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Notes from the floor.
Archive · 2026
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The best fabric for dance clothes: what keeps you dry
Cotton, polyester, nylon, spandex, or merino? The fabric decides whether you soak through by hour two. Ranked and scored side by side, plus the exact blend behind the Corda.
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The best shoes for partner dancing: soles, heels, the floor
The shoe decides whether you turn or twist a knee. Here is how to choose the best shoes for partner dancing, from soles to heels to the floor under them.
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What to wear to West Coast Swing: social vs competition
West Coast Swing has two dress codes that beginners mix up. Here is what to wear to a WCS social, what to wear (and not wear) for a competition, and why the slot changes everything.
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What to wear to a social dance: the four-hour night
A class is forgiving. A social is longer, hotter, and danced in close hold with strangers. Here is what to wear to a social dance that still works at hour four.
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What to wear to your first dance class
Every guide says the same two words: be comfortable. True and close to useless. Here is what to actually wear to a first dance class, and the three fabrics that quietly ruin it.
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Cotton is a four-hour failure
Cotton is the default people reach for when they think comfortable. For partner dance it fails in five separate ways. The fibre question is upstream of every spec sheet.
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What body heat does to a dance shirt
Forty bodies on a Singapore floor, six hours of moderate exertion, one HVAC fighting back. The body-heat problem most performance fabric was never designed to solve.
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220 grams, four directions
Why a Corda holds shape at year two when other dance shirts don't survive the first month. The 220gsm and four-way stretch story.
First fits. First word.
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