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| Marie Taglioni is
given the credit for being the first ballerina to dance on
pointe but no one is really sure. She did perform La Sylphide
on pointes (1832) and was certainly a pioneer who developed
the technique which was responsible for revolutionising
ballet. Toe dancing was transformed into an artistic
expression. Needless to say her grace, lightness, elevation
and style earned the adoration of her audience and she
subsequently enjoyed a brilliant career. She wore well fitting
soft satin slippers with a leather sole. The sole and sides of
her shoes were reinforced with darning but the tip her pointes
was left free. Her dance technique mirrored the bare foot. The
dancer's alignment was different and she was less vertical,
less straight up and down, with her hips released back and her
upper body tilted slightly forward. Her Russian fans loved her
so much they were reported to cook her discarded slippers and
eat them with a sauce. The Danes choreographed jumping and
bouncing sequences in the 1800s and although the softer ballet
shoes of the period were adequate; the later incorporation of
pirouettes and balances on full pointe instead of demi-pointe,
meant new shoes had to be found. Shoemakers needed to make
shoes, soft enough for jumping yet sturdy enough for the
balances and turns. At first some dancers resorted to wearing
a soft pointe shoe for jumping on one foot and a hard one to
support the leg for balances and pirouettes. The spectacularly
graceful and charming Italian ballerina, Pierina Legnani had
her shoes made with a leather shank. Her party trick was to
place a rouble on the floor and chalk its circumference. She
then did thirty two fouettes with the supporting leg never
wandering outside the chalk circle. All this despite being
hindered by short legs and little natural beauty. Her
influence on the Russian ballet was profound and the Russian
school of dance began teaching ballet classes in the Italian
method of training. The introduction of stiffer shoes made
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