A crazy ballet fact (2 Viewers)

[Ahsoka]

Did you know that some dancers can go through one pair of point shoes in a day, to the point of being unusable? Pointe shoes are the shoes female ballerinas wear. Professional dancers can dance so much they wear them out within the day.

 

[Ahsoka]

General facts:
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[Ahsoka]

@Michael

 

[Harmony_Starz]

how much can you dance in 24 hours that they wear out?

 

[Ahsoka]

how much can you dance in 24 hours that they wear out?

A lot. With some dancers they wear out faster because of their dancing style so for those dancers they’d need less time to wear out their shoes

 

[uran]

another reason im not build for ballet. i wear my shoes until they become sentient just so they can beg for mercy to be put in the trash

 

[Selfmate]

*tsk tsk tsk* that's just big ballet shoe skimping out on quality shoes!!!!

 

[Nina]

I love watching videos of them breaking in a new pair XD it's quite violent

 

[Moguri]

wow... hopefully those are not expensive

 

[Moguri]

I love watching videos of them breaking in a new pair XD it's quite violent

what..??

 

[Nina]

wow... hopefully those are not expensive

They're anywhere from 120 - 180 usd.

what..??

enjoy

 

[Moguri]

They're anywhere from 120 - 180 usd.

enjoy

120 - 180 usd...???? how can anyone afford that..

 

[Ahsoka]

120 - 180 usd...???? how can anyone afford that..

I think a lot of professional level ballet companies give the ballerinas a certain number of pointe shoes per week. For the American Ballet Theater for example, the female ballerinas are generally allotted 10 pointe shoes a week, with some variation based on outside factors

 

[Nina]

120 - 180 usd...???? how can anyone afford that..

From my understanding, depending on the school you go to and company you get into. You can either have access to endless pointe shoes as part of your tuition, discounted, free or you have to provide for yourself.
So really depends on your skills and potential.

There are brands that released shoes more comfortable for the feet and you get more uses out of them. Traditional companies choose to stick with the traditional shoes tho. Not a pro just endless obsession over ballet content. Life.of.lori is fun if you wanna watch her videos.

 

[Moguri]

I think a lot of professional level ballet companies give the ballerinas a certain number of pointe shoes per week. For the American Ballet Theater for example, the female ballerinas are generally allotted 10 pointe shoes a week, with some variation based on outside factors

From my understanding, depending on the school you go to and company you get into. You can either have access to endless pointe shoes as part of your tuition, discounted, free or you have to provide for yourself.
So really depends on your skills and potential.

There are brands that released shoes more comfortable for the feet and you get more uses out of them. Traditional companies choose to stick with the traditional shoes tho. Not a pro just endless obsession over ballet content. Life.of.lori is fun if you wanna watch her videos.

I see.. maybe making ballet shoes is a good business idea

Also I don't understand why they have nails in them and have to be removed

 

[Ahsoka]

I see.. maybe making ballet shoes is a good business idea

Also I don't understand why they have nails in them and have to be removed

Pointe shoes I believe are still handmade a lot of the time, but also take skill to make. The handmade aspect is also part of the reason ballet dancers often break in their shoes in those ways, the shoes they get aren’t identical and as such would have variations due to manufacture if they don’t break them in. Also the nail doesn’t have to be removed. It’s there for support and to keep layers together. But especially over time some dancers find that it can become a bother as the layers start to separate with use so there are many dancers that do pull it out. Basically everything done when breaking it in comes down to personal preference, some ballerinas don’t really break their shoes in at all other than using them for a bit. But the destroying your shoes to break them in does make good content, so you see those a lot on the internet.

 

[eclipsoul]

i didn't know that but looking at the shoes it's very believable that this happens

 

[pinkmelodies]

I've been watching ballet content on youtube lately so definitely knew this. By the way the shoes are made, it's inevitable

 

[Moguri]

Pointe shoes I believe are still handmade a lot of the time, but also take skill to make. The handmade aspect is also part of the reason ballet dancers often break in their shoes in those ways, the shoes they get aren’t identical and as such would have variations due to manufacture if they don’t break them in. Also the nail doesn’t have to be removed. It’s there for support and to keep layers together. But especially over time some dancers find that it can become a bother as the layers start to separate with use so there are many dancers that do pull it out. Basically everything done when breaking it in comes down to personal preference, some ballerinas don’t really break their shoes in at all other than using them for a bit. But the destroying your shoes to break them in does make good content, so you see those a lot on the internet.

I see...

It's a good thing cats are just naturally graceful, so we don't need such means..

 

[Deleted member 74]

so much pain and hard work to make it look so effortlessly easy as ballerinas do