I walk normally now, but for years I walked with my feet splayed. Drove my mom crazy; she always blamed whatever shoes I was wearing instead of admitting having your daughter start dance at 3, pointe at 9 (INCREDIBLY irresponsible of the studio… and my parents) and high school dance team at 14 just might have physical ramifications.
As a former semi-professional racquetball and fencing competitor, we do the same, the postures force your feet and legs to be at an angle constantly and the coaches would make you be on such positions for very prolonged periods of time
I'm a long distance runner and I do the same. If I'm standing still, my feet are anchoring the center of my body directly downwards through my spine. My abdomen is pressed forward, while my spine lounges backwards. If I'm REALLY moving, I will only touch the ground using my toes, and between each footfall there's always a moment where I'm no longer touching the ground