Pointe shoes

The tips are special slippers, which the dancers take on when they have a basic training for your feet, at the beginning of this process, the dancers are but over the years are gaining strength and knowledge to make your feet gets less and less. The first dancer in step on the toes was Marie Taglioni in the ballet La Sylphide, on this occasion her father created for her.

Using the tips of ballet students is scheduled towards the end of the first year of ballet (Vaganova School), where the muscle is already prepared. The exercises at this stage are very basic, limited to points raised on both feet on and always with the help of the bar.

Within the pointe shoes, we found different types. According to the instep of the dancer, the hardness of the shoe will be higher or lower. The first dureza.Las more upper most points of a dancer should not be a very hard regardless of the instep, as this has to get used to the effort involved.