I dance. Ballet is hard on Pointe.

@@laylafahmi5997 yup ballet is HARD on pointe

you should give it a try. It's fun

Glad you enjoyed the episodes! The intricacies of the shoes is really interesting

Me too! I love ballet, I think it is such a beautiful form of art :)

I like it

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Trishanduke same..

Congratulations :)

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I know that feeling

how long have you been doing pointe work because that used to happen to me when i first began with pointe work but after about 8 months or so, my toes stopped doing that and they were completely fine - still does it sometimes when i get a new pair but that's not very often

InMyDreams that's true it only happened in my first year. When you get more used en pointe it starts hurting, the more time you spend on them the more you suffer. But when, after holidays for example I go back to pointe class for like one hour I don't feel much. Weird right ?

Yeah - if i don't prepare a new pair of shoes the way i usually do then it kind of feels strange too but sometimes when I switch makers like after my second year, i started using Grishko fouette pro's (I love Grishko shoes and I prefer a medium vamp plus these r just the best shoes i've ever had) then it just feels like normal which is odd

Same and all my toes go flat in pointe shoes

+Tammie Puopolo Yeah. I saw one of my ballet teachers once wear a pair of pointe shoes, but also took 2 out of her bag then went to class. I Was really confused but I guess since pointe shoes are kinda made in a paper ma shay way she had a backup

Horsing Around that is weird, I Guess you can never be too prepared.

Yeah agreed.

9? Usually, it is highly suggested to not get pointe shoes at such a young age as your foot is not as strong, it has not fully developed and can harm an underdeveloped foot.

Its a personal preference. Get over it

+TheNonMakeupGuru lol okay ;)

It's not preference it's proper. If you walked onstage with your ribbons untucked, you would be sent right off.

she will do what she wants, proper girl

@@elizabethmckittrick789 well they train 8 hours a day surely they are allowed to do something to adjust the shoes to make them more comfortable after a while. i am pretty sure she knows to tuck them in during performances. she is a pro. not you

You can always go back and try again. I went back at 30 and got my first pointe shoes at 33. I had done ballet as a kid, but back in the day if you weren't stick thin the teacher would just tell your parents that you were too big for point shoes and the next thing You knew you were thrown into tap dancing. Yuck. So you can always go back.!

you don't have to have been dancing since you were 6 to be a professional! If you want to be a professional ballet dancer, practice. Practice until you're sweating buckets and covered in blisters and/or brusies. Go to every single dance lesson you can go to, and practice in almost every opportunity you have outside of class. Go to the gym and work out, work on your flexibility when you can, and tell your teacher what you're doing and ask them how to do it so you can prevent injuries. You're 11- that's a perfect age. dance until you drop. Going en pointe has an age restriction of 13- its not to do with talent or skill or strength or flexibility, but the development of the bones in your feet- by all means, join a pre pointe class if you can. This'll give you the technique and skill you need for going en pointe, without being en pointe. If you go en pointe before 13, the tiny bones in your feet are likely to break without extreme supervision. But I promise you, Its SO worth the wait. 2 years seems like a long time, but it'll fly by. Don't give up lil ballerina.

Misty Copeland didn't start ballet dancing until she was 13 years old exactly and look at her now. If you really want to dance just keep practicing and working hard like Libby suggested. Good luck!

you could! I don't know anything about your studio, though it would be a good idea to talk to your dance teacher about your options :) x

My ballet day's were few and far between but from what I did learn,ballet is true,upper and, lower body strength.When the arms are stretched over the shoulder/head-not graceful and my dance teacher and I agree! I actually cringe when I and her see this motion...

Back in the 1970s they actually did put tap metal onto point shoes. It was a very weird thing I do remember watching people essentially tap dance on their toes ..

They're usually part of your contract.

Yeah the company provides the shoes to the dancers. That's some of the reason why dancers salaries are so low.

They're actually not that bad.

