I wear closed toe shoes... mainly because I don't like my toes.
Never thought about the whole being stood on option and sandals / open toed shoes... I am clumsy enough by myself tho so probably best that I stick to closed toe shoes......
I wear closed toe shoes... mainly because I don't like my toes.
Never thought about the whole being stood on option and sandals / open toed shoes... I am clumsy enough by myself tho so probably best that I stick to closed toe shoes......
wooden spoon for Martin
Martin ......there you go then
go on then what would you have her in stockings and supenders I suppose
same old same guy's
I have some silver sparkly ones......i'v steped up to be a westie
Also short women favour them to give them some heightWhat do these WCS sandles look like?but stiletto heels are dangerous on the dancefloor and I would encourage women who wear them to buy some heel protectors, they are clear plastic and do not detract from the look of your shoes but they do make your them an awful lot safer for the people you might accidentally stand on (aswell as preventing scuffs on wooden floors ).
I would like to get some of the WCS sandals that I have seen around, maybe I will brave it one day...
I was wondering the same.
Are they anything like this? GlamourDance Shoes -- Womens Shoes
Or are they magic shoes that help you dance in a slot?
Is there a web site for WCS exclusive sandles?
After having my toenail ripped off by some heavy-footed heffer on Saturday night, I think my closed-toe shoes will be making a come-back for a while.
Not many shoe styles look pleasant with a closed-toe. In order for closed-toe shoes to look pleasant, the shoe manufacturers taper the toe inwards. After wearing ballet shoes for many years and having dreadful feet as a result, I usually err towards open toed shoes that allow my toes to be able to be balanced, rather than squashed in to a point. Having said that, even open-toed shoes have a tapered base as well, so I've looked around to find the ones with square bases for the toes.
My favourite shoes at the moment are my WCS shoes Bloch - Annabella that have the lower heal and open-toe with a good base for the toes to balance on. My favourite closed-toe shoes that have a good base for the toes are a bloch shoe Bloch - Splitflex (SFX) and it has a flexible arch so that it allows your feet to point and get a nice line.
Overall, if the floor is too fast, I use my WCS shoes - and if the floor is fine I use my Splitflex shoes. When it comes to performing, I work with whatever is required by the choreographer - so if pretty silver shoes are required then I resort to practising and performing in the latin styled shoes.
Thanks for everyone who has replied to the poll, and contributed on the thread.
The results supprised me, as to just how many do wear closed toe shoes, or wear closed toe shoes sometimes.
I spotted one more local with a closed toe shoe - so that now makes 2. Everyone else has open toe shoes. Which is far different to the poll results from the formites.
Sorry to hear of your toenail challenge Saligal, but at least you are now thinking closed toes for a while, as it heals.
There must be something in the water here, as they wear open toe shoes, get an injury, then come back the following week with open toe shoes
I have a pair of these as well and really like them, not just for WCS. Very flexible sole as well and not too expensive.
The only proper toe injury I had was in AT (open toed AT shoes), a particular move that a lead was trying and kept almost getting my foot. He persisted in practicing until he finally crushed my toe and drew blood.
Been kicked, caught on the ankle or other parts of my foot as much as having toes stood on and I'm not about to start dancing in boots so don't worry too much about open toed shoes.
I wear closed toe lace-up cubans (with trousers) and I've had a stiletto heel (presumably from adjacent women dancers) down the side of my foot inside my shoe about three or four times - initially very painful but usually ok after about 3 tracks. I think I might have been otherwise trodden on a couple of times by partners, but not memorably so.
I don't see how you can get the same support and precision of steps from an open side/open toe sandal - doesn't your foot slop about, comparatively speaking? Also, some of the ladies I see wearing stilettos don't seem to have huge amounts of control over where they are putting their feet e.g. their turns are often messy (as mine would be in stilettos), so I've always tended to assume that they wear stilettos because they look good rather than because they improve their dancing.
I would tick a box that said "I wear closed toe shoes because my dancing would be even more rubbish if I wore open-toed stilettos"
It's not always convenient for every female dancer to afford or justify having more than 1 pair of dance shoes - especially when it is important for them to be comfortable (and that includes comfortable with what she wears them with as well ). This may be part of the reason the women you speak of don't suddenly put on closed-toe shoes after having their toes minced.
Unless they are tango shoes (some of which can have very narrow and very high heels), the ladies you see wearing stillettos are probably not wearing dance shoes. My 'high' dance sandals are 2 1/2" flared heel - definitely not a stilletto.
So those ladies are probably wearing fashion sandals and aside from the heel height will most likely also be having problems of their feet sliding about in the shoe, the balance of the shoe being wrong and the sole being too grippy to spin properly.
What do authentic high heeled tango dance shoes look like?
Have they a T bar or are they laced?
Wonder if it was the same woman I saw at the Troxy?
She was a yanker - suppose it would be incredibly difficult for her to keep her balance, that's why.
No particular style (though not seen a laced pair), can be t-bar, or not, open toe or closed toe. The main thing they have in common is high heels. (This helps when stepping back, you can put your heel to the ground without bringing your weight back as far as you would in flat/low heeled shoes.)
Like this. Designs vary wildly, but they always always have at least a strap and are firmly attached to your feet. Very often a T-bar - I prefer a T-bar. They're balanced differently from street shoes and are much easier to dance in than they are to walk in. I wouldn't walk down a street in my tango shoes.
I know a couple of tango dancers who prefer open toes because they have wide feet and because they feel they get better balance and control with the freedom for their toes. I personally prefer some more protection.
Most of my tango shoes are peep-toe, nearly closed but not quite. They give me enough protection, and look nice. There aren't many completely closed styles available. I have one classic closed pair with a t-bar that I wear for classes. I have one open-ish pair of sandals, but they're salsa shoes.
Oh, some nice shoes there.
My tango shoes (Artesenal) are open toes mainly because they were the pair that fitted me best and were most comfortable - I have quite narrow feet, and that pair/style just seemed to fit well. I probably would prefer more closed toe for tango but I went with what was comfortable.
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