Tiny Tips: dance shoes are not street shoes

Never, ever wear your dance shoes as street shoes.  (If you have purchased a shoe marketed as a dance shoe but are using it solely as a street shoe, that's a different story.)  As a dancer, it is disrespectful to your dance teachers and the person who purchased the shoes to wear them outside the studio.  Don't even wear your dance shoes in the dance studio parking lot--exposing them to any surface other than a hard smooth floor can damage them.  It's best to carry your dance shoes in a shoe bag inside your dance bag.  You can change into them right before class.