Hey all I'm new here!
Just a little about my dancing history- all i've ever really done is hip hop dancing at school dances. Whenever (at a party,or dance) there is a good song playing I always feel like,and do, dance. I just recently started taking lessons in ballroom and latin dancing. I'm thinking of getting serious in both of those and maybe adding on a little swing dancing later. So, anyways, my question was when should I get real dance shoes? I wear white sneakers (NOT skate shoes) to class and they work fine for now but I want to know when is the right time to get some shoes.

So, any help would be appreciated :)

-Molly

Now. Almost any shoe is ok if youre
just messing around. However, there are
essential benefits with dance shoes. In
a nutshell, the suede sole provides the
correct amount of 'friction' 'grip' etc.
so you can be stable yet move. Dance
shoes have more support for your foot as
opposed to sneakers.......for dancing purposes. The rubber outsole of sneakers
grip the floor too much and can actuslly
trip you up for STD. However works well
for Latin where grip is important.

Practice/dance in the shoes you will use.
Why switch back and forth and hve to get
used to a new 'feel' all the time.