Stiletto 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 stiletto heel women's shoe style, since one of its distinguishing features is the wearing of high-heel shoes during performance.
Stiletto 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-style choreographies.
[2] Stiletto 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, 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.