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>>> > hi, i have a problem, i have very low arches, so >no >>> > matter how hard i try to point, my foot never >looks >>> as >>> > pointed as anyone elses, and when i try to point >in >>> > toe shoes it doesn't look pointed at all! does >>> anyone >>> > know of any exercises to fix this or is there no >>hope >>> > for my feet? i would appreciate any help on this >>> > subject!!! >>> >>> Although I struggle with the precise opposite of >your >>> problem, I remembered an ad I found in Dance >>Magazine. >>> Apparently, some sort of a device has been created >>to >>> raise the arches recently. Info can be found at >>> www.adv.es/footstretch >> >> >>As a male dancer one does not struggle with pointe >>shoes >>but we have just as high expectations on our feet as >>the >>ballerinas nowadays! I have unfourtunantly a bad left >>foot >>with no instep and bad arch, while my right foot is >the >>complete opposite. I tried everything including >>pointeshoes >>and the footstretch devise. My left(bad)foot is >>stronger >>than the right though. The only solution so far is to >>"fake" >>it! Build up an arch with plaster(medical)and cotton >or >>synthetic material. Hey, you'd be surprised if you >>knew how many dancers "enchante" their feet in this >>manner! Maya >>Plisetskaya, Galina mezentseva, to name some famous! >>The only problem is when you dance barefeet ballets or >>bare >>feet in shoes. Operations to adjust your'e problem >>like Carla Fracci or silicone injections like Gelsey >>Kirkland >>is quite risky buissness not to mension expensive. > >To get a stronger arch, you should pointe and do more >exercises out of class, try reading about arches as >much as you can in books. >SIgned<3 >~help

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