Having been persuaded, for the first time, to go to a ballet my sister has reported her surprise at the amount of inelegant clonking that emanates from ballet shoes. Maybe she went to the cheap version. However, this inspires me to suggest that someone should come up with a form of ballet wherein the dancers wear hobnail boots. If a supposedly elegant and precise dance form is going to be accompanied by an irritating stomping noise then at least the dancers should wear some challenging footwear to justify it.-- DrBob, May 23 2005 I saw the show a couple of years ago.....great fun. http://www.tapdogs.co.uk/ [normzone, May 23 2005] clog dancing http://fp.millennas....co.uk/wclogdan.htm [po, May 24 2005] I think mine wore soft shoes with pink ribbons AllBlacks_20V_20Eng...acker_20_96_20Sweet [po, May 24 2005] Entrechat or 'leg twiddling'. http://dictionary.r.../search?q=entrechat [DrBob, May 24 2005] As [normzone] says... Tap Dogs.-- UnaBubba, May 23 2005 No, no, no. Tap dancing is something entirely different. What I'm after is standard ballet but with big boots on.-- DrBob, May 24 2005 What are those jumps called, where they twiddle the legs?
What colour would the boots be?
So many questions, sorry.-- Ling, May 24 2005 Entrechat is possibly Ling's "twiddle"-- po, May 24 2005 //What colour would the boots be? // Standard 'workman' brown boots. Possibly somewhat muddy.-- DrBob, May 24 2005 Hob nailing on hob nobs, perhaps.-- skinflaps, May 24 2005 This reminds me of po's posting of a fusion of rugby and ballet. Ah... she's linked it. Good.
I misread this as 'Hobnail Bullet' and my first thought was... 'ouch'.-- st3f, May 24 2005 I think that they're banned under the Geneva Convention.-- DrBob, May 24 2005 I read the title of this idea, and I knew it was a [DrBob] idea. +.
PS: [po] you really do seem to know an awful lot about ballet for someone with such a dirty laugh.-- salachair, May 24 2005 Isn't there a clog dance in "Copelia"?-- TolpuddleSartre, May 24 2005 halfbakery