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Position:Home>Dancing> What is your advice for getting your first Pointe Shoes?Question: What is your advice for getting your first Pointe Shoes!? The question says it all!. Do you recommend certain brands/sizes/shanks!?!? Are there specific ways to know if you have the perfect fit!. I have an 8!.5 slender foot!. Do you have my kind of foot and prefer a certain Point Shoe brand!?!?!? Oh, and I already oreder toe pads: Pillows for Pointe- Gellows!! Reccomondation from an older dancer!. Thanx all u ballerinas!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ok!.!.!.please be wary of the answers above!. Yes, go to the dance store and get fitted by one of their specialists!. I always recommend that my students try on EVERY pair of shoes they have in stock in their size, until you get the right fit!. (Most times I will go with them, so maybe ask your instructor!.) You should ALWAYS wear your pads and anyone who tells you to dance without them is just trying to torture you because that's what was required of them (us, me, back in the old days before all the neat, cool, comfortable pads came out!.) In your shoes (standing flat in parallel) your feet should be flat, not pinched underneath the ball of your foot!. Your toes should be just touching the tips of the boxes, not pushing against them!. The sides of the shoes should not be 'gapping', the fitter should know what this means!. When you rise up to pointe, the shoes should be snug enough so that your feet do not slide down excessively into the shoe, you should just be able to pinch a small amount of material at the heel of the shoe!. Overall, the shoes should fit closely around your foot!. They won't be "comfortable" per say, but they shouldn't feel painful just by putting them on!. Good luck! P!.S!. PLEASE, please, stay away from Gaynor Mindens, no matter what anyone tells you!. They're terrible for students!. Not even very many professionals will wear them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Allow the people at the dance store to do all the worrying for you!. They will help determine the right brand and fit!. Once you get them, do not mess around too much in them because you will probably get hurt or your teacher will be suspicious and re-consider if you are responsible enough for pointe if she suspects that you were already testing them!. Ask the fitters at the dance store any of your questions about shanks or boxes, and they will help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com well ive been on pointe since i was nine and im almost 15 now so i think id be the person to ask!. im assuming you take ballet and uve done pre pointe so shouldnt your instructors be telling you all of this!?!? i know mine did but the only place to get suitable shoes is at a dance apparel store!. they can find ur size ( i think its a size smaller than your tennis shoe size) and they give you the recommended pads that your dance school suggests because local apparel stores keep a book of nearby schools requirements!. and a tip about the pads you got!.!.!.!.dnt use them right away because then your foot will get used to them if they werent reccomended and then when your instructor tells you to take them out it will be harder!. hope i helped!Www@QuestionHome@Com make sure you actually go to a store where you can get fitted by someone who knows what they're doing and can help you figure out if they fit right!. i really recommend gaynor minden's!. I have a 9 narrow foot and they carry it in narrow too!. I get the medium shank!.!.!.but you can try on several types and see which you like best!. gellows are great!. i also like bunheads ouch pouches!.Www@QuestionHome@Com okay u know all dancers feet are different! But i personally reccommend going for a better brand of shoes, splurge a little ur feet will think u for it!. I use Freed!. Shank I would start w/ med!. Be sure to break ur shoes in!! ANd yes toe pads and gels help sooo much!! I wear these: http://www!.discountdance!.com/frame_set!.p!.!.!. Good luck Remember for some pointe come naturally others it takes many tries don't give up when it gets hard!!Www@QuestionHome@Com |