{"id":8384,"date":"2026-10-08T07:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/?p=8384"},"modified":"2026-10-08T07:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:22:42","slug":"what-to-wear-to-your-first-dance-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/blog\/uncategorized\/what-to-wear-to-your-first-dance-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Wear to Your First Dance Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer: normal clothes and the right shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Clothes: wear what you&#8217;d wear to a nice dinner. Comfortable, lets you move. You don&#8217;t need dancewear \u2014 nobody expects it on lesson one.<\/p>\n<p>Shoes: this is the part that matters. Wear something with a smooth sole that stays on your foot. Leather soles are ideal. What doesn&#8217;t work: sneakers or anything with rubber grip (you&#8217;ll stick to the floor), flip-flops, very high stilettos.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t own smooth-soled shoes? A pair of dress shoes or low heels works fine. Don&#8217;t buy dance shoes before your first lesson \u2014 we&#8217;ll tell you what to get once you know which styles you love.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. No costume, no preparation. Just show up.<\/p>\n<p>Your first lesson is $50 for 30 minutes, one-on-one with a professional instructor. 857 Broadway, or call 212-597-2484.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer: normal clothes and the right shoes. Clothes: wear what you&#8217;d wear to a nice dinner. Comfortable, lets you move. You don&#8217;t need dancewear \u2014 nobody expects it on lesson one. Shoes: this is the part that matters. Wear something with a smooth sole that stays on your foot. Leather soles are ideal. What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/union-square\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}