Does the “old soft-shoe” have anything to do with soft shoes?

Soft-shoe was one of two distinct styles of tap dancing developed in the late nineteenth century.

Easy going and smooth, it required soft-soled shoes.

In contrast, the fast, energetic buck-and-wing employed wooden soled shoes.

The two styles merged by 1925, with metal taps added to the toes and heels.

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