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Do pointe shoes need to be broken in or can you buy prebroken in shoes such as gaynor minden for comfort and durability?
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∙ 12y ago
No, you need to break in your pointe shoes yourself. Anaheim Ballet offers a video on breaking in pointe shoes. Just type Anaheim Ballet The Point, or just type in breaking in pointe shoes and videos should pop up based on that. Shutting your pointe shoes in a door helps. Good luck!
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Gaynor Minden pointe shoes in Houston Store?
Jazz Rags in the Woodlands, Fancy Dancer in Tomball (barely), Dancewear and Costumes in Katy and Backstage Dancewear in the Clear Lake area.
How much are Gaynor Minden Pointe shoes?
I wear Gaynors and they tend to be more expensive then other brands of pointe shoes. I'd say they range between the 80s and 90s but they last much longer and do not break. If you order them specially (i.e. longer vamp, double shank, etc.) they will cost more. I personally love my Gaynors (:
What are all the types of pointe shoes?
All? As in all the different brands? There are many many out there. Here are a few: Freed, Leo, Angelo Luzio, Russian Pointe, Grishko, Chacott, Bloch, Capezio, So Danca, Porselli, Gamba, Prima Soft, Sansha, Repetto, Fuzi, Gaynor Minden (consult your teacher about this one, as a lot of teachers love 'em or hate 'em), Principal's, and Eva's.
What is a good book for someone preparing for a grade 6 classical ballet exam?
You should try reading The Ballet Companion by Eliza Gaynor Minden. It has information on ballet's history, a glossary of terms, and lots of useful information on everything from doing a bun to auditioning and performing. What I expect would help the most, however, are the sections written on ballet movements like tendues, grande battements, and pirouettes. They have lots of pictures and give you really informative tips for each ballet movement!
What is the future of the ballet shoe?
Long explantion of pointe shoe history (skip this if you already know about pointe shoes ) I haven't heard anything about ballet shoes (canvas or leather soft shoes) changing besides companies maybe finding better (lighter and more durable) materials to make them out of. Pointe shoes on the other hand are consistently changing. Originally, pointe shoes used to be made out of wood and very hard materials. This was okay at the beginning of pointe work just because dancers didn't have the feet and strength dancers have today. Over time though, the pointe shoe has become relatively soft compared to its ancestors. Now pointe shoes are made of layers of fabric and paste. This allows the pointe shoe to be softer and more flexible.New advances in pointe shoe technologyGaynor MindenRecently new advances in pointe shoes include a flexible plastic shank introduced by the pointe shoe company Gaynor Minden. They advertise this new shank as long lasting and a pointe shoe that it has the feeling of an already broken shank (leather sole that supports the foot). I personally know a girl who has amazing feet and has worn both Russians and Gaynor Minden pointe shoes. She said that Gaynor's really require a lot of foot strength via the flexible shank, versus the Russians which have support, but die easily.NikeThe most interesting advancement in pointe shoes (and probably why you wrote this question) is Nike's concept idea of a sport pointe shoe. Released last year, this concept sports a black pointe shoe made of some durable, yet flexible material that can supposedly last way longer than normal pointe shoes. As i said earlier, this is a CONCEPT. As we have seen this year, Nike has already started to dabble in the dance field, by introducing their "Studio Wrap" shoes. If Nike indeed decides to pursue this concept, I think there will a lot of resistance. Ballet is know as a graceful and classical sport/art form, and bringing in a modren looking shoe might upset people. In addition, most pointe shoe companies have been making pointe shoes for around a hundred years. This has lead to multiple versions of pointe shoes and extensive knowledge of the pointe shoe. Unless Nike gets some very knowledgeable pointe shoe manufactories on its side, I think no dancer will take the product seriously.
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