Is there a way to make regular heels into dance shoes?

For a musical I am in I was given a pair of silver heels to wear. They remind me of character shoes(the look) but the bottom of the shoe is NOT! They are VERY slick and I am unable to dance in them without almost taking a face plant. I wanted to wear my black character shoes but the costumer wants me to wear silver shoes. Is there anything I can put on the bottom of the shoes(like a pad or something) to make them eaiser to dance in? I really don't want to buy silver character shoes!

Is there a way to make regular heels into dance shoes?
Take a knife and VERY CAREFULLY cross-hatch the bottom of your shoes. Also, you could takes some coarse sandpaper (40-60 grit) and rough up the bottom of the shoes. I wouldn't suggest putting rubber on the bottom because then it would be too much traction. Another idea is to find some of the black tape that studios use to tape down marley. It's basically vinyl tape.





Here's a website about the tape:


http://www.thetapeworks.com/PT07.htm





Just find some and tape the bottom of your shoes. It should provide some sort of traction.





You should probably also get some gel insets for the bottom of your shoes if you'll be dancing in them. :)





Good luck!
Reply:Just get some metallic spraypaint and paint your black character shoes.





You'll have to get new character shoes the next time you need black ones, though....
Reply:You can get the shoemaker to put non-slick soles on your shoes, or you might try spray painting your silver character shoes. Sometimes designers can be very silly about things like that - but putting a dancer in slipper shoes is not the smartest move in the world......
Reply:Did you try scuffing them up really well on concrete??? Or maybe masking tape or something to that effect?
Reply:You can go to a shoe repair shop (kinda hard to find, ask around) and they can usually put rubber on the bottom. There is one called Tulle's but I'm pretty sure it isn't a chain. I think they melt it on somehow, but I'm not sure. I wouldn't recommend trying it yourself because that could be even more dangerous if it comes off, and you could get too grippy with it so you can't turn. Sooo, check the phonebook, yellow pages, etc. for shoe repair shops and take the shoes there. I think it costs $20 or less. Good luck in your show! I just finished West Side Story myself.



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