There is no specific age line for starting to wear pointe shoes, however, most dance teachers would not encourage girls under the age of around 12 to wear them. The main deciding factor is the strength of the dancer, and dancing capability (around grade 5).
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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.
"En pointe" refers to dancing in pointe shoes. Non-pointe ballet shoes are demi-pointe shoes, and the dancing is "en demi-pointe".
Dancers use pointe shoes to make them look taller, give the thought that they are on their toes, to give their body a more graceful line.
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
i wanna know too! i am a dancer and am dying to get the same pointe shoes as such a historical figure in ballet!