Pointe shoe
Ballet shoe with stiffened toe for dancing en pointe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Pointed shoe.
A pointe shoe (UK: /pwæ̃t/, US: /pwɑːnt, pɔːɪnt/), also called a ballet shoe,[1][2][3][4] is a type of shoe worn by ballet dancers when performing pointe work. Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance en pointe (on the tips of their toes) for extended periods of time.[5][6] They are manufactured in a variety of colors, most commonly in shades of light pink.