Making a Pointe Shoe

This clip was shot in the Freed factory in London and in the studios of Dutch National Ballet in 2005.

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[balletistheworld]

i love how when we get our new pair of pointes we are so careful with them but the makers are just banging them about everywhere :)

[Ramalabadingdong]

0:37 that's what keeps workers motivated :D

[BlueBelle277]

@thefourandonly1 my teacher told me to burn the edges that way the little strings will curl in and it will make it waxy you can do it with ribbons too

[thefourandonly1]

That was awesome :D

But my teachers say not to darn the edge (if it frays, just cut it off) cause it makes you balance much easier so you don't have to work as hard....

[AFdancergirlio]

@ballet81895 it keeps the satin on the edge form fraying . you could just leave it but ive tripped over pieces that came loose during class and fallen pretty hard

[LozziiTheIcePopsicle]

It's all to do with comfort, otherwise it will really hurt their feet when dancing

[dancer8004]

uckk i hate when people do this... 1:25 its ugly..

[chrisclayton1cloe]

It makes the tip not as slippery to dance on.

[ballet81895]

What did she do to the tip? Is that darning? What does it do?

[jeoyanda]

I find it cool that's it's standing by itself

[vacances2011]

j'aime pas la fin! :(