I know. I went on pointe at. 11 and now I'm 13, and I reharse for about 4-5 hours a day tuesday-saturday, and my left leg is already messed up by a fracture and it hurts everday. I still love ballet though its so beautiful. I want to be in nycb when I'm older :)

It's still allowed, it shouldn't be, but it is. You should be at least 12 before you go on pointe but the lower back pain you have is probably because you arched your back a lot

Just to clarify for any young dancers. I have lower back arthritis but not pain. It's a compromise in the connective tissue between my lower vertebrae because your using your lower back to support lifting your legs and pirouettes, not so much arching your back. Over time it can tare/stretch/ or wear down the tissue between the bones (arthritis). So be mindful of creating a lot of core (abdominal) strength in order to compensate for using the lower back connective tissues. Ballerinas have to be conditioned like athletes because that's what they are.

You can't go on pointe at any age it's the strength of your ankles that's determined when you get pointe shoes

I wish I went on pointe later, my dance instructor thought I was ready so I started pointe at 9. I've been on pointe for 7 years now, and it's not so bad but I do terrible back osteoarthritis since I started so young.

You probably are not dancing on pointe for 6-8 hours each day though.

have you tried using a shoe with a harder shank and box maybe?

ya and nothing works! It really sux

Have you tried gaynor's?

i think i will!

Some of the ballet companies actually sell them at performances. Ballet Arizona used to do that .

It's Sara Mearns. Go back to 0:54 and you'll see her face. At 2:01 you can only barely make out the purple top.

i am telling you to prepare you. no school gives you free shoes. you purchase your own. this is a professional company. different story

@@mandapanda1804 Well, the teacher told us to bring 100 L.e and we will continue the money when the shoes fit well, fact: I live in Egypt.

@@fellowhuman7585 ohhh.i live in Singapore

@@mandapanda1804 Ohhh Okay then 😮😮

@@fellowhuman7585 have fun dancing!

Michael Athmer *pointe (and same)

I think in any company they can have whichever brand they want and whichever brand suits their feet the best. I just think the vast majority of professional dancers around the world use Freeds.

NYCB only buys Freeds/gives students or company members Freeds. If a dancer has a contract w/ another company that makes pointe shoes (Patricia Barker of PNB for example), they could probably get royalties for that brand, but other than that - dancers would have to buy their own shoes It's pretty expensive to buy them yourself, so a lot of dancers stick with whatever their company gives them as a way to be efficient and save money :) Plus, it's cheaper buying in bulk than from retail

addie 141 the first year, 8. Then, like 2-6 depending on how long the class is.

addie 141 When you start, like 8-9. Then just 3-4, depends on you and How long Is The class.

I would say a 4 if the class is 1 hr, but it goes to about 8 when you take off the pointe shoes.

It's important to put your heels down especially when coming down from a jump because it protects your legs from feeling the shock. So if you've ever jumped and came down with your legs straight that you will feel the shock go through your legs. And why professionals don't put their heels down I don't know. Some variations might be too fast to have time to put your heel down but idk...

The longer I've danced, the more my tendonitis has progressed in my Achilles. I have an incredibly low plié, and have the same struggle lowering my heels in jumps. It takes a lot of upkeep, put your heels down so you don't end up in my (pointe) shoes. Haha

Balanchine technique emphasizes landing softly without completely placing heels on the floor. It's to enable faster movement and readiness to "spring". I had to look this up to verify; I'm not an expert. I knew a bit of it from watching Kathryn Morgan.

You can see some videos on KZfaq of men wearing point shoes. It's just basically not the tradition, but also men have really muscular legs and on pointe the goal is to look almost ethereal. Some people think it's cool, my personal opinion is it just doesn't look right because there's no lightness. But you can check out a video and see what you think .

Courtnie Harrison russian pointe!

Freed as my favorite, gaynor minden as my second

Maria Hernandez , there are videos of that on KZfaq. Search the Trochaderos.

They have to sew the elastic and ribbon on the shoes themselves.

Okay. Thanks

they normally use dental floss to sew their shoes. Regular thread can cause problems, and just too thick. Where dental floss is actually thinner and strong.

+Courtnie Harrison Dental floss is much thicker than regular thread actually... I don't know where you got the idea it's thinner.

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