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For pointe, dancers wear hard shoes that are covered in pink satin. These shoes allow dancers to balance and dance on the tips of their toes. Here's part of my pointe shoe collection.
I know, there's a lot of them. The downside to pointe shoes is that they wear down quickly and become too soft to safely dance on your toes. I often have to replace my shoes every few months or so which is why there's so many. (So, if any of y'all of any suggestions of cool projects to do with pointe shoes, I'm all ears. Right now, they're just hanging useless in my closet.)
That's just a little background on ballet and pointe, but you'll be likely to hear more about them in the future. What I really want to talk about is this turn my ballet class is starting to work on in class. It's called a fouette (fweh-tay) turn. Fouette turns are really hard to explain in words, so I'll give you some videos to watch. This first one is a video my dance teacher recommended to us. First, watch it, then I'll talk.
Isn't that just AMAZING?! She's doing thirty two double fouette turns before the first round of applause, but because the audience continues clapping, she goes back onstage to repeat the sequence of turns! And she does it flawlessly without looking worn down! These turns are difficult to do! Here's another video of another ballerina doing fouettes.
I could watch these all day! Anyways, these are the turns that I'm trying to figure out in pointe and ballet right now. These ballerinas did 32, but at best, I can only do three without getting dizzy. And unlike Natalia (the first ballerina), my turns are only single. I've got a long, long ways to go, but this is my new ballet project for the time being. Thoughts?
Happy Easter!
~Emily Silverwing
I don't do ballet, but I do know a trick for not getting dizzy. You probably already know it, but . . . So you start spinning, and then you chose something, like a clock on the wall, and when you spin, follow it with your eyes. When it's getting out of sight, whip your head around and start tracking it again. Hope it helps!
ReplyDeleteAs for the pointe shoes, you could . . . you could redecorate it with cloth and paint and beads and stuff, and then put in new ribbons and it could be, like, a hobby or something. Or you could use them for holding flowers in the garden, as a sort of . . . artsy pot, and then hang it from your door or from a trellis, if you have one.You could . . . turn the ribbons into bracelets to tie over your wrist. Or, if you still have enough after all that, you could color them all pink and glue them together in a big flower-shape and hang it somewhere.
- Indigo
That's a great tip, Indigo! In dance, we call that spotting. It's a great way to keep yourself centered and undizzy while turning.
DeleteOoh, I love your ideas! You know, I think I'm going to try decorating them with cloth, beads, feathers and paint. Maybe I'll create themed pointe shoes for decoration; that would be so cool! Thank you!