[DOC] [TLE] The Point of Pointe Shoes | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre [PAR] Pointe shoes are specially-made shoes worn by ballerinas to allow them to 
dance on the ... such as for the Stepsister characters in Cinderella (men are often 
cast as the sisters). Male ballet dancers usually wear a leather or canvas slipper 
with a soft sole, ... Can a dancer just put on a pair of pointe shoes and start 
dancing? [DOC] [TLE] Pointe shoe - Wikipedia [PAR] A pointe shoe is a type of shoe worn by ballet dancers when performing pointe 
work. Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to 
appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance 
en pointe (on the tips of their toes) for extended periods of ... The birth of the 
modern pointe shoe is often attributed to the early... [DOC] [TLE] Tap dance - Wikipedia [PAR] Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes 
striking the floor ... Tap dance has its roots in the fusion of several ethnic 
percussive dances, primarily African tribal dances .... In the earliest years of tap 
dancing, tap shoes often had wooden soles, but most tap shoes since have had 
leather soles. [DOC] [TLE] Shoe - Wikipedia [PAR] A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot 
while doing ... High fashion shoes may be made of very expensive materials in 
complex construction ... Traditionally, shoes have been made from leather, wood 
or canvas, but are ..... They are often made of the same material as the sole of the 
shoe. [DOC] [TLE] All About Tap Dance | TheatreDance.com [PAR] A web notebook of the history and glossary of tap dance, including names of 
steps and ... From its beginnings, the American art form of tap dance has been 
associated with four ... Clog dances were often performed in wooden soled shoes
. ... Performers originally wore all kinds of shoes to perform the Soft-Shoe and as 
time... [DOC] [TLE] Traditional Japanese Footwear | - Wafuku Blog - WordPress.com [PAR] Mar 11, 2009 ... Geta are wooden soled shoes, with solid platforms or with little stilts, called ha ... 
Whereas geisha and maiko wear tabi socks, the oiran preferred not to do so, 
even ... then, while it kept the same name, the meaning changed to that of being 
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cure is to wear a different pair of shoes -- different sole materials give amazingly... [DOC] [TLE] Computer Science: Selecting Ballroom Dance Shoes | Beloit College [PAR] Take care of your dance shoes by brushing the suede soles regularly ... of dance 
shoes to use on different types of dance floors, but for most of us it's ... A test here 
is to take one or two running steps on a hard floor (tile, concrete, or wood), then 
stop. ... Heel Height: For "official" ballroom dancing, women wear 3" heels for the
... [DOC] [TLE] The Pointe Shoe, A History | History Cooperative [PAR] While Ballet had been practiced in Europe prior to this time, it's official birth place 
... The first Ballet shoes worn by the dancers of the Royal Academy of Dance 
were ... Marie Taglioni is often credited as being the first to dance on pointe but 
like many ... her shoes were nothing more than modified satin slippers; the soles 
were... [DOC] [TLE] shoes boots and slippers - synonyms and related words | Macmillan ... [PAR] You often wear boots to protect your feet and legs, for example from snow or rain 
... a shoe with a wooden sole (=bottom part), especially a shoe that does not 
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Question: It's a shoe with an often wooden sole worn in the dance of the same name
Answer: Clog