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1600's

In the 1600's King Louis XIV was a huge fan of ballet, and enjoyed performing in court productions. Although, he soon grew too old and fat to dance, so he became one of ballet's biggest supporters. He founded his own ballet company, the Academie Royale de Danse, which was then renamed the Paris Opera Ballet.

2000's

The Evolution of Pointe Shoes

by: Natasha Reyes

In the 15th century, King Louis the XIV was a big fan of ballet and enjoyed being a part of the show himself. Although, he eventually became too old and fat to participate, so he became one of ballet's biggest supporters. He founded the first ballet company, the Academie Royale de Danse. Which later became known as the Paris Opera Ballet.

Also at the time, women weren't the ballerinas we know today. They couldn't do any jumps or turns, mostly because of what they wore. The men were able to wear tight fitting clothing tights, so they were able to do high jumps and spins. The women could only pose because they had to wear full, havy headdresses, corsets, full skirts, and very high heels.

In the mid 1700's, wwomen began to rebel. They started to do more jumps and spins. They wore new attire that allowed them more freedom. Marie Salle was the first to let her hair down, and at the same time she wore very loose clothing. Her rival, Marie Ann Cupis de Camargo then decided to not wear heels, wore shorter skirts, and did moves that had been exclusively executed by men.

During the early 1900's there were two rival ballet schools. One was the french school, the other was the Italian school. The french school waned refinement whereas the Italian school strived for very strong, muscular dancers. The French used soft shoes for pointe, as had been tradition, but soon they switched to harder shoes. The Italian used the harder shoes too. This was a revolution in the pointe shoe.

Also, Marie Tagolini was the first person recordeed on pointe. She created a revolution in the art of dance. The new type of ballet called "pointe" had often been thought of as a circus trick, but it required a lot of technique and practice.

Fun fact: In Russia, Tagolini's fans loved her so much, they would cook her pointe shoes and eat them!

During the 17th century, there was an increased number of women dancing. The ballet vocabulary was expanded to have more moves, and women were doing many jumps and spins. Mlle. Lyonais even became a celebrity for being able to do multiple pirouettes.

1900's

Currently, the pointe shoes are much different then they were before. Older pointe shoes can be more compared to today's ballet slipper. They were leather with an elastic band. Now, you can purchase pointe shoes in many different materials, colors, sizes, and toughness. There are some pointe shoes made out of a light plastic, but most are made of suede. They have a hard box, to support the dancer. Pointe shoes generally last about 1 to 2 months and cost between 60 and 100 dollars.

1800's

1700's

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