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Selecting the right Dance Shoes

Wearing the right shoes will allow you to get the best experience from the dance classes.  They need not be professional dance shoes, however some suggestions include:

  • Soles: Ideally, the soles should be suede leather (soft brushed leather), hard leather, hard plastic/rubber. 
  • Open Heels: To ensure that you don't step off the heel while dancing, you usually want a full shoe around the heel.   You can use an open heel, if the straps keep your heel firmly set on the heel of the shoe. 
  • Heel Height: For "official" ballroom dancing, women wear 3" heels for the European dances, and 2" heels for the Latin dances. Heels can help in getting the stretch that we want in the European dances, and to be up on the toes for the turns and spins we do in all forms of ballroom. We recommend that women do not wear heels substantially higher than what they are used to. If you almost never wear shoes with heels, look for a 1" to 1 1 / 2 " heel. If you're used to heels, go with a 2", or maybe 2 1 / 2 " heel. In most cases, you'll be doing a variety of dances, and anything higher than that is inappropriate for some rhythms. Never buy anything more than 1/2" higher than heels you've previously worn -- the dance floor is not the place to be learning how to walk in high heels!

The following are examples of various dance shoes.

 

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