Stiletto dance

Heels dance is a dance form that emerged and evolved in the United States and Europe in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is named after the women's shoe style, since one of its distinguishing features is the wearing of high-heel shoes during performance.

Heels dance is a solo dance genre often featured in routines seen in pop and hip-hop music videos. Its techniques and dance vocabulary derive from a wide range of dance styles used in music video choreography as well as traditional dance genres. It is characterized by dynamic footwork & technique from jazz dance (See showgirl dance - the first style of technical dance to be performed in heels), ballroom dance, Latin dance. It is also used in some go-go dancing performances. Many other dance styles have influenced this modern day dance style, for example torso isolations borrowed from belly dance and hip hop dance, floor work, fluid arm work and body language in some forms of heels dance coming from exotic dancing (eg. Pole dance floorwork) and contemporary dance. Professional dancers who perform in heels have to be classically trained in Jazz dance & other styles including ballet in order to be able to execute the movement correctly.

Heels dance is not a social dance style, it is seen mainly in the context of professional stage performance (cruise ship entertainment or backup dancers behind pop artists (see beyonce), professional dancers featured in music videos, or as a women's physical fitness movement discipline taught and practiced in workout or leisure format in dance studios or gyms.