WHERE CAN I FIND OUT ABOUT..
We are often asked where can you buy dance shoes, so here are our favourite shops that are accessible from our classes or by mail order.
We also invite one of the suppliers to sell their wares when we have a dance, so watch out for announcements.
Heavenly Shoes
5 Station Approach, South Oxhey, Watford, Herts.
0208 386 3833, 0208 428 2066
www.salsafever.co.uk/heavenly/index.htm
Custom made shoes in all shapes, colours and styles plus some stock.
Gandolfi Shoes
E Gandolfi Ltd
150, Marylebone Rd
London NW1 5PN
The famous black & white shoes are made here, just along the road from Baker St Station. Do mail order too.
Felix Dance & Leisure Wear
31, St. Flora's Rd
Littlehampton West Sussex
BN17 6BH
01903
721375
Very often have end of lines across a range of maker.
Often been at our dances. Mainly mail order or at dances or weekenders
Danceworks
The Causeway, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2EJ
01279 321283
Agents for Bloch, Capezio, Freed, Catz etc
Mainly supports the Performing Arts School but
have some suitable shoes in stock and can order others in
A HUGE
selection of Dance Shoes & Clothing (+ Cd's & DVD's). You can buy online or
visit their shop - plus they have a presence at many events throughout the year.
They maintain an excellent events list - and you can even hire their dance
studio! Very informative website.
Our own events are to be found here
events For elsewhere in the UK try: www.leroc.org.uk
The LeRoc French Jive Federation has launched a completely new website
designed to help dancers identify teachers who have a qualification for teaching
LeRoc or modern jive. www.uk-jive.co.uk .
This list keeps getting better and better! www.lyndaslist.com
or
www.dancer.co.uk
As
it says this is Lynda's list updated monthly, covering the South of England. Salsa Jive UK
. This listing covers events and classes throughout the UK.
Recommend you check direct with venue before dashing off to somewhere listed
here. www.thejiveclub.co.uk
. Home of the jive weekender and regular Saturday dances in Essex
Jive Hive - A hive of
information on the latest dance events for the modern jiver of today.
Running freestyle and workshops in Canterbury, their
aim is to promote modern jive in all its forms.
British Arts a Directory of the Arts in the UK
www.chancetwodance.co.uk
Home of the UK Open Jive Championships in Blackpool, site includes competition
entrances, weekend packages and lots more info A lot of our members come
to workshops, when they are trying to get started, for learning more
difficult moves and for specialised "partner only" moves such as jumps
and drops. Look at our Workshop
page and e-mail us
with your interest and we will let you know when we are running your type of
workshop. We have a range of dance videos with
taught lessons right from beginners to advanced level, available at any class. We have also had good
feedback on the www.jiveoholic.org.uk
site with over 500 modern jive move descriptions (over 120 animated), a
comprehensive search engine and considerable advice to get beginners and
improvers going faster.
The new website features details of classes and events held by Federation
members and is kept up to date using extensive data feeds supplied by UK-Jive.
The Federation is a non-profit organisation set up by independent dance teachers
for independent teachers. Its members have passed an examination to ensure their
teaching ability and their qualification is endorsed by the UKA (United Kingdom
Alliance of Teachers of Dancing).
Says LeRoc French Jive Federation Chairman, John Eastman, "The popularity of
LeRoc and modern jive has increased so much in recent years that many new
teachers have set-up without much training or experience. We hope this new
website will help dancers to find a qualified teacher in their area. At the same
time we hope it will encourage teachers to contact us and sit our examination so
that they can join our enthusiastic and qualified community of professionals".