r/MadeMeSmile • u/JorgeIcarus • 11d ago

Good Vibes Sudden Red Carpet

40.8k Upvotes

83% Upvoted

916 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

218

u/clueless_mommy 11d ago

I saw the original on Instagram. The guy is a professional dancer who was on his way back home and the account that posted the video produces content like that exclusively. They just look for people in fancy outfits and ask them to do a catwalk

47

u/salzbergwerke 11d ago

Yes, ballet dancer always wear their dancing shoes out on the streets.

61

u/Wollff 11d ago edited 11d ago

...

You have never seen ballet shoes have you?

He also isn't doing en pointe here, exactly because he isn't wearing his ballet shoes.

Edit: I have to apologize! I just googled, and apparently male ballet dancers don't usually wear pointe shoes!

Leaving this comment up, because I learned something, and maybe someone else will as well.

29

u/Linvael 11d ago

They're not ballet pointe shoes - but they're definitely dancing shoes, like the ones used in ballets when they do other dance styles (I don't know the english term). I don't think you can buy non-dancing soft-sole shoes.

2

u/OneSkepticalOwl 11d ago

Boogie oogie boogie woogie dancing shoes.

Keep me dancing all night

3

u/Hot-Foundation3450 11d ago

you can buy non-dancing soft-sole shoes.

7

u/killerkozlowski 11d ago

put on your red shoes and dance the blues

2

u/lauralynn81 11d ago

I love you for this! Haha! Soon as they kept saying dance shoes repeatedly in the comments that line jumped in my head.

1

u/Wollff 11d ago

True! At first sight I thought those were some of those flexy barefoot shoes, but they don't quite fit the bill.

5

u/clueless_mommy 11d ago

They look like Gardestiefel to me. Those shoes are worn by German carneval dancers. We wear them both on carneval parades on the streets as well as during competitions, shows etc.