Bloch Women's Performa Dance Shoe

I started to take adult ballet last year and I love it. (I am 58.) I started with Capezios. They were good but I am having trouble with metatarsalgia. These Bloch shoes have a bit of a wider toe area and also the leather on the bottom covers a wider area, so cushions more of the ball of my foot. I don't know how much to attribute to better shoes or other measures, but my metatarsalgia is improving. (I am doing foot stretches and massage and rest as well.)I do find the straps to be on the snug side and I have pretty narrow and skinny (albeit long) feet. I got an 8.5 and normally wear a 10.5 in street shoes. I think an 8C would have worked but kept them because I don't want my toes to be squished.

Arrived promptly, fit my very wide feet properly and are very comfortable at a very competitive price. Classic traditional ballet style, trippy leather soles, stretchy fabric and elastic bands, should last a long time.

The media could not be loaded. I typically wear a women’s 7.5 street shoe, 7 in crocs or other brands that don’t have half sizes, and tend to go up an 8 in running shoes. After reading reviews and debating between regular or wide, I went with a regular 5.5, and they fit perfect!! Going 2 sizes down from street size was spot on like everyone said, and I was able to get it right on the first try, so I hope this helps!I haven’t done ballet since I was 6, I’m 36 now, and these have me ready to sign up for local beginner ballet classes. I had no idea such comfortable ballet shoes existed and at such a great price point. The color, material, and split sole are EVERYTHING. I am in love with these!!

I got these because my regular flats are a leather full sole and i wanted a canvas split sole as well. The canvas has a bit of stretch to it and is thin but strong, making it feel like your wearing a fitted sock. My leather full soles are capezio lily in size 8 narrow, my street size is usually a 7, and i got these in a 5 narrow. The fit of the actual shoe is good, but the elastic bands(around the opening of the shoe and the criss cross bands) are pretty tight. Ill try and steam them to stretch the elastics a bit to make them more comfortable, but overall these shoes are nice, and they hug your arch beautifully.

Dancers love this shoe, it’s soft, stretchy, comfortable. We like a lot of things about, the split sole, the fact that there isn’t a drawstring, the vamp size, the placement of the elastics and that they are pre sewn. However finding the right size is always tricky for us, with growing feet still. Ordered 2 sizes smaller than street shoe size, as recommended. That shoe was way too small.. ordered shoe size, also too small. Ordered 2 sizes larger than shoe size, fits perfectly. My dancer has a street shoe size of 4, the Bloch pair that fits is a 6.5.

Very comfortable. Our teacher recommended these. I ordered two size down from my street shoe size and they fit perfectly

I bought these for my Barre workouts. I ordered a size 3, based on the size chart (I’m usually a women’s size 5) and they fit snugly, but are very comfortable. They feel like a second skin and I often forget I have them on. They’re stretchy enough that they’re pretty easy to put on and don’t dig in anywhere uncomfortably. I find even the pre-sewn elastic straps are comfortable too. I bought them in the “Theatrical Pink” color, and it is so soft and pretty in person! The split soles are made of a nice, suede leather that are cushy and not too slippy on a hard surface, but are also easy to make turns in. Overall, this is a wonderful performance shoe and I will definitely be repurchasing them in the future!

These flats are made out of fabric unlike the stelle ones. I wear a US 6-6.5 and got a size 4.5 and it fits perfectly. Very comfortable. Only thing is that these are a bit narrow so if you have wider feet, go for the wide