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Charles Didelot invented the first ballet shoes in the late 1700s.
1587
King Louis XIV, originator of ballet as a dance and art form, was a male. Male dancers were more common than females when ballet first started.
In the early 1400's in Italy. Ballet used to just be men in heavy costumes doing ballroom dancing.
They were made by Marie Taglioni, the first ballerina to dance on her toes.