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I'm really curious too. Although last time i saw one of those sponsored ads on instagram and fell for it (the pup socks) i was less than impressed with what I received.

I go smaller for my latin shoes as well. I found (in Aidas at least) that when you go for a shorter shoe length, the overall shoe ends up smaller (as in, the toe box area). So as mentioned by SwingingAlong, you may need to also go wider if you go smaller. I did try to cut the toe off of a shoe...

Alessandro Olivato – Mr Charles (Samba)

If you get shooting pains the moment you stand up, it's probably too tight. If your feet hurt after a few minuts of walking around in them, then they're probably good LOL. They do stretch out when you break them in and you want to start with them uncomfortably tight. To save my feet, i use...

I LOOOVE that one! ^^^^^

When i'm making playlists for competition simulations, i have to approach it as "what music can fit into the tempo and relative characterization" of one of these 10 dances, and because we're only practicing those dances I don't focus on other styles. And 'unconventional' (just IMO) in this...

Okay so here's an old song, that i heard play at a practice over the summer (i don't recall seeing it mentioned anywhere but it's probably already on some playlists): -another stab at VW LOL -

Booooo it did? I trust your judgement. Thanks for posting that though, now i can just let it go.... *sniff. LOL ;-P

I see what you're saying... this is why it's in the "unconventional music" thread in that I thought you could dance to it using VW, not necessarily saying that this piece is classic VW. I'm glad you like the piece - i find it really moving myself.

I may have posted this around here before. I think this would be a super lovely VW if the tempo was adjusted. It's nice to have some other VW aside from the omp-cha-cha... and everyone here is sick of me requesting GoT all the time LOL.

I do that too.... where i paint the satin with glue or nailpolish just to reinforce it a bit more. Like Fancyfeet says, it helps them last longer (although I do wish Aida would get on this and remedy the issue).

BAAAHHAHAH you beat me too it.

OOoh i like that!!!! I love it when sambas are super percussiony. LOL. Right now i'm loving this one for some reason. I think because the voice reminds me of Benni Benassi "Satisfaction"

Just to elaborate on the above, if you play the original and the cha-cha version one after another, you're ears will pick up the difference. Aside from 'appropriate bmp', there are rhythmic characteristics of each dance that make it what it is. So cha cha - with it's distinctive 4&1 - will be...

Yah i'm always desperate for new music - although i have to say there are a couple other members here with a much better library than I ;-P And yes! @MaggieMoves that's the one!! :D

THere already is a chacha-fied version of that somewhere.... maybe one of the dj's threw it up on soundcloud or something. It's on my ipod but I got a bunch on newer stuff recently from my coach. I'm not sure where she finds it. But yah, it's a good one ;-)

Just now I saw on instagram a post by IDS that they have a new "XG Sole" available.... a "flexible rubber padding embedded into the under-sole of the shoe". I can't get my feet into IDS but i am curious what those are like, and if it's somethign that's goign to catch on with other brands...

Ahhh LOL 7 years of ballet training! You'll have strong feet LOL. In that case, you probably can ignore what i said :p

hahah @AHCook I swear I don't get kickbacks from Aida. I just like the shoe. Mostly LOL (the satin wear still gets me though!). I haven't tried the mesh... i have big bunions and i've heard that the mesh doesn't stretch out much, which would be uncomfortable for me since I need that area of...

It didn't work well for me. What i do is put on thick socks and then put on my shoes and blowdry them while they're on my feet, as I work them in.