Irish stepdance many this was a betrayal of tradition, but to some it was a way of expanding Irish culture and became widely accepted. Following after Riverdance was Lord of the Dance and many other theatrical productions based on Irish stepdance. Michael Flatley, an Irish stepdancer, became a well known name within these shows. Two types of shoes are worn in Irish stepdance; hard shoes, which make sounds similar to tap shoes, and soft shoes (called Ghillies), which are similar to ballet slippers. The dances for soft shoe and hard shoe are generally different and go by different names. Different music with
Jack Cole (choreographer) dance-training workshop at Columbia Pictures; his pupils included Carol Haney. Cole and his legacy are the subject of a dance musical by choreographer Chet Walker titled "Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project", given its world premiere in May 2012 at Queens Theatre in New York's Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Jack Cole (choreographer) Jack Cole (April 27, 1911 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – February 17, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) was an American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as "the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance". Cole was born John Ewing Richter in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Early on he