r/BALLET

I was hoping to attend DUCON in December if spots become available off the waitlist, which happened today, but I really can’t take the two days I would need to off work because of what we have scheduled. Does anyone know of any similar winter intensives happening between December 19-January 3? I can be a little more flexible on January end dates. I want to be dancing all day, which was a big draw to DUCON. I am on the east coast United Staes but willing to travel.

So ive been on pointe for about 10 months now, and i've been dancing on the same shoe for about 9½ of those months. That shoe is now dead. I went to the fitter and they said the wings of my shoe had completely detached from the shank, or that area. I tried on maybe 3 pairs before landing on my new shoe, vertisse's dahlia shoe. I really loved my old shoes, they made my feet look pretty, and just felt good, so i tried on my old shoe, and then tried on one ¼ of an inch wider or something. The fitter sent me to a diffrence location and the fitter at the second location made me try on 3 diffrent vertisse shoes. The first one i couldn't even get on, the second i couldnt feel the floor, and the third is the one we ended uo purchasing. They looked and felt good in the store, but once i put them on in pointe class, they hurt more than my dead shoes and i felt like i was sinking in brand-new shoes. The box was also really soft and i was going over the box. Does anyone have any advise as to what i could do? I can't afford a new pair of shoes, and i've already tried jet gluing.

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