New Ballet Slippers

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I was badly in need of new pointe shoes. My current pair was too small, so I was tugging at my shoes and my toes were curling at the end. Not only that, but my shoes still had a broken shank, (the shank of a pointe shoe is the wooden sole that makes it easy to get up onto full pointe, with the toe box, which is the hard wooden tip of the shoe, flat on the ground), so I was at a disadvantage with the rest of my class, who had full shanks. So, Mom, my ballet teacher, and I went down to the store called the dance line to get pointe shoes fitted. I tried on three different pairs of shoes and tried to pairs on twice before I found the shoe that fit me right. When trying on a shoe, My teacher and the woman who worked at the store observed me on pointe and picked out a shoe that helped to keep my left foot from curling into what is called a sickle. I was told that the shoes that worked for me are really stiff and painful until they are broken in, but when they are broken in many good dancers choose them above other shoes.

I don’t care if they are a pain until I break them in. I have been looking forward to this day for three weeks. Another bonus is that they are my favorite color and style of shoe. They are a light cream and the opening comes to a stylish V in the front of the shoe. Here are some pictures:

These are my feet in fifth, or cinquième position. It is the easiest position to hold in pointe.

This is fourth, or quatrième position. In my opinion, it is the most awkward and hard to hold position in ballet, on pointe or otherwise. I also think it is a beautiful position.

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