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Question:i have a size 4 and a half feet but mi toes are quite short will this affect mi balance??? please help if thheres any exersises to strengthen mi ankles also because ive gt an audition fo RB senoir associates coming up really soon 27th of jan to be precise lol !! xxx help sooooooon !!XXX Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i have a size 4 and a half feet but mi toes are quite short will this affect mi balance??? please help if thheres any exersises to strengthen mi ankles also because ive gt an audition fo RB senoir associates coming up really soon 27th of jan to be precise lol !! xxx help sooooooon !!XXX The size of your toes won't matter so long as you put in the practise and buy correct fitting ballet shoes (point shoes). As well as the exercises previous mentioned; if you balance on one leg, whilst rising onto the ball of your foot slowly and then slowly down again. Also stretch you leg out in front of you and slowly point your foot, when the foot is pointed rotate the ankle a few times in one direction and then again in the other direction. There are a lot of exercises, however ballet is a really good discipline and within the syllabus has very good exercises to strengthen the feet, toes and also the ankles. I hope your audition goes really well, good luck xx Lrn hew tew spwell awnd I wll anser yur qustion. i dont think so lol :) x x the size of your toes will not make you too short for ballet. The length of your legs might, but not your toes! I have long toes and I still couldn't balance to save my life! I think it is much less toe length and much more concentration and your ability to center your balance. Good luck! it's all about technique. if you don't have it then you have no chance. the best advice i can give you is to practice more. you can adapt to short toes if you just work on it. it may be a bother at first, but eventually you should not even notice. you didn't mention what kind of dance your doing, if its ballet, pointe, etc., but if it is ballet, i would reccomend finding a shoe that has a very thin pad under the ball of the foot. if you can feel that seam, its too thick. you want something thinner because on a full releve, if your feet are as small as you say, you will be off the pad of the shoe and on the leather/canvas of the shoe. make sure you can get onto full releve comfortably when you are trying on new ballet shoes. this might help also. and if you strengthen your toes a little, that could do you some good. try picking things up off the floor with your toes, see how fast you can do it and try to find the heaviest thing you can pick up. that will make them more flexible and stronger. Toes have nothing to do with balance. you should have no difficulty on pointe with correct fitting shoes but off pointe you will need to work all your muscles harder. one group of muscles will not sustain you, but ballet itself is designed to give you all the strengths you need, as long as you make the commitment. presumably - you have potential or you would not have reached audition stage, so - good wishes for the future. it doesnt matter. ive been in ballet 4 7 years. |