Ballet

The Capezio Glisse is Discount Dance’s best-selling pointe shoe, which must mean something! CAPEZIO Originally designed from specifications developed by Gine Chant, a former ballerina with the London City Ballet, … Read the full article
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Grishko 2007 The number of positive reviews for this pointe shoe on the Discount Dance website is amazing.    There seems to be a lot of very satisfied Grishko customers out there!   So what’s so good about the shoe? One of the reasons they’re such a best-seller is they come in a good range of...
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Pointe shoes are easier to darn if they are slightly broken in, because the area under the box (between the platform and the leather sole) will have softened slightly.  You’ll also be able to see where you need to darn – basically, you want to darn where the satin has got dirty from contact...
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If you don’t want to darn your pointe shoes, but want to make the platform last longer, there are alternatives. A very cute English tradition is crochet toe covers.  These are little circles of crochet, slightly larger than the platform, which you simply sew on to your pointe shoes.  You have to be very,...
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I always used to darn my pointe shoes – but then, in those days, most people did!   Of course, professionals rarely darned their shoes, because they just didn’t last long enough – but everyone else went through the ritual every time they bought a new pair of pointe shoes. If you don’t darn your...
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Here is an interesting article from Dance Magazine, which perfectly illustrates why there are so many different brands and styles of pointe shoe!  Every foot is different, and every dancer has different needs . . . Read the full article
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Dancers are often advised not to buy their first pointe shoes online.  If you’re wondering why, here are some real life examples of buying pointe shoes and how they are fitted in a shop: Read the full article
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Brianna trained in classical Russian ballet before taking up belly dancing … Read the full article
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Billy Elliot is such a famous film, that I hesitate to admit I wasn’t impressed by it. What really annoyed me was that we see Billy dreaming of being a ballet dancer and secretly attending ballet lessons – yet when we see him dancing along the streets of his home town, he’s tap dancing!...
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Male ballet dancers have never been as well served by men’s dancewear suppliers as female dancers. From researching my male dance friends, it seems that finding basic things like a comfortable, supportive… Read the full article
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