Learning Features
A priceless tool that will have your dancer set up with beautiful dance technique for life.
Arch support + padded heel and toe
Light arch support is featured in every sock, working to hold the sock in place as well as reminding the dancer to engage their arches.
Extra padding for the toe and heel - the padded heel and toe areas ensure comfort, mild support and reinforcement.
Please keep in mind: Socks get holes, especially loved ones used for dancing, so please expect usual wear and tear holes to appear. If for some reason the sock is faulty we will replace or refund you.
Plastic free!
Our product and packaging are proudly plastic free.
The drawstring bag doubles as packaging and a safe place to keep your socks.
Our postage bags are compostable!
Learning Features
Each picture works as a helpful feature
Check out our examples below! You can gain full access to our easy to understand training videos on purchase. For a sneak peek - we have released two detailed features below and some quick summaries - enjoy!
Features designed to assist with teaching/practicing
Rainbow feet!
Another clever way to encourage students to fully stretch the feet and toes correctly. Scrunched up toes eliminated!
Knee over fairy!
Correct placement for knee in plié and fondu, avoid injuries and set your dancer up for life.
Show me your heart!
Achieve beautiful ballet turnout with one simple heart! Add in some clever ‘strings’ and voila!
Squeeze your ice creams together!
Creating the most beautiful technique on your toes!
Don’t squish the mice!
Rolling arches/flat feet be gone!
Unicorn feet!
Imagine one word (that actually works) to remind your dancer to fully stretch the ankle.
Paw Pushes
Teachers will love the paw feature. Gain outstanding turn-out with a gentle helping push!
Panda
Not everyone is into fairies and unicorns, for you we introduce Ninja Panda! He will have you learning to dance at the speed of light!
Pull the string! - Rond De Jambe
Our revolutionary removable shoe laces will have the difficult ‘ron de jambe’ movement looking remarkable.
Line up the stars!
Never has it been easier to correct sickled feet (no more banana feet!).
Purple Star
You will be thanking this perfect purple star for:
- Fixing the dreaded petit jeté placement.
- Being a helpful guide to tie ballet shoe ribbons and put on our socks correctly.
Twinkle Toe Star -
Derrière
This magic little star will help with learning the tricky dance moves in deréiere (behind the dancer).
SHHHHHHH!
Here is a sneak peek just for you!
On purchase you gain a SPECIAL PASSWORD to join The Secret Academy and find out exactly how our 10 features work...for now you can have a peek at two of our favourite features!
Stars - “Line up the stars!”
How to place on your foot: The stars shooting from your Fairy’s wand (or Panda if you own the mint ‘Sockology’) should be placed in a straight line when you are wearing the sock.
Your Fairy (or Panda) should sit directly above your second and third toes (the ones beside your biggest toe). With the Stars shooting up to create a very straight line towards the centre of your knee.
How to use: To ensure the Stars are kept in a lovely straight line the dancer must learn to move their own foot to straighten up the Stars = correct alignment!
Whether it is during a pirouette or pointing the foot in any position. They can then visualise where the foot should be placed once the sock has been removed.
Side note: For non dancers (sickle/banana foot = foot is out of alignment with the leg, which can cause injury) you can see a sickled foot example in our video.
Fairy/Owl- “Knee over fairy (or Owl)”
How to place sock: Our Fairy (or Owl if you own the mint “Sockology”) is carefully placed to be over your second and third toe and can be adjusted to suit your teachers’ wishes.
How to use: In fondu (one knee bent) or plie (both knees bent) the knee should aim to be overtop of our Fairy or Panda. Children are to visualise the centre of the knee reaching over and past the Fairy image. Basically encouraging the dancer to be aware of where their knee is to be placed.
Often dancers roll the placement inwards creating ugly lines and setting up for serious injuries. The sock helps to ensure correct placement to avoid injury to ankles, hips and knees, instead maintaining beautifully correct technique. A correct fondu and plie is the very important base for landing and take off for all elevation steps.
Side note: Ensure the turn out is coming from the dancers hip/turn out muscles, rather than from the foot. Always work within the child’s natural turn out ability so not to damage children’s growing joints.
Once you are a proud owner of a pair of Dance Socks you gain access to the Secret Academy! You will need your password ready (you will find your password on your packaging).
Once you know our special password you will gain more information on:
How to wear our socks correctly
Clear training videos and notes on each of the 10 features
Teacher training tips and ideas