{"id":12153,"date":"2025-11-17T08:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12153"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:35:47","slug":"will-these-electronic-tap-shoes-made-by-a-hong-kong-studio-redefine-the-future-of-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12153","title":{"rendered":"Will these electronic tap shoes, made by a Hong Kong studio, redefine the future of dance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tap dancing is set for a technological leap, thanks to a Hong Kong studio that will debut its electronic tap shoes in a dance drama at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in the city\u2019s Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood later this month.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The shoes, designed by Step Out Studios, feature up to 14 sensors per pair. When these sensors strike the ground, they dispatch a signal to an interface, which activates a preprogrammed sound. The audio can be projected directly or routed through a computer before being amplified.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With the help of sound artist and musical instrument inventor Ng Chak-lam, the shoes were completed in just under two years, according to the studio founders and choreographers Zoe Chan and Cal Tang, who goes by CAL.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The concept for the innovative footwear was born out of necessity during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the studio faced a pressing issue: how to practise tap, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">a notoriously loud dance form<\/span>, at home without disturbing neighbours. They wondered whether there could be a pair of shoes that could connect to an app or earphones, allowing the sound to be manipulated and personalised.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-12vv9w2 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A pair of Step Out Studios\u2019 electronic tap dance shoes (left) beside a pair of traditional tap dance shoes. Photo: courtesy of Step Out Studios\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/14\/8ec2b2c4-b556-4399-936f-52995e0a1e3d_2a48f19f.jpg\" title=\"A pair of Step Out Studios\u2019 electronic tap dance shoes (left) beside a pair of traditional tap dance shoes. Photo: courtesy of Step Out Studios\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">A pair of Step Out Studios\u2019 electronic tap dance shoes (left) beside a pair of traditional tap dance shoes. Photo: courtesy of Step Out Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">CAL reveals that the idea was also inspired by the 1989 movie <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Tap<\/em>, starring dance legend Gregory Hines, specifically the final scene in which he appears to wear electronic tap shoes that make synthesiser sounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3332827\/will-these-electronic-tap-shoes-made-hong-kong-studio-redefine-future-dance?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tap dancing is set for a technological leap, thanks to a Hong Kong studio that will debut its electronic tap shoes in a dance drama&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8034,4680,2562,3569,5231,9714,3085,2770,7276],"class_list":["post-12153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-dance","tag-electronic","tag-future","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-redefine","tag-shoes","tag-studio","tag-tap","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}