Lizbie1 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 35 minutes ago, assoluta said: She does. Would you care to expand on this please? I'm genuinely interested. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Me too. Some feet are more functional than pretty and many dancers with seemingly lovely feet don't actually achieve much with them. Osipova is a ballerina for whom no technical feats (pun intended) present a challenge. "Wrecked feet"? Beyond absurd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assoluta Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 23 hours ago, Sharon said: I didn't know she had problems with her feet (well beyond the usual ballerina bunions,etc). Why you should? Most dancers don't brag about such problems in public, even though they can be quite severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 57 minutes ago, assoluta said: Why you should? Most dancers don't brag about such problems in public, even though they can be quite severe. If this is private information to which you somehow have access, perhaps it would be better not to refer to it in public, especially if you are not then willing to explain what you mean. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 11 minutes ago, bridiem said: If this is private information to which you somehow have access I very, very much doubt it, just a rather unkind supposition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, assoluta said: Why you should? Most dancers don't brag about such problems in public, even though they can be quite severe. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, assoluta said: Why you should? Most dancers don't brag about such problems in public, even though they can be quite severe. Do you mean you've just seen a picture of them and think they look wrecked? Edited April 8, 2018 by Rob S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 To describe a dancer's feet as wrecked is very uncharitable and rather melodramatic, if you stick to the definition of the word it would seem to indicate inability to dance at all, which in Osipova's case is complete nonsense. Very few have totally trouble free feet and I don't want to list those that have visible problems, though I seem to remember discussion of an RB dancer's feet on the recent Giselle thread. Dancers suffer for their art and I'm reminded of what Fonteyn once said about no one wanting to watch ballet if they knew how painful it can be, apart from those that enjoy bull fighting. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Actually I think it's unusual nowadays to see a dancer with lovely-looking feet. I don't know if they use softer shoes now, but it's very unusual to see the beautiful feet and shoes I used to see regularly in my earlier days of ballet-going. Which is a shame, because that's all part of the line of a dancer. None of which means that I think that Osipova's feet look 'wrecked' (if that's all that assoluta meant). Edited April 8, 2018 by bridiem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromthebalcony Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 By "wrecked," do you mean a recurring injury in her foot? I remember she was injured for awhile: https://www.gramilano.com/2015/10/good-news-osipovas-back/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I remember Beatriz Stix Brunell posting photos of her feet on Instagram. Very bloodied and bruised...but such wonderful dancing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 My ballet teacher showed me her feet. I still would love to do pointe but lost toenails, bruises and bleeding seem par for the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, MAB said: To describe a dancer's feet as wrecked is very uncharitable But an entirely accurate description, I should imagine, of a professional female ballet dancer's feet from an aesthetic viewpoint. Pointe work is brutal. On the topic of shoes, it seems that many dancers are wearing ones that have a much broader "platform" to stand on. It may be better/easier/more comfortable for them, but it does give a clog like appearance in some cases. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterankles Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 There are several points here 1 Are the feet in question supposedly LOOKING ‘wrecked’ when in pointe shoes? 2 Or are the feet LOOKING ‘wrecked’ when the pointe shoes come off? 3 Or does the forum member believe that the feet are INJURED perhaps for ever, yet allowing the dancer to perform incredibly beautifully despite the injury/ies? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I would agree with Fonty, shoes are much broader these days. I have always imagined it was with the invention of ouch pouches more room was needed in the box to accommodate them. My all time favourite pointe shoes were Repetto Opera, and I still have the last pair I wore professionally. My foot was a medium width, but these old shoes look much narrower and delicate compared to even the narrowest fittings in today's shes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 OK, I am locking this thread now before it degenerates any further. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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