Dance En Pointe Speeches

Growing up I never thought I’d have the strength, determination, and commitment to dance en pointe, yet here I am today, proving myself wrong. It all began when my parents put me in my first ballet class at age four. Even at such a young age, I loved every minute of dance class and knew I wanted to continue with it. Subsequently, I joined other styles of dance and thrived in those, but I always seemed to struggle with ballet. Not having the strongest core, most flexible arches, or longest balances, made me second guess myself a lot. Taking a huge toll on my self confidence, I attended each ballet class with the mindset I wasn’t as good as my peers. As I grew older, my friends started getting accepted into pointe, but I never seemed to be quite
Pointe can put such a strain on your feet that many studies show females whose feet are destroyed from simply taking ballet and pointe classes. If yoou took one basketball camp, the injuries you would received can’t even compare to those of which you would receive at one pointe workshop. Humans don't naturally walk on their tiptoes all the time, so when you're on your tiptoes, it puts a lot of pressure and pain on your feet. Gel pads, tape, and wool are inserted into the shoe to relieve the enormous amounts of pressure on a ballerina's toes. It is crucial that dancers understand the technique or else they can seriously injury themselves. This is why it is most common for a dancer to begin pointe around age twelve, while every other style normally starts around age four or five. A pointe dancer must have incredibly strong ankles, sturdy legs, and good flexibility. If they are not trained well enough, their feet can become disfigured. If a dancer falls while en pointe, it can hurt them from falling so high, causing a broken leg or ankle. Even stretches and simple ballet moves can be gruesome, anything done in pointe shoes can very easily injure the ankles and feet. The pointe shoe is not the most comfortable shoe to wear either. It constantly rubs against your skin and will usually give you blisters, bumps, calluses, bone degeneration, and even bleeding. A study of eleven pointe dancers that all got MRI’s, showed that each one had signs of osteoarthritis. Although the consequences of dancing en pointe seem very dangerous, it’s because of a ballerinas love for ballet that people continue with their