Thanks! Yeah, after learning all this stuff about dance shoes, I actually can't buy shoes at all anymore without evaluating them for dance potential! The versatility of the leather-soled shoe really has me sold on them as my favorite for dancing in, even if sometimes they are a tad *too* slippery when brand new!
A lot of places are over-waxing their wood floors, or even using this new synthetic wood-looking linoleum in ballrooms nowadays, and they're a lot more sticky than the really old polished wood or marble floors, so the extra slip is, IMO, a good thing.
Trying to protect the floor from abuse & spillage (seriously, people at conventions have a shocking lack of concern for the mess they make in hotel ballrooms - it's why the carpets are all so eye-bleedingly hideous) and the venue from lawsuits from people slipping means extra wax or alternative materials that really need the slippery hard leather to do the full range of slides and spins.
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Date: 5/14/12 07:04 am (UTC)From:A lot of places are over-waxing their wood floors, or even using this new synthetic wood-looking linoleum in ballrooms nowadays, and they're a lot more sticky than the really old polished wood or marble floors, so the extra slip is, IMO, a good thing.
Trying to protect the floor from abuse & spillage (seriously, people at conventions have a shocking lack of concern for the mess they make in hotel ballrooms - it's why the carpets are all so eye-bleedingly hideous) and the venue from lawsuits from people slipping means extra wax or alternative materials that really need the slippery hard leather to do the full range of slides and spins.