Looks like my little post has revealed a secret yearning for dance
shoes... among the guys in town! First off, I'd like to urge everyone to
post freely (about dance-related issues) to this list. Don't be shy...
just because it's been a bit quiet lately. You never know who else has
your same concerns... or the answers you need, until you post!
Now, never having worn men's dance shoes, I can only help minimally.
First off, go to the DI Web Page and scroll down to the link to the
cheap dance shoe faq... a very helpful internet resource that's compiled
by our own DI video librarian, Mark Balzer...
I am very willing to let people (men and ladies) look at the shoe ctalogs
I have... but I also urge you all to bend the ear of our knowledgeable
dancers in town for the voice of experience...
I include the following (anonymously) because it's a very real and common
conern... and I know there are others better equipped to answer here in
town....
So everyone wiggle your piggies and see if they can touch type!
sheena
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Hi Sheena! I've been looking for some dance shoes for some time. Being a
guy I've found this quite difficult. (Not sure what you women have to deal
with when looking for shoes...) The trouble is that my feet aren't nice &
pointy like it seems all the European shoes want men's feet to be. I have
large toes and a wide foot. This makes all of the dance shoes I've tried
uncomfortable at best. Soooo, do you have any tips on what I can do for
dance shoes? Do you think there are *any* dance shoe manufacturers who make
shoes that would fit my non-european feet? (I've been told that Europeans
tend to have more pointed feet, but that may just be rumor.)