| Capezio jazz shoes offer the ultimate quality and | | | | flexible and well tuned into the music they are |
| looks. They come in various styles that will | | | | dancing to. |
| accommodate the most discerning dancer. Each pair | | | | Jazz dance has evolved through the years just as |
| is lightweight with excellent traction to give good | | | | the Capezio jazz shoes have. Getting its roots from |
| control while dancing. As technique is essential for | | | | various types of dance, jazz became very popular |
| leaps and turns having the right shoe is very | | | | from the early 1900's. Beginning with the cakewalk, in |
| important. Capezio jazz shoes have been designed | | | | where the winners would be given a cake at the |
| with this in mind. Styles from ankle boots to lace less | | | | conclusion of a performance, to the black bottom |
| varieties offer customers a choice to fit their | | | | which was popular in the 1920's, the jitterbug and |
| individual needs. | | | | boogie woogie through to swing dancing and the lindy |
| Wearing the right jazz shoe is very important. They | | | | hop. |
| need to have lots of spring to allow for the energy | | | | Probably one of the most common forms of jazz |
| required in a performance as well as maintaining a | | | | was the Charleston. In the 1900's when the |
| good arch support. You must be able to flex your | | | | Charleston gained popularity young women would |
| feet and some jazz shoes have split soles to allow | | | | dance separately or together. In that era the dance |
| for bending and more flexibility. You must also ensure | | | | was considered to be immoral or provocative. In the |
| that the fit allows you to turn easily due to the | | | | 1920's women who did the Charleston were called |
| fancy footwork involved. It is important to get the | | | | flappers because of the way they would flap their |
| right fit so you should try on different sizes to make | | | | arms and walk like birds while doing the Charleston. |
| sure your shoes are neither too loose nor too tight. | | | | The Charleston changed the dance community by |
| Take your time and make the right choice in shoe | | | | creating a dance that you could both do or watch |
| for you. | | | | with great enjoyment. |
| Jazz dancing is very individual, making every | | | | Times have changed dramatically when it comes to |
| performance original. It is fun and full of energy and | | | | jazz dance and the Capezio jazz shoes have kept up |
| involves fancy footwork, leaps, quick turns and | | | | with the changing times. The Capezio jazz shoes are |
| unique moves. Having a strong background in ballet | | | | fashionable and modern while still maintaining a |
| can help a dancer excel in jazz dance as it helps to | | | | functionality that gives the dancer more control over |
| develop balance and grace. Ballet classes help to | | | | movements. Their leather construction with built in |
| teach control, skill and grace as well as tone and | | | | socklings gives them a very comfortable fit as well |
| condition a dancer's body for dancing. Jazz dancers | | | | as making them attractive to wear. They are a |
| may be slow and graceful or move sharp and | | | | necessity for any serious jazz dancer. |
| abruptly. Therefore they must be physically fit, very | | | | |