Best Shops For Ballet Apparel In Los Angeles
With the grace, elegance, athletic skill and drive it requires, ballet is one of the most appreciated forms of dance around the world. Ballet also has it's own vocabulary, technical choreography and, of course, apparel. From pointe shoes and all the accessories to leotards and leggings, like many dance genres ballet has a dress code. If you have ever studied ballet, then you know how strict instructors are. Whether you're just starting out, have been studying for years or have a ballet dancer in the family, here are the best shops in Los Angeles for ballet apparel.
The Dance Store
2509 S. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles 90034
(310) 271-3664
www.thedancestore.com
In ballet, the pointe shoe is everything. From look to fit to function, it has to be flawless. Ballet dancers usually have several pairs of pointe shoes for practice and one pristine pair for performances. When they need them to be fitted, they go to The Dance Store. In business for nearly 20 years, owner Jenny Roman estimates the shop does about 20 fittings a day. A qualified pointe shoe fitter is always at the shop and appointments aren't necessary. The Dance Shop also has pointe shoe accessories as well as other ballet apparel.
The Red Shoes
1018 Mission Street, Suite 1
South Pasadena, CA 91030
(626) 799-8615
www.theredshoes.com
The Red Shoes has what you need when it comes to ballet and other dancewear apparel: a wide selection of leotards in every color, adorable tutus for kids as well as practice tutus for the adult. They have great quality products as well as a wide variety of ballet slippers, warmers and unitards. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The Red Shoes also has an online store with discounts and has been a dancewear supplier to student and professional dancers around the world for nearly 30 years.
Shelly's Dance And Costume
2089 Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 475-1400
www.shellysdanceandcostume.com
Whether your performance is classical ballet or a bit more theatrical, Shelly's Dance and Costume will have what you're looking for. From dragonfly wings and tiaras to pointe shoes and dance skirts, you can find the right color and the right fit at Shelly's Dance and Costume. Shelly's also goes above and beyond with their customer service. If the store doesn't have what you're looking for, they will make it. Specializing in custom alterations and modifications for costumes as well as performance attire, Shelly's can make it happen. Special orders are not a problem either.
Dancers Barre
12504 Riverside Drive
Studio City, CA 91607
(818) 761-6300
www.dancersbarre.com
The layout of the Dancers Barre store is as elegant as the dancers it outfits. With beautiful dancewear for children and adults, there's a wide variety of leotards, unitards, designer pointe shoes, leggings and accessories to go with them. In addition to ballet apparel, Dancers Barre carries dancewear for many other forms of dance like tap, ballroom, jazz and character. Whether it's for practice or performance, you can find it here.
Ballet Arts Dancewear
31308 Via Colinas, Suite 102
Westlake Village, CA 91362
(818) 597-2110
www.balletarts.org
If ever there was a place that would know the importance of the right dancewear attire for ballet, it would be a dance school. In addition to having appropriate and quality dancewear, Ballet Arts Dancewear also offers classes in ballet, character, contemporary ballet and tap, and of course the proper apparel to go with each style of dance. Ballet Arts Dancewear carries a wide variety of ballet flats, leotards from classic to fashion, tights and some of the most affordable pointe shoes in the city.
