The costume she's referring to is a complex arrangement of wooden rods that Butterfly uses as a means of self-extension, a sort of conceptual-art component to straight tap.

The sound of tap shoes on Shore Cultural Centre’s hard wooden floors became highly apparent upon walking through the doors of The Cleveland Tap Dance Conservatory. The new dance group, started ...

Click Up Your Heels: SLC Tap’s Deborah Robertson brings a classic dance style out of the shadows.