Tea Time Talks

03 | Tea Time Talk | Dance Shoes & Wooden Taps

Dance Shoes & Wooden Taps

03 Tea Time Talks | Dance Shoes & Wooden Taps 09.09.2020

Shoes, shoes, shoes! You’ve been asking and here is your answer! This video will provide information on the various types of shoes used for traditional Irish dance, as well as what materials they are made from. This could have been an all day zoom, but alas we only have an hour. We talk about dance shoes. Which shoes do you use for set dancing, sean-nós, old-style step dance and more? What about the best materials: metal taps, wooden taps, neolite, leather, plastic? Who is making wooden taps?