soft-shoe
Tapless theatrical dance
Soft-shoe is a type of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes rather than metal-tapped ones, producing a quieter, more shuffling sound.
The style is associated with vaudeville and early twentieth-century entertainment.
Figuratively, to soft-shoe is to move carefully or evasively around a topic: The senator soft-shoed around the scandal.
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- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
hoofing · vaudeville · Broadway · cabaret · revue · musical · stage · performance
tap
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choreography · hoofing · vaudeville · Broadway · cabaret · revue · musical · stage · performance · number
diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
coax · cajole · wheedle · smooth-talk · charm · disarm · sidestep · deflect · maneuver · evasion
variety
State of being diverse
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
sketches · minstrelsy · shtick · performers · revue · pantomime · improv · monologue · act · circuit
soft-shoebuck-and-wing
Vigorous solo tap
hoofing · clogging · Irish step dance · tap dance · flamenco
soft-shoehard sell
Aggressive sales approach
confrontation · bluntness · directness · straight talk · browbeating
soft-shoehard sell
Aggressive sales approach
high-pressure · aggressive · forceful · in-your-face · pushy