Ballet Shoes
by Theresa Tahara
Title
Ballet Shoes
Artist
Theresa Tahara
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Art
Description
Perfect for your little ballerina's room. Ballet formal dance shoes with roses and tutu.
Women began to dance in ballet in 1681, twenty years after King Louis XIV of France ordered the founding of the Acadame Royale de Danse. At that time, the standard women's ballet shoe had heels. Mid-18th century dancer Marie Camargo of the Paris Opera Ballet was the first to wear a non-heeled shoe, enabling her to perform leaps that would have been difficult, if not impossible, in the more conventional shoes of the age.
The birth of the modern pointe shoe is often attributed to the early 20th century Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova, who was one of the most famous and influential dancers of her time. Pavlova had particularly high, arched insteps, which left her vulnerable to injury when dancing en pointe. She also had slender, tapered feet, resulting in excessive pressure applied to her big toes. To compensate for this, she inserted toughened leather soles into her shoes for extra support and flattened and hardened the toe area to form a box.
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October 9th, 2012
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