Shoes
Some of the footwork of softshoe dances is echoed in the footwork of Scottish country dancing, though the two styles are distinct. American tap dance was also influenced by Irish Stepdancing.
Three types of shoes are worn in competitive step dancing: hard shoes and two kinds of soft shoe.
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Famous quotes containing the word shoes:
“The poor are always ragged and dirty, in very picturesque clothes, and on their poor shoes lies the earth of the Lacustrine period. And yet what a privilege it is to be even a beggar in Rome!”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
“A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
“Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn’t bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.”
—Beryl Bainbridge (20th century)