new shoes?

dancinqueen23 · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

I'm 14 and I have been on pointe for about 3 months. Last night at dance rehersal i realized that the sole in my shoe was coming undone. My teacher said that I need new shoes. The shoes I have now are Bloch Heritages. Is that I good type of shoe or should I try something different. What type of pads are best? I'm using the Ouch Pouch but i don't feel like it does much. What do you guys think?

pr · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 1011 Location: Göteborg, Sweden

Welcome dancinqueen23! :D

primaballerina175 · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 600 Location: On stage.

Try the gel ones. One time some girl suggested useing lamb or wool ones.
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BalletLover88 · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 14

i have the gel ones and i love them.!! thay are awsome.

Attitude1407 · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 11

What makes a shoe "good" or "bad" really is dependent on how it fits the individual person wearing it. How would you describe your foot? For me, Bloch Serenade is terrible, but I'm sure it's a great shoe for someone with the right type of foot for it. If I'm not mistaken, the Bloch Heritage is the so-called Russian-style shoe with the low profile and short V-cut vamp? If you have short toes so the vamp works for you, then it sounds good to me as long as the box is holding up well for you. (Some of the Bloch's die fast.) When you say the sole is coming undone, do you mean that the insole is peeling off under your toes, or under your heel? Either way, it can probably just be glued back down. Do the shank and box still support you? If so, then it's probably not necessary to buy new shoes yet. Also, even when the box does start getting a bit soft so you start sinking into it, you can extend the life of the shoe a little bit -- maybe a couple of weeks -- by inserting Gaynor Minden Dynamic Box Liners.

As for pads, I use Leo's 30% thinner gel pads (the purple ones) and they're very nice! They make pointe work very comfortable without being too bulky.

I hope I could help! :)

santafejoe · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:39 am Post subject:

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dancinqueen23 · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

it feels kinda strange to describe my foot but here goes. my toes are abnormally long and i have a decent arch but they're really wide. the sole is coming completely up under my heel and i'm having trouble keeping them on when i go into full pointe.

primaballerina175 · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 600 Location: On stage.

Maybe you should see some pointe specialist or something. If they keep coming off.

primaballerina175 · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 600 Location: On stage.

Maybe you should see some pointe specialist or something. If they keep coming off.

primaballerina175 · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 600 Location: On stage.

Maybe you should see some pointe specialist or something. If they keep coming off.

dancinqueen23 · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 7

thanks everyone for all your help. my friend said she went to this place near where i live for her shoes. i'm going to go there and have them help me with them. thanks again!!!

Balletispassion · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Canada

Use the gel ones they're the best 'cause the others don't seem to do much... but I'm not allowed to use ouch pouches anymore 'cause we have to "feel the shoe" and we have to tape our toes to prevent blisters and that's all we get to do... yesterday I forgot to tape my feet and it didn't hurt but today I taped them and I got blisters....