DANCE NATURALS was born in 1995 by the entrepreneurial and dynamic spirit of TINO MICHIELOTTO (Italian) and CAROLYN SMITH (Scottish) engaged in the dance study for about 40 years with maximum passion. In their agonistic career they attain surprising goals at the highest world levels of dance and as teachers train extraordinary dancers at the principal places of different Italian and international competitions. The great experience and the dance successes are at the origin of the more extraordinary success of the shoes, thought and designed from them: these shoes, different and original, provoke the interest of an impressive number of top dancers, that, every day more, want to wear them. The principal aim of Dance Naturals is the absolute innovation, because of that, moreover the unmistakable quality, shoes mark themselves with a exceptional functionality: tens and tens of patented particulars DANCE NATURALS grant the maximum stability and foot adhesion, while the excellent and only natural materials allow a correct foot transpiration.
Working and production of every shoes components is ESCLUSIVELY IN ITALY, thank to expert technicians, with maximum attention of the minimum detail and with the maximum quality that mark our country in all over the world. The high quality of chosen materials, the technology, the skill of our craftsmen, the attention for the details, the care of design and the elegance give to the Dance Naturals shoes that ITALIAN CHARACTER recognizable everywhere in world. That grants the Dance Naturals shoes to be able to satisfy every expectation.
All Dance Naturals products are made by creative imagination and deep experience of 40 years of agonistic activity on highest level by CAROLYN SMITH, company owner with her husband TINO MICHIELOTTO, responsible of the production’s organization and of the sales department.
After the first shoe draft, specialized designers defined the picture and take care of development of models, of socket punches (a knife pre-cut to the shape of the pattern), of the heel mould, of the heel layers and all necessary for the first realization stage of production.
For each article is made a first prototype, in this stage are made the necessary modifications about aesthetic and technical details and the “master” is optimized. For a more accurate check, some tens of pairs are made for strict “resistance” test in laboratory and tried at the feet of some among the top dancers in the world.
Our shoes are sent to a engineering laboratory (usually of Padua’s University) for a further and more careful verification, in addition to the “effort trial”, duration and wear and tear. Through mechanic and eccentric press, the heel balance is verified, weight is distributed correctly, between the front and the posterior part. Only at the end of these strict tests the responsible engineer certify the reliability.
Practical test is conducted on the dancers feet in about 60 days. Our sample are so much tested from some of top dancers in the world, our testimonials since beginning.
Soles of Dance Naturals shoes are made of buffalo leather, with the third leather’s layer, usually called “Crosta”; differently from other companies, buffalo used by DN is submitted to a particular tanning (leather working) through a particular processing called “vegetal tanning”, that’s without chemical additives. This processing absolutely doesn’t harm the dancer’s skin and allow the highest tenderness and flexibility, essential features for foot sensitivity with the floor.
Insole linings are used in all DN soles, studied on the minimum particulars like: anatomic inclination on the back part for the perfect balance of the heel; strong plantar arch for the maximum support of the body’s weight and for the correct body position; reinforcing bar of steel inside; compressed red fibre in the back part of the shoe; traces carved for the connection with the heel; perfect hollows for heel and upper; latex anti-shock in the front.
The DN insoles are absolutely the same colour of the shoe and are mdae by first quality suede leather, worked with vegetal substances and consequently not harmful for the skin (only all black woman shoes, in order to avoid the loss of colour, are made with an insole of alcantara, allowing, however, a correct foot’s transpiration).
As the insole, all linings are made of suede leather (only the black woman shoes are made of alcantara).
Every model has a different heel, cared on the minimum particular in terms of innovative design and position of ankle’s straps. All ensure the highest stability and reliability; some articles have double straps only for an aesthetic reason, that, according the needs of customer, can be cut off by a simple scissor, making them singles.
(inner reinforcement for heel) : DN use only counters made of “sarpa” (a natural material), specifically prepared and “arched under hot temperature” and so perfectly adapted to the heel.
In every juncture of the shoe (in a pair are 14 very important) there are special reinforcing with triple seam and internal string of hemp.
Heels are completely personalized and made with our moulds, injected from first quality ABS, endowed of a filled pin knurled of reinforced steel, perfectly balanced in all sizes, from 33 to 41, included half size. They are fixed to the inner sole by a special glue for the anchorage and balancing, by a 18 mm screws for the pre-fixing, and at the end, by 5 18 mm long rivets for the blocking.
Replacements heel are made with DN moulds, personalized with logo; made by a bi-component: screw has a plastic fusion around and this has a rubber fusion around, in order to avoid any contact of metal parts with the floor, for that reason DN doesn’t need heel tips. All replacement heels are interchangeable and for this reason it’s suggested to change them few time before the total tear.
Upper of all models are carefully studied in every minimum details to guarantee the best functionality, comfort and reliability. For the cut and inclination it’s considered the anatomic form of forefoot. The match between lining and upper allow a dilatation of 12 tenths after only 13 minutes of use in normal conditions on parquet dance floor .
All straps (mignon) are folded in three part, reinforced by natural material and covered, on the inner side, by first quality suede leather; that allow that the dancer’s skin touch only leather treated with vegetal substances, not harmful for the health.
DN buckles are completely made of brass and strass Swarovski. It’s handicraft production, studied and cared in every detail.
In every DN shoes there are three latex antishock: the first one is on the insole lining; the second one is bigger and it is on the plantar arch; the third one is for the protection of whole foot plant. Each one have a different form and function and are put in the different working stage to act in independent way, respecting the own functions and guaranteeing the maximum comfort.
Majority parts of DN shoes are signed from DN brand of golden metal, usually placed on the heel. Many companies have already copied all our models and try (luckly without luck) to sell them like original DN shoes. The identification is very easy. The original model is on the top of quality, but copies are ugly, are made by low quality material, containing chemical additives, very harmful for the health, and, at the end, copies break down very soon.
