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Date Posted: 11:20:32 11/20/99 Sat
Author: katie
Subject: Re: Pointe stories
In reply to: Nora 's message, "Pointe stories" on 10:00:18 11/06/99 Sat

> Well, on Ballet~Your pointe? you asked about first
> time pointe stories. I will try to tell about my
> experiences but nothing to exciting happened. I got my
> shoes at Dance N' Tee's, and they have everything
> there. We walked in and there were a TON of leotards
> and shoes and t-shorits and bags and hair excessories
> and stuff. So we go and sit down. There was another
> girl there, about my age, trying on shoes. So the
> woman comes out and has about 4 pairs of shoes. She
> had me try them on, just to approximate the size of
> the shoe that I would need. So I tried on several
> types of shoes, Coppelia II's, Freeds, Blochs, all
> sorts. I tried gel pads and lamb's wool pads. They had
> a wooded-floor section and a barre w/a mirror. They
> had me go up, and some of the shoes were very
> comfortable, while other's were tight and
> uncomfortable. I finally decided on the Freed Studios,
> but the Coppelia II's came in close second. I loved
> trying on the pointe shoes, and pointe is lots of fun.
> Good luck!
>
> ~Nora

i have a pointe story. it's not really a first time story but it was my first year on pointe in our studio's nutcracker and i had only had my shoes for three months at the time. the guest dancer from the san francisco ballet was there, and me and all of my friends were nervous because we wanted to look good in front of a professional (it was their first year on pointe in the show, too). i had forgotten to double knot my ribbons just that one day, and while we rehearsed the waltz of the flowers, my shoe came untied and fell off!! i had to take off my toe pad too, and throw them over to the side of the room. my teacher was yelling at me in front of all the more advanced dancers and the guest dancer and everyone! i felt horrible and i was trying not to cry. my teacher kept rubbing it in for the entire rehearsal, saying, "make sure you tie your pointe shoes tightly so they don't fall off-ESPECIALLY KATIE!" I felt horrible!!! of course, i can laugh about it now, but at the time it wasn't very funny!!

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