Lace Up Ballet Slippers

The aesthetics of ballet call for a long, tapered line of the leg, which is enhanced by the almost conical shape of the shoe. Dancers wear blocked slippers called toe shoes or pointe shoes in order to dance on the tips of their toes. The ballerina strives to create an illusion of weightless-ness, which is achieved by rapidly, skimming the floor, spinning and sustaining poses. Whilst ballet shoes have been described as athletic shoes made from paper and paste there remains remarkably few serious injuries found in the feet of the modern ballerinas.