Observations; Tennis shoes,…. Two types of slippery floors. Well waxed, which means tennis shoes will stick hard while suede & leather bottom dance shoes will slide. Or a dusty floor (sawdust, street dirt, peanut shells, talc, corn starch), wherein there is less need for good dance shoes. Like West Coast Swing, the grunge look is creeping into Lindy Hop. Dance style is limited in country dancing by heavy, stiff cowboy boots, so some people spring for supple, thin soled, light weight boots. And they dance better. In WCS the Peter Pan dance boots maintain the grunge look while giving the wearer the ability to dance better. I was on a job to add an addition to a house in Lake of the Ozarks a couple years ago. During a break, a father brought his teenage son over to watch me oil & polish my construction work boots. The young man had never seen anyone polish a pair of shoes or boots. What a discovery these young dancers will make when they find out half the world wears well designed, well built, dance shoes for a reason.
Congratulations Undre- fabulous & fun performance!
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Observations; Tennis shoes,…. Two types of slippery floors. Well waxed, which means tennis shoes will stick hard while suede & leather bottom dance shoes will slide. Or a dusty floor (sawdust, street dirt, peanut shells, talc, corn starch), wherein there is less need for good dance shoes. Like West Coast Swing, the grunge look is creeping into Lindy Hop. Dance style is limited in country dancing by heavy, stiff cowboy boots, so some people spring for supple, thin soled, light weight boots. And they dance better. In WCS the Peter Pan dance boots maintain the grunge look while giving the wearer the ability to dance better. I was on a job to add an addition to a house in Lake of the Ozarks a couple years ago. During a break, a father brought his teenage son over to watch me oil & polish my construction work boots. The young man had never seen anyone polish a pair of shoes or boots. What a discovery these young dancers will make when they find out half the world wears well designed, well built, dance shoes for a reason.
Pretty sure they wear specially designed dance sneakers like the Fuego brand, not just “tennis shoes”. 😉