Dancers should get dance shoes for the same reason soccer players wear cleats and football players wear pads.  Dance shoes are specifically designed to support your feet and reduce the possibility of injury to ankles and knees.

Dance shoes have flexible suede soles that have a perfect balance between ’slick and stick’.  When dancing, you need a sole that allows movement during spins (unlike tennis shoes with rubber soles) and will also grip the floor when you need control (unlike leather or plastic soled shoes).  Additionally, dance shoes are very lightweight and flexible to help prevent tired, sore, overworked feet.

Because the dance shoe is very lightweight and does not have a welt, it enables you to roll through and articulate your feet while dancing.  This is something that cannot be done in regular street shoes.  Rolling through the feet when you’re dancing creates better balance and control in your dancing, like you see the professionals doing.

*Ask your instructor for details on how to order your NEW dance shoes today!