to create a stable, seamless surface.
  • Low-profile & accessible: Less than 2″ from the ground, designed to support accessibility for wheelchair users and dancers with mobility needs. Small portable threshold ramps are available upon request.

BDA’s Portable Floor Rental Process

  • BDA’s portable dance floor rental process is designed to serve the Boston dance community with a professional experience at an affordable rate. Pricing is competitive and accessible for many artists & organizations with options based on floor size, rental duration and BDA membership or non-membership status.
  • All BDA floor rentals require installation and removal by BDA-provided technicians to ensure proper setup, safety, and floor care. Technician fees include labor, truck rental, and setup/breakdown time. These fees vary depending on floor size and rental location, please see below.
  • All rentals are required to sign a Portable Floor Rental Contract and provide a refundable security deposit equal to 25% of the total floor rental cost. Security deposits are returned 2-3 weeks following the rental, provided the floor is returned in good condition and free of damage.

Floor Sizes & Rental Rates

The size of the floor determines the base rental price in addition to how many BDA floor technicians are provided for transport, setup, and breakdown. While customizable, BDA suggests the following size options for your floor rental needs.

Additional Rental Considerations

  • Final size & pricing: Floor size and total cost are confirmed based on availability and the specific needs of your event.
  • Multi-day rentals: Discounted daily material rates may apply for multi-day rentals. please contact us with your rental dates to receive an exact quote.
  • Marley floor add-on: BDA offers a light gray Marley floor overlay as an optional add-on to the portable floor. An additional installation fee applies to all Marley add-ons, regardless of membership status.

Send a Floor Rental Inquiry to BDA

Contact BDA as early as possible to check availability and receive a no-obligation quote. We typically require a minimum of 3 weeks to arrange floor rentals and are also happy to provide details to renters when budgeting for floor rentals within grant applications.

For more information on floor rentals or to receive a quote, please contact BDA Special Programs & Initiatives Associate, Christina Leonard at cleonard@bostondancealliance.org.