Bloch Aspiration Pointe Shoe

These are the shoes I have worn pretty much since I started on pointe, although I think that my very firt pair of pointe shoes were a pair designed for beginners.

These shoes are specially designed for students, and are my ballet schools recommended shoes. I personally love them, they're comfortable, provide good support and stability and they look good too. They're a dream to dance in!

The shoe has a wide toe box and platform, which provides a lot of stabilty - it allows the "toes to spread" according to the description. The shank is flexible, making allowing the foot to move much more easily, yet still provides adequate support - the description says that "the shank construction encourages the shank to bend at "three quarters"" They take a while to break in, but once they are broken in, they are wonderful. They provide plenty of support even when broken in, and they take longer to wear out than other shoes I have danced in - I have a friend who has been on pointe for two years I think, and she has about 20 pairs of dead shoes. I do five ballet classes a week, and two of those are pointe (one of them is helping out the little kids, but shush, I count it as a class!) and one pair of these shoes will last me about a term.

They aren't the prettiest shoes available, I only wear them for classes not for performance, but they provide so much support that I love them just the same!

 

Callie xx

Bienvenue a mon blog!

Hihi, I'm Callie, an overexcitable American from Brooklyn currently living in the UK. Where, I shall not disclose. Well, I wouldn't want a creepy stalker, would I?

I'm a dance student, classical ballet predominantly, but also some ballroom if my dance teacher is feeling particularly mean (me+heels+dancing=epic fail).

I've recently done my toes in, and have been told no pointe work for a month, how boring! Demi pointe just doesn't cut it once you've been on actual pointe for five or six years! So, to get my pointe "fix," I've started this blog, and joined a bunch of forums! This blog will be me, my computer, and me trialling a whole ton of pointe shoes that I've recently bought and won't be able to dance in for a while. Therefore, I shall be trying them, (very, very briefly!) posting what I think of them, and hoping that somebody else out there will have danced in them properly and be able to tell me what they think of them for actually dancing in them!

So basically, this is a site for pointe shoe reviews - for students! Most of the reviews out there are aimed at professional dancers or amateur dancers, no in between, or so I think anyway!

I'm also going to try and post tips and tricks that my teacher has taught me that may not be so mainstream, and also do reviews of some other ballet items - and put instructions up about how to make a tutu (courtesy of my mama!)

Peace Out,

Callie xx