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By working closely with experts in dance and gymnastics, our suppliers and their advisors, and of course listening to the experiences and opinions of our customers Dancemania staff has collectively gained a wealth of experience and knowledge on all aspects of dance, gymnastics and fitness. These posts are born from our experiences.
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Google PlusWhat do the Gaynor Minden pointe...
May 9, 2013
I’m sure you’ve seen them, stacks of vibrantly coloured bags brightening up the dance shop, green, yellow, pink, blue and on rare occasions purple, but what do they mean? Quite simply the bag colour tells you how stiff the shank is for the pointe shoes... [+]
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09May
How long will my gymnastics leotard...
April 14, 2013
When a gymnastics leotard costs so much it is important to consider how long it will last, and with new fabrics appearing every season you want to know that the fabric won’t fail after a week or two in the gym. Also, with designs needing... [+]
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14Apr
What is character dancing?
April 9, 2013
Character dance is part of the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus and is the theatrical presentation of national dance from Hungary, Russia and Poland. As a syllabus dance there is a strict uniform code for the dancer, which includes a Character skirt and Character shoes.... [+]
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09Apr
Who models The Zone gymnastic...
April 1, 2013
When browsing The Zone gymnastics leotards on the pages of our web site you will see that the models photographed wearing these fabulous leotards look very confident and comfortable. There is no big secret to this, The Zone’s model are in fact successful gymnast and... [+]
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01Apr
A mobile site for dancewear and...
March 4, 2013
Looking for a modern web site to buy your dancewear, dance shoes, and gymnastics clothing? Then we have what you’ve been looking for: A new look for Dancemania We all liked our old colour scheme as it was dark and sharp, but times change and... [+]
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04Mar
Pineapple has new clothes for Spring...
February 25, 2013
The latest Spring clothing has arrived from Pineapple and is available to buy now from Dancemania. This season’s colours are very spring-like with Fresh Blue, Flamingo Pink, Yellow with base colours Charcoal and, of course, Black. Pineapple clothing for girls Pineapple have produced a range... [+]
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25Feb
Milano Leotards for Spring 2013
February 19, 2013
The latest leotards from Milano are now available from Dancemania. Milano’s Spring 2013 range of gymnastics leotards will be available until 30th September 2013, so longer as stocks last. To add extra kudos to these leotards they have been modelled by three of GB’s Artistic... [+]
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19Feb
Kate Weston of Wave 105 pays...
December 30, 2012
At Dancemania we love meeting people and when Kate Weston of Wave 105 visited our Poole store to pick up a pair of Bloch 358 sneakers for Zumba Kate was kind enough to pose for some photographs. Kate Weston Kate is best known on the... [+]
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30Dec
One dance teachers' view on Gaynor...
December 8, 2012
We are delighted to have received this great review of Gaynor Minden pointe shoes from one of the dance teachers who attended the fitting sessions at the Dancemania shop in Poole run with Gaynor Minden International Sales Director Jeanne Share who has fitted pointe shoes... [+]
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08Dec
What shoes was Denise Van Outen...
November 19, 2012
On Saturday night Strictly Come Dancing came from Wembley, the biggest night in the Strictly calendar, as the nine remaining couples danced live in front of a crowd of 6,000. The theme of the show was Dancing Through The Decades and Denise and dance partner... [+]
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19Nov