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Date Posted: 12:49:33 06/12/02 Wed
Author: Snoball
Subject: Thanks very much to your replies you put in.
In reply to: Its only bad for the first while, then you get used to it 's message, "Yes. I do this. (more)" on 13:53:19 05/09/02 Thu

Thanks very much to your replies you put in. It wasn't actually me who had been pressurred to go on point in ID.
It was my friend at the age of 8. The problem is that she does Ballet as well as ID and I didn't think her ballet teacher would approve. It wasn't the soft shoes that I was worried about because they strech easily it was more about the hard shoes because they don't strech as well, maybe with a bit of wear but not new ones.
I know this is against my own point that I came up with but for any Ballet dancers out their but who also take part in ID you can go up on point easier and at a couple of years younger. This is because Demi-pointe work gets your ankles stronger (Demi-pointe= on the ball of your foot) and all soft shoe dances are on demi-pointe. That is probably the up side to it the down side to it is that I REALLY do not think young kids should go up on point to early. Doing it later makes you have something to work up to and a bit more exciting.
I know I've put loads in already but I'll explain why I think its wrong:
For a start when you are young the bones in your toes are like jelly and cannot withstand the weight when right up on pointe therefore deforming them. But as you get older your bones get harder but they harden from the centre outwards still keeping them a bit weak. And by deforming them I mean they curl up. And really I think it would be terrible for the young hopefuls going for a career in ID not to be able to dance properly
Again thanks 4 your replies
Snoball

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