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The Pointe Book

Shoes, Training & Technique Second Edition

By Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger, David Howard

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| Paperback | 9780871272614

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Book Description

This guide provides a thorough examination of the pointe technique and pointe shoes. Dancers tired of their pointe shoes wearing out too quickly benefit from research that illuminates the shoemaking process and tips that show how to best fit, care for, and custom order their shoes. Interviews with bContinue

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I think this book is dedicated to someone who really loves ballet and pointework and to someone who wants to know more about the history, difference in different pointeshoe brands. If you expect that this one would teach you how to do pointework on your own (or anything similar like making yourself ... (continue)

I think this book is dedicated to someone who really loves ballet and pointework and to someone who wants to know more about the history, difference in different pointeshoe brands. If you expect that this one would teach you how to do pointework on your own (or anything similar like making yourself faster to get en pointe), I would say you're pretty green to ballet and on earth don't know much about ballet.
I found this book quite useful and informative in "decoding" pointes like their structure, history, brands all over the world. It also covers some preparation exercises when you come across your pointework class.
However, I would strongly advise those ballet beginners and/or those who have not been approved by their teachers to go en pointe DO NOT LEARN POINTE WORK ON YOUR OWN!!!!!! It's damn dangerous.

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