Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance en pointe for extended periods of time.
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Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance en pointe for extended periods of time.
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Pointe shoes's "flying machine" lifted dancers upward, allowing them to stand on their toes before leaving the ground.
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When Marie Taglioni first danced La Sylphide en pointe, her shoes were nothing more than modified satin slippers; the soles were made of leather and the sides and toes were darned to help the shoes hold their shapes.
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Pointe shoes had slender, tapered feet, which resulted in excessive pressure on her big toes.
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Pointe shoes are most often available in light pink colors and less commonly in black and white.
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Many pointe shoe manufacturers offer a choice of shank materials, and some will build shoes with customized shanks of varying stiffness and length.
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Pointe shoes shoe employs two fabric ribbons and an elastic band to secure it to the foot.
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Pre-pointe shoes are secured to the feet with ribbons and elastic band in identical fashion to pointe shoes.
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Pre-pointe shoes are most often used to train dancers who are new to pointe technique.
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Traditional pointe shoes are usually manufactured using a method known as turnshoe, in which each shoe is initially assembled inside-out on a last and then turned right-side-out before finishing.
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Dancers typically "break in" new pointe shoes to reduce or eliminate the discomfort they commonly cause.
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