sylphide Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 I was wondering something: Today I started to wear pointe shoes with a narrower box and I really had a hard time with my balance, sissonne....and almost all moves where I had to find my balance on one foot. Could it be that my old pairs with a wider box allowed me to "cheat" ie not really be perfectly pulled up or appear to balance without having perfect placement ? I am a bit confused and frustrated since I use to acheive pretty decent balance and pirouette on pointe. Any suggestions? (By the way, my teacher saw my feet in those pointier/lower vamp shoes and sort of forbid me to wear anything else because she said they enhanced my humble arches). Thank you (not sure if I should post this in the pointe shoe forum) Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted April 19, 2004 Administrators Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Give yourself a chance to get used to them, sylphide. This was just the first day! Quote Link to comment
sylphide Posted April 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Hmmm..Miss Leigh, I really did not think about that I guess I will have to give them a try Quote Link to comment
dido Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 I'm trying a pair of shoes with a much larger platform than I'm used to, and in the first class I had balance problems in those. I think to certain parts of the brain NEW = BAD, no matter what. Now of course I've adjusted to the new shoes and balancing is a breeze (something that's transfered over to the smaller platform). Quote Link to comment
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