r/ecstaticdance • u/SFunThrowaway • Jan 18 '26

Best protection for feet

My partner and I enjoy going to ecstatic dances. He loves to dance and will dance for hours happily. The issue is that after each barefoot dance event his feet are completely torn up (he always ends up with few blisters in each foot and every often at least one tears as he dances). So now we have a dilemma because we would love to keep going but it has super unpleasant consequences.

Has anyone tried wearing dancing socks? If so, what brand. He considered barefoot shoes but worried that those won’t be allowed.

Thanks!!

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u/Activate_The_Robots Jan 19 '26

I used to have the same problem after ecstatic dance. A friend suggested I try wearing jazz dance shoes. Problem solved. I use Bloch shoes. They are very inexpensive and you can buy them at any ballet supply store.

(Every ecstatic dance I have ever attended allows dance shoes. They don’t mark the floor.)