Alvas Ballet Barres Floor

Alvas Barres Floors Mirrors, trading from 1417 W 8th Street in San Pedro, California, is a manufacturer and supplier of dance studio equipment rather than a teaching studio. The business traces to 1952 and to Rosalie and Alva, a husband-and-wife dance team who married in 1941, performed together in television, theatre and film until 1956, and then settled in San Pedro where Alva built Rosalie a studio and theatre. Alva retired in 1985 and passed the company to his son Matt, who expanded it into the present equipment business. Alvas produces wall-mount, floor-mount and freestanding ballet barres and brackets, FloatFloor shock-absorbing subfloors, Matlay and Marlay marley-type coverings, bamboo tap floors and practice mats, and lightweight shatterproof glassless mirrors, alongside studio accessories, rentals, delivery and installation services. It supplies studios and stages worldwide. The original studio building is now offered for lease.