Pointe shoes started as a sort of circus act or a stunt. Though no one knows exactly who the first ballerina to go on pointe was, most people say it is Marie Taglioli. The first pointe shoes weren't like ours today, however. They were soft and had very little padding in them.
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"En pointe" refers to dancing in pointe shoes. Non-pointe ballet shoes are demi-pointe shoes, and the dancing is "en demi-pointe".
In RAD, you start wearing pointe shoes in Intermediate Foundation.
Ballet shoes are either slippers for practising or pointe shoes. Which, after a girl goes through pre-pointe possibly for one year, they can get pointe shoes then perform pointe! Guys do where ballet slippers but they do not go on pointe
for starters, by a pointe shoe with a harder shank. or after you use your pointe shoes, put newspaper inside then. These are guarantied to expand the life of your pointe shoes.
in the beginning, yes, your feet will hurt, but once you have broken in your pointe shoes they will start feeling like a second skin, and you will be able to practice and do pointe exercises more fluently and more easily.