Chicago Dance Supply carries a full range of sizes for men in many different dance genres. Stop in today and check out our selection of tap, jazz, ballet, modern, flamenco, tango, pointe and more.
Photo: Eddy Ocampo in Grishko pointe and Darcos tango at Chicago Dance Supply
Comme il faut high heel stiletto tango shoes available at Chicago Dance Supply…
Photo: Karolcia Karolinka at Black and White Milonga Chicago wearing Comme il faut
Nina Tatarowicz from Tango Elixir on tango alignment:
Letʼs look at our Tango Alignment from the ground up. So starting with the feet:
We always make sure that our weight is on one foot or the other.
But how can we be sure that weʼre stable?
Try to find the connection onto the floor from the big toe root, the little toe root (which is your metatarsal: this band, but on the other side of my shoe) and the center of the heel. So, for followers, itʼs a little more challenging because of the stilettos, but both followers and leaders need to find that triangle connection.
So we have:
We change weight, ground, and think about spreading: so itʼs like, going in opposite directions, itʼs spreading. Spreading your foot to create that sense of grounding.
Keeping the ankles together, and making sure that you release the other leg. The knee comes in. The knee comes in: we donʼt keep it out– boom– it relaxes in.
We need to make sure that the legs stay springy, so making sure that thereʼs always a sense of bend and compression. So that theyʼre never locked completely back, and theyʼre never completely bent down where thereʼs no life. Always a little bit of that resistance.
Depending on your style, it can be more lifted, or it can be a little bit more bent. Also depends on the size of the step we want to take.
Every summer there are always a ton of great performances to see in Chicago. Here are some great shows coming up from some of the Companies that Chicago Dance Supply Sponsors!
Chicago Tap Theater Presents: Mama’s Boy - a tale of love, rivalry and revenge told entirely through tap dance and set to live music! This tap opera will be performed June 21 – June 30 at Stage 773.
For more information and tickets visit their website here: http://chicagotaptheatre.com/events/062113-mamas-boy
NoMi Dance Company Presents: A Few Great Men - an evening of exciting works past and present choreographed by some of Chicago’s finest male artists including Nomi’s own award-winning Dancer/Choreographer Paul Christiano!! This one night event takes place July 13 at The Athenaeum Theater.
For more information and tickets visit their website here: http://www.nomilamaddance.com/A_Few_Great_Men.html
Thodos Dance Chicago Presents: New Dances, a dance/choreography project that has fueled the evolution of Contemporary Dance in America for over a decade. This exciting show can be seen July 19-21 at Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
For more information and tickets visit there website here: http://www.thodosdancechicago.org/NewDancesConcertpage.html
Enjoy a great summer seeing some incredible dance!
Chicago Dance Supply offers a wide selection of pointe shoes including Grishko, Repetto, Gamba, Capezio, Fuzi and Russian Pointe. Walk-ins welcomed but pointe shoe fitting appointments are highly recommended especially for first time fittings! contactus@chicagodancesupply.com or 773-728-5344
Photo: our current selection of pointe shoes available at Chicago Dance Supply.
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In addition to the talented local instructors who teach here on a regular basis, Chicago is fortunate to also attract internationally renowned Argentine tango maestros nearly every month. Below are videos of visiting instructors in May and June. For more information and to register for workshops, check out Tango Mango.
Virginia Pandolfi and Ney Melo
Sol Alzamora and Leandro Capparelli
Santiago Croce
We are excited to introduce the Entrada from the Classic line of Russian Pointe shoes. Flexible shank, high crown, medium toe platform. Great for dancers with high arches. Contactus@chicagodancesupply for your pointe shoe fitting appointment!
