Monday, October 27, 2014

Irish Dance shoes: Tools of the Trade


Name of  shoe: Ghillies ( "soft shoes")                                               Hard shoe
Dances: Reel, Light Jig, Single Jig, Slip Jig                                       Treble reel, Treble Jig, Hornpipe

Since the shoes are so specialized and less common than other dance shoes it can be very tricky to find them. Add to that the speed at which young dancers feet grow then it gets even trickier to find and get full use out of your shoes.
Here are some sites to find used Irish dance shoes:

FeisDress.com
http://www.feisdresses.com/ad-category/accessories/danceshoes/

Dance-Again
www.dance-again.com
Ebay
www.ebay.com

Shoe companies:

Rutherford
Corr's
Fay's
Antonio Pacelli
Hullachan


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