Pro Pointe Shoe Hacks From Colorado Ballet's Emily Speed

December 25, 2019

Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop chats with Colorado Ballet’s Emily Speed to hear all about her pointe shoe hacks.

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Pro Pointe Shoe Hacks From Colorado Ballet's Emily Speed

Profiles

For Smuin Ballet’s Terez Dean Orr, Small Companies Mean Big Opportunities

Inside Marcelino Sambé’s Dance Bag

Budding Choreographer Aleisha Walker Preps for a Joyce Theater Premiere

Australian Ballet’s Evie Ferris Balances Ballet with The Wiggles

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