by Sophie Robertson For Dance Spirit | Jul 26, 2018 | Career, Training, Trending, Viral Videos
No two pairs of pointe shoes are the same, from their shanks to their boxes, their color to their shine. To make an array of shoes more uniform or to get them to a shade closer to your skin tone, dance teachers might ask that you “pancake” your pointe...
by Pointe Magazine | Jun 28, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
At Dance Theatre of Harlem, the dancers hand-dye their pink pointe shoes to match their skin color. Here, DTH’s Ingrid Silva, our June/July cover star, shows us how she does it.