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If the shoe fits: six professionals tell their pointe shoe secrets.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-AUG-04 		Format: Online - approximately 1072 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
High arches, wide feet, bunions, or tapered toes--there's a pointe shoe that is perfect for you. Properly fitted, a dancer's foot can articulate, gesture, and emote as well as a hand. The "best" shoe is just a matter of opinion, because each toot is different and each brand offers something unique. And then there is the ritual of breaking in a shoe or preparing it for performance: hardening with shellac, softening with a hammer, cutting the shank, darning lips with yarn, or even using pliers to remove unwanted nails. DM talked to six pros about their choices.

Melissa Morrissey (WITH PRESTON DUGGER IN ST. LOUIS WOMAN) DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM ON HER FREED OF LONDON SPECIAL ORDER:

I've had so much luck with my Freeds that I've been wearing the same pointe shoes for ten years dancing professionally. My shoemaker's symbol is a Maltese Cross, which I like because the toe is more square--it doesn't taper. [Editor's note: Freed...

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