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Where can I buy tango shoes?

Thursday, 15 February 2007

We are beginner dancers, man and woman, and have been dancing for about three months in street shoes with leather soles. We have noticed some beautiful shoes on the dance floors and would like to know where we can buy these shoes. What should we be looking for in a pair of tango shoes? Also we have noticed some of the teachers wearing what look like dancing sneakers, where do we get these?

Answer: Most of the really beautiful shoes are bought or made overseas - either in Buenos Aires, New York or Italy. However there are shoe shops in Australia that specialise in dance shoes. You can check your Yellow Pages under dance shoes to begin with and you will probably find a shop near you. there are number that specialise in dance shoes. There are also shoes available online from Australian importers and manufacturers - check the links pages on this website and go to shoes.
In Sydney there is a shoe shop that specialises in tango shoes and sells online.
It is really important that tango, or any dancing shoes, fit properly and feel comfortable. Unlike a pair of fashion shoes that you might fall in love with, find agony to wear, but persist with because you don't have to stand in them and you love the way they look! - tango shoes have to be used.
Learn what you need to know about choosing comfortable dance shoes before you start looking.
If you are sure of your sizes you can buy online - or better still if you know someone who is going to Buenos Aires ask them to buy one pair for you - then if you like them you can order some more. Even if you are sure of your size trace both feet onto a piece of brown paper, mark them left and right and then cut around the shapes. Write your names on the shapes as well. If your friend inserts these cutouts into a pair of shoes and they fit without the edges being scrunched or turning up in any way then there is a good chance they will fit.
The other thing to do before your friend goes away is to check our story on the tango shoe shops or search on the internet - go to the Tango Data website (the website of the Government of Buenos Aires which lists many businesses and events associated with tango) for a list of the some tango shoe retailers.