Ballroom Dresses

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There are two types of ballroom performance dance shoes. These are Latin and Standard shoes.

Latin Dance shoes typically worn by women for Tango, Salsa and Samba dance are open toed high heel sandals, heel is around 2-3”. It should be well- fitted so that your toes touch the very end of the shoe and the sole is not noticeable.

Men generally wear a black tie shoe made of leather porting a Cuban design heel. The height of heel is about 1-1/2″.

Standard Dance Shoes are also known as smooth dance shoes. Women’s standard shoes are closed toe high heel pumps. Theses shoes are often created from satin and the color either matched the shade of the ball gown or it is flesh toned so that your leg looks more graceful.  The heel of standard dance shoes should be more centred in contrast to Latin shoes to assist the backward movement of Viennese Waltz and other similar dances.

Standard shoes usually worn by men are black laced shoes of oxford design with
heel like a street shoe but with suede sole.

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