What is the welly boot dance?

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What is the welly boot dance?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Welly boot dance is an African dance, which one may conjecture from the name is performed by dancers wearing Wellington boots. In South Africa, these are more commonly called gumboots. It is believed by some to have been a forerunner of the tap dance. The boots are embellished with bells, so that they ring as the dancers stamp on the ground.

Many of the steps and routines are parodies of the officers and guards who controlled the mines and workers barracks. Gumboot dancers are a common sight on the streets and plazas of tourist areas in South Africa, such as the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.

One of the best youth groups of South Africa are the Corroboration Gumboot dancers from Ratanda, a township of the city of Heidelberg near Johannesburg under the young choreographer Mandoza Radebe.-