| When it comes to dance shoes and footwear, it is | | | | shoe is extremely important but the same thing must |
| hard to argue with a company like Bloch considering | | | | be said about the fashion element. No matter the |
| their vast level of expertise in this market. Since the | | | | discipline, the presentation is extremely important |
| 1930s, Bloch has been responsible for some of the | | | | when dancing and a jazz dancer who wore a pair of |
| best loved and technically superb dance shoes that | | | | sneakers or ballet shoes would find that they would |
| have been available to buy. The craftsmanship that | | | | not be taken seriously. Unless they were an |
| went into the early dance shoes made by the firm | | | | unbelievably brilliant dancer, it is likely that their |
| set the tone and expectation levels extremely high | | | | performance would be dismissed if they were |
| and this has been carried through in the companies | | | | wearing a pair of shoes that stood out so much that |
| work to the modern era. The amount of shoes and | | | | it detracted from the dance itself. This is perhaps |
| products made available by Bloch these days is large | | | | slightly sad and an indictment of the modern society |
| and cover so many different styles of music. One of | | | | and culture but it is important to be aware that an |
| the most popular forms of music is jazz, which is | | | | overall presentation is required. A good jazz shoe will |
| great to listen to and fun to dance to which makes | | | | be able to provide support but will also wow an |
| the Bloch jazz shoe an extremely important element | | | | audience, leaving the rest up to the dancer. |
| of the Bloch dance range catalogue. | | | | Of course, although the choice of footwear is |
| Jazz dancing is extremely popular and one of the | | | | specific to the individual dancer, it may well be that |
| major reasons for this is that it can be a very active | | | | there needs to be consideration made to a dancing |
| form of dancing. Jazz music can be a bit | | | | group or ensemble. If the vast majority of dancers |
| unpredictable, which leads to dancers having many | | | | are wearing black jazz shoes, anyone wearing white |
| twists and turns, which obviously requires a good | | | | is going to stand out. The Bloch jazz shoe range |
| choice of footwear. A dancer cannot perform to the | | | | offers so much choice that there should be |
| best of their abilities if they do not have confidence | | | | something to suit everyone and there will always be |
| in their choice of shoe and a bad shoe can un-nerve | | | | a high stock level to ensure that all demand can be |
| them greatly. This is something that will not concern | | | | catered for. The Bloch jazz shoe range provides the |
| the dancer who wears a Bloch jazz shoe as the | | | | benefits of working with a market leader in their field |
| company has been able to bring their area of | | | | but also is adaptable to the needs and demands of |
| expertise and knowledge to jazz dancing. | | | | the individual consumer. |
| It is obvious that the functionality of a Bloch jazz | | | | |