pointe shoes
Dancer's reinforced slippers
Pointe shoes are ballet slippers with reinforced, flattened toe boxes that allow dancers to support their full body weight on the tips of their toes.
The stiffened platform and shank create the illusion of effortless verticality central to classical ballet.
Dancers typically break in new shoes before performances and may go through several pairs weekly.
Also called toe shoes or simply pointes.
- tutuShort projecting dance skirt
- toe boxShoe section covering digits
- toe padsAdhesive digit structures
- arch supportDevice lifting foot's curve
- pirouetteBallet turn on one foot
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