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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

10 odd facts about pointe shoes

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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! Back in the late 18th century, the ballet world decided that female dancers should look ethereal, sylph-like, as if they could fly. A … Read more