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LaDuca Shoes
Broadway's Premier Dance Shoes
Phil LaDuca
Founder
Shoe designer, multiple patent holder, entrepreneur, businessman, choreographer, teacher, performer, New York's Phil LaDuca has been designing shoes for ten years, opened LaDuca Shoes in New York seven years ago, has danced, choreographed, and has performed professionally for over twenty-six years. He has thrilled Broadway audiences in Brigadoon, The Pirates of Penzance and as the original understudy to the Gene Kelly role in Singing in the Rain. He has also appeared in Camelot with Richard Harris, and American Dancemachine with Ann Reinking.
Like every first class dancer, Phil LaDuca always struggled to find the perfect shoes. Onstage, backstage and in the classroom, no one shoe could do everything. The flexible ones fell apart, at what always seemed to be the wrong time. The strong ones were too heavy and lacked flexibility. Rather than just lament this woeful situation, Phil studied, researched and tested until he was able to craft a new design that met all of a dancer's exacting requirements. He has now four US Utility Patents with his unique design, offering an unprecedented level of support and freedom of movement. Working with Italy's finest old world craftsmen (Fifth Generation family of shoemakers) and using the finest leathers, LaDuca has brought this amazingly versatile shoe to market.
The response from the dance world's top professionals has been extraordinary. From Meryl Streep, Catherine Zeta Jones, Uma Thurman, Kate Winslet, Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger to Antonio Banderas, Rosie Perez, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Spacey, have made LaDuca the "Shoemaker to the Stars". LaDuca shoes have graced Broadway in Jersey Boys, Wicked, Chicago, Hairspray, Little Mermaid, Mama Mia, Young Frankenstein, Spamalot, and Cry Baby, as well as The Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes. Movie credits include the Oscar winning Chicago, Dreamgirls, The Producers, Revolutionary Road, The Notorious Betty Page and the upcoming Mamma Mia.
From beginning students to aspiring pros, LaDuca Shoes are the most sought after dance shoe in the world. His retail store in NYC has been breaking its own sales records every year. To meet demand, the LaDuca Shoe is now sold in stores nationwide. Internet sales via www.LaDucaShoes.com offer worldwide customers access to the special shoe they've been hearing about.
Phil LaDuca believes this is just the beginning of the story for his unique and versatile quality shoes.