Why has the pointe shoe been so resistant to change?

9 pointsposted 13 hours ago
by onemind

3 Comments

elevation

5 hours ago

While we’re on the topic, on the last year, NPR interviewed an expert who warned of lifelong debilitating injury (pain walking) that dancers developed by going en pointe too young. The woman recommended waiting until 15. But searching for this to share with dancers, I cannot find the interview now. Did NPR retract this?

abstractspoon

7 hours ago

Relevance?

warumdarum

26 minutes ago

Is technology resistant to change? Also ironically the only shoe who iscthoroughly destroyed to made useful