some pointe shoes are :
Bloch
Capezio
Freed
Principal
And
Russian
There are much more but those are some name brand pointe shoes
Especially Bloch And Capezio
and don't forget Grishkos
a pointe shoe is a shoe used in ballet to give the illusion of effortlessness. althought it can be painful, pointe dancing is beautiful and graceful. a pointe shoe is made of plaster, glue, satin, and many other things. search "the making of pointe shoes" on youtube.com and there are some great videos.
It depends on the brand. In some brands, like Bloch, a women's size 4 1/2 is a size 1 in pointe shoe. Use the chart in related links for reference.
There isn't a definition of pointe shoe because it is an English word. The real word that is french for "pointe shoe" is sur la pointe which means on top of pointe.
A shank in a pointe shoe is basically the backbone of the shoe. The puropse for a shank is to support the arch of your foot while on pointe.
There is no "best" pointe shoe. Pointe shoes have to do with how ones foot is shaped, and since everyone is different, people need different types of shoes. There are tons of brands of shoes, and tons of different sizes for each type. So, try all different types of pointe shoes, see which ones you like.
The first pointe shoe dancer was Marie Taglioni.
nooo all pointe shoes no matter what brands r all made by hand each and indidvidualy that's y no one same pointe shoe brand/size is exactly the same
The vamp is the part on a pointe shoe, which can be altered depending on the length of a girl's toes. The vamp is the front part of the shoe. To be more visual, if you were standing on a pointe shoe, the front of your foot/toes would be touching it.
when they are brand new you simply grab the inside of a scissor and start to scratch the box of the pointe shoe.
you can tell when a pointe shoe is dead is when the tip starts to rip, and the bottom starts to turn really black!!
the pointe shoe was invented in 1820 by Charles digelot
charles digelot