POINTE SHOES TIPS & TRICKS

ISBN: 978-1-85273-115-1
Editorial: DANCE BOOKS LTS
Sinopsis: Graceful technique and perfect execution for a dancer are possible only with perfectly fitting pointe shoes. For the first time in print, ballerina Angela Reinhardt, formerly a principal dancer of the Komischer Opera Ballet of Berlin, has put together over 100 tips and tricks for personal pointe shoe tuning, for both beginners and professionals.
Over 280 colour illustrations show how to modify shoes step by step, using scissors, needle and thread, hot water and elastic, to adapt pointe shoes perfectly for all types of foot and all types of floor surface. As well as tips on choosing, modification, and upkeep, the book contains information on the history and manufacture of pointe shoes and valuable suggestions for foot fitness.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
“Am I talented enough?”
My first pointe shoes
Your first pointe shoes?
Your first steps on points?

WORTH KNOWING
Pointe shoe – how you’ve changes!
Men and pointe work?

TOO MANY CHOICES
The “perfect” pointe shoe
My pointe shoe – your pointe shoe?
My foot = your foot?
Choosing pointe shoes
Left or right?
Listen to your feet!
Look our for the signs!
Secondhand?

IN THE POINTE SHOE WORKSHOP
A last of your own!
What is a pointe shoe made or?
Anatomy of a pointe shoe

TIPS & TRICKS
Worrying about making the first incision
“Well-done”
Your tools
Your yam

Tuning the pointe shoe
Pointe – platform – base
The block – the wing
The sole – outer
The sole – inner
The quarter – the heel section

Pointe shoe ribbons
Sewing technique
Tying technique
Irritating frayed ends
Pull-through technique
Ribbons with Velcro fastenings
Elastics
Soft shoes (“flatties”)
Dyening
Cleaning
Durability
A ballerina’s tricks

Precautions
A little fitness primer
Warm-up and relaxation techniques
Foot hygiene
Practice gear
And what if you get injured?
Granny’s special recipes

And Finally
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Picture credits
The painter
The author…