tomuchtallent Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 What do people make of think of these!! http://www.behance.net/gallery/NIKE-ARC-ANGELS-(Pointe-shoe-training)/3346353 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hmmm! Interesting concept! Black though? :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 seems very strange to me,but what do i know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Are they actually on sale? Not seen them anywhere in usual sources Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 I dont think they have made them yet,but on the internet it said they will maybe be released in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliepops Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 It might just be me (and my eyesight ;-) ) but in the last picture it looks like it is intended to go over the top of a traditional shoe. Could this benefit any dancers?? Has it been tested and if so who has been using it? Pointe shoe manufacture has remained broadly quite traditional for the past 100 years or so with a few exceptions in materials used by a handful of makers,Gaynor,Capulet and Bloch spring to mind. Anjuli - what are your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Looking at it closer,it looks like they have used photo shop in the last picture!!!Maybe because they havent been made yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 They look absolutely hideous and have no backs to them! I can't imagine any young dreaming of pointe shoes would think of these! It seems to me that Nike have identified the pointe shoe market as being lucrative and have jumped on the bandwagon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 It seems to be a student design concept with the usual wackiness and bad spelling! More on the designer here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petipacat Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I agree Fiz they are hideous, they also look like they have a rubber ,trainer like sole yuk !!.Can't see anyone wanting to use them as decorative things when they are done . Call me old fashioned but there is something so beautiful about a good old fashioned pointe shoe I always feel like I am connected with the past and all those great dancers that inspired me to get up on pointe . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Firstly, whose idea was "ideation"? And next, as my technical adviser is away examining at present (and I'm sure she would hate them), I'll be interested in Anjuli's reaction to much of the photography used, given that "Ideation 2" makes quite a point about sickling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybeans Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 These look like they should have been unveiled on 1st April.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regattah Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) It is April 1st again? Edited to say "Snap - JellyBeans"! We posted simultaneously! Edited April 16, 2012 by Regattah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 John Mallinson is right,it looks like a student has designed them.I cant see that Nike would be so stupid to make them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybeans Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Haha, Regattah, great minds think alike!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancemad Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Interesting that the designer is from the US and there are photos of students at Royal Scottish in the ad! My first reaction was the compression of the Achilles Tendon under all the elastic but I suppose that's nonsense as traditional ribbons tie roughly in the same place. Personally I'm not sure they will catch on too quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballet0 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 had a look and just spotted my older dd in the conservatoire photo when she was in 1st year she graduates this year xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I think this is a project for a Fashion or Design student. It would help if they could spell and use "there" and "they're" correctly! :-) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Love you, Spanner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Lol! :-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Ideation is a legitimate word but is usually used in a professional setting such as psychiatry - when one is visualizing a concept. Personally, I don't like the word - but there it is. As for the shoe - unfortunately, when I clicked on the link provided I got a big window saying I was using an outdated form of IE - so I was only able to see around that window. I will have to bring this to the attention of the Resident Technical Dept. (after he's had his breakfast). From what I could see - it is not a shoe I would wear or trust my life to (because that is what the dancer does) on stage or even in a studio. I can't imagine doing a pirouette with a shoe with no back to it. Of jumping - or even allegro. The backless shoe leaves the heel totally unprotected - making it vulnerable to bruising. Where is the support for the instep/arch? I can't imagine that it is adequate if it does not connect to the heel. Ribbons have a certain beauty to them - gracefully connecting the shoe to - not only the foot - but to the ankle. Elastic, while stronger than a ribbon - does not have the possiblity of true relaxation. It will be exercising its "pull" even when the foot is relaxed - seeming to me to add stress to the vulnerable Achilles tendon. I could certainly be wrong - but that's how it seems. I assume - should this shoe be produced - it will come in ballet pink. oy I couldn't see what kind of materials went into the makeup of the shoe - but there is something to be said for the comforming quality of cloth, paste, and the various layers of maleable materials of which the traditional shoe is made. It not only allows the form of the shoe to change to accommodate the individual foot - it also allows the dancer to leeway to help in that formation. Individualizing a shoe is very important to the dancer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Traditional pointe shoes lasting "8 - 10 weeks"? If only! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lildancer96 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Traditional pointe shoes lasting "8 - 10 weeks"? If only! 4 if we are lucky! X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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