Women in black pants, dance sneakers and off-the-shoulder sequin tops maneuver life-size frames.
"Over the last year I've seen more and more dance sneakers in my classes," said James Ervin, the group fitness manager for an Equinox gym on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, who teaches Dance!, a cardio funk and hip-hop class.
As seen recently at the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, this is a charming, vital street dance (sneakers, T-shirts) close in style to Robbins's choreography the year before for Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story".
After a while it does really help if you get some dance sneakers.
A pair of leggings, a yoga dance top, some thin socks and your dance sneakers should complete the ensemble.
For the record, it's worth investing in some dance sneakers if you do decide to stick to it.
Wear trainers or dance sneakers not pumps, Ugg boots or heeled shoes as these are dangerous and not suitable to dance in.
It is danced in sneakers.
Troupes with names that summarized their attitude and their status -- High Risk, Knee Jerk, Contraband -- danced in sneakers or combat boots under bridges, on overpasses, in empty lots, outside clubs, in the streets.
In jookin, men wearing sneakers dance a version of pointwork too.
Today, the children decorated his dogs with glasses and horns, watered the poppy until it melted, then performed a tap dance in muddy sneakers on the grand piano.
