Pas de Quatre Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Could this be a factor in the current fashion for bare legs with pointe shoes? Look - my instep is all my own!!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissL Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 It took me ages to find "the shoe" but for me it's Grishko Maya 1 special order. My special order usually consists of:- Maker number 18 - One shoe 4 X one shoe 4.5 X or both 4.5 X but I think I prefer the combo as my feet are different enough. - Super soft shank or soft shank with easy roll thru - Vamp made 1cm lower with drawstring - Side quarters sometimes made lower - Platform made a little wider I have tried many many brands and styles of shoes and wastes tons of money over the years. But this is certainly the shoe for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachaelMarie28 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Bloch serenade are my favourite shoes however that is purely sentimental-they were my first pointe shoes. I often consider getting my pointe shoes fitted properly at Freed but I've been using Blochs for fourteen years now-I'm not sure how well I'd adapt to different pointe shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellini Pointe Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 My favourite pointe shoes of all were Bellini (hence my user name !) unfortunately long since discontinued but suited my feet wonderfully and required the minimum of preparation to wear.Next i wore the then available Freed Turning Pointe shoe which i found comfortable.Then followed Sansha Whispers which you could add a plastic insert in to the shank for extra strength.To date just fine still wearing Sansha`s . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Weren't Turning pointe made by Gamba? Dd was given a pair to try in a shop a few years ago. They had been sitting on the shelf for years. She loved them, so we bought them & were only charged a token £5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellini Pointe Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hello Pas. Yes you are indeed right ! Was confusing them with couple of freed models that i briefly tried out around the same time ... Thanks for correcting me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyl Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I haven't done pointe work for months but felt through I went through every pointe shoe... ever to find a pair that were OK. Still looking for my dream pair. I have a very wide forefoot (take an E in Bloch) with a tapered/narrow heel portion. Ridiculously high profile/arch too (I had special street shoes as a kid because of it.) Currently in Sansha recital, width W (not X surprisingly!) size 10. They are not perfect though and I have elastic and ribbons... still with some heel slippage :/ Also have a pair of Bloch Aspirations size 6E. I really wish I fit the Bloch Sonatas- love the padding in the toe but sadly the vamp was just too long. List of shoes tried: Bloch Alpha (hated the shank) Bloch Sonata Bloch Synergy Bloch Serenade (total disaster fitting, ended up with very seriously bruised toenails!) Freed Classic (too narrow at the front and wide at the back) Gaynor Mindens (again, ended up with bruised toenails) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit and float Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Have you looked at Bloch Suprima or Axiom Beckyl? Both are tapered, maybe Axiom would be worth a try as they're wider across the box. I think pretty high profile too, only thing is the vamp might be too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyl Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Have you looked at Bloch Suprima or Axiom Beckyl? Both are tapered, maybe Axiom would be worth a try as they're wider across the box. I think pretty high profile too, only thing is the vamp might be too long. Both are listed as being a low profile shoe on the perfect pointe master list? Next time I'm in London it might be worth giving those a try, thanks for the suggestion Like I said, I really love the sonatas save for the very long vamp. Unfortunately all low profile shoes I have tried before have severely bruised my big toes :/ When I say my profile is high I mean <I>high</I> (nearly two inches!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit and float Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Oh are they?! They just seemed pretty high on my ones, they might not be then! I just know they're tapered & wide (especially Axiom) across the box. There's also the Axis I think it's similar. I had Sonatas for a while which were ok but Axiom much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecircus Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 My first couple of pairs of pointe shoes were Gamba, then I ordered a pair of Sanshas from a catalogue without ever having tried them before just because I liked how they looked (don't try this at home folks ) Amazingly, they were the perfect fit for me, my teacher approved and I have worn them ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I haven't done pointe work for months but felt through I went through every pointe shoe... ever to find a pair that were OK. Still looking for my dream pair. I have a very wide forefoot (take an E in Bloch) with a tapered/narrow heel portion. Ridiculously high profile/arch too (I had special street shoes as a kid because of it.) Out of interest, what do you do for flats? I have a very wide forefoot, too. I don't mind the false arches if they don't look obvious. It is all down to directors and choreographers. They want their dancers to have that type of foot. If that is going to go against you at an audition or casting, I say wear your arches. Seems to me that it's equivalent to wearing an overpadded padded bra (there are loads in M&S these days, I noticed recently). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 To me, the arch enhancers are the equivalent of hyperextensions - sort of a case of more is better just because it must be. We're going to end up with dancers' feet looking like claws at this rate. Sometimes I wonder whether we'll start seeing dancers who can do turnouts of more than 180 degrees and then it'll become the norm to dance with your feet facing backwards just because it's the most extreme thing you can do, regardless of how much sense it makes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 This is nothing to do with dancers. It is what the directors sometimes want and again it's a fashion. At least false arches want do any damage, but over turning out will. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyl Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Out of interest, what do you do for flats? I have a very wide forefoot, too. Flats are a nightmare! Currently quite like the So Danca SD-16 canvas stretch model (such a high profile that drawstrings hurt :/) or I use the Tanzmuster satin model as it has an elastic drawstring. In pointe shoes, my other issue with Sonatas is that they weren't quite wide enough. The Aspiration seems to be better width-wise. Ironically, the synergy model which is supposed to be perfect for a Y-shape foot were not wide enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Has anyone tried wearmoi pointe shoes? Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinda Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi Twiggy, my DD is currently looking for an alternative pointe shoe as it's too difficult to source her present shoes (Russian Pointe Encores) where she is training and her teachers would like her to change. She tried on a pair of Wear Moi La Pointe the other day, liked them and I think she will end up ordering a pair. It will be interesting to see how she finds them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi Twiggy, my DD has worn Wear Moi pointes for last year and half, loved them but found that they 'die' too quickly, even with the hard shank. They were also pretty hard to get in the UK as there are very few stockists and we regularly had to wait several weeks for new stock which has encouraged us to try another brand. Would still recommend these though as you can get reinforced extra hard backs, which we may try should my DD go back to this brand . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiSi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 To me, the arch enhancers are the equivalent of hyperextensions - sort of a case of more is better just because it must be. We're going to end up with dancers' feet looking like claws at this rate. Sometimes I wonder whether we'll start seeing dancers who can do turnouts of more than 180 degrees and then it'll become the norm to dance with your feet facing backwards just because it's the most extreme thing you can do, regardless of how much sense it makes. Hi Melody. Where will it end? Here, or worse... One of the reasons that I love Bournonville's ideas is that he always warned against turning dance into a circus act. Like the "chinese contorsionism meets classical ballet".... circus act. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) That Chinese circus Swan Lake is creepy. I don't know what they're hoping to achieve, but I think it's just a travesty. Edited February 1, 2015 by Melody 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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