Posts with tag «Tips»

How to understand if you a student is ready for pointe shoe work?

How do teachers understand if a student is ready for pointe work? Is there a common evaluation method or criteria? No, there isn't.
In the following article, Isabelle D'Hoine, a ballet teacher from Ghent, Belgium, shares her own experience, hoping to discuss this subject with fellow teachers, as well as parents and dancers themselves.
Before allowing students to commence pointework, use our own evaluation method, as well as sharing their experiences with others. We use to call it "pre-pointe lesson".

MDM dance shoes: aim to protect, prepare and educate your feet

MDM has created a line of dance shoes that activate, support, and move in harmony with the body and now it is in our international e-shop! Founded in 2012 by former professional dancers Tim Heathcote and Simone Goldsmith, MDM is built on years of knowledge and experience. Heathcote, a former soloist of Sydney Dance company and Goldsmith, a former Principal artist of the Australian Ballet. MDM Dancewear aims to protect, prepare, and educate the performing artist through intelligent design and innovative technology.

Disappearing heel and your pointe shoes. How to fix?

What’s the matter with these nasty crimpled heels with “air” inside? Why is it so difficult to fix it? When you are standing flat on the floor, your pointe shoe heels fit just perfectly! Yes but only until you start rolling up en pointe. While you’re on your demi pointe, you already feel that there is an empty space in your heel. The higher you go, the bigger it gets. You compare your reflection with the ideal photo in the catalogue of pointe-shoes, or your classmates, and realize that something’s wrong...So where did your heel go? Let's see!