Ballet shoes, good choice, good use
Hi my lovely dancers! Today I'am going to give you some good tips in order to choose the right ballet shoes. That's what best symbolizes a ballet dancer, isn't it? Even if they are painful, they make aspiring ballerinas dream, eagerly awaiting the moment when they can slip their feet into those satin shoes. BALLET SHOES, PHOTO BY DANSECLASSIQUE.INFO The short story At the beginning of the 19th century, many dancers started to dance on "pointe". The Italian Amalia Brugnoli and the French Geneviève Gosselin were the first to attempt the experiment. But it was Marie Taglioni who popularized them in the Sylphide in 1832. Romantic ballet emphasizes the spikes that make the dancer more airy and lighter. In the twentieth century, the slipper began to change to become the one we know today with reinforced soles and toes. Anatomy of a pointe shoe The toes are satin slippers, lined in canvas with a leather sole. The toe , on which the ...