Baggy Shoes? Try These Pointe Shoe Fitting Tips

January 2, 2020

Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop gives tips on how to find the best fit if your pointe shoes feel baggy.

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Training

Teenage dancers rehearse a pas de deux in a large dance studio. The girl, wearing a long-sleeved black leotard, pink tights, and pointe shoes, does an attitude derrierre and holds onto the boy's left shoulder and left hand. The boy, in a black t-shirt and black sweatpants, stands to her right and looks at her as she looks out to the camera with a large smile.

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Yuka Iseda does a first arabesque onstage during a performance of Sleeping Beauty, looking out to the audience. She wears a white tutu with gold trim, pink tights and pointe shoes. Behind her, dancers dressed as a medieval royal courtiers sit and watch.

Career

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Miko Fogarty does a large saut de chat onstage during a ballet competition. She lifts her arms in high fifth and holds a tambourine in her right hand, and looks up with a triumphant smile. She wears a classical tutu with a blue bodice and blue and white ombre tutu with pastel yellow, green and dark blue trim. She also wears pink tights and pink pointe shoes.

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