facts about pointe shoes

The Classical Girl celebrates 7 years!

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   It’s February 2020, and you know what that means? The Classical Girl has turned seven! The Classical Girl, as longtime readers might know, was a concept I’d created on the eve of 2013. A New Year’s resolution of sorts. My ballet novels were long completed, out being shopped (or already killed on the editorial-board table), … Read more

10 Reasons those pointe shoes hurt

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Interested in my dance-related fiction? Check out the Ballet Theatre Chronicles ( Off Balance , Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans), as well as  A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Just click on their titles! The long-held dream has finally actualized, and you now own your first pair of pointe shoes. At last! The thrill of calling those … Read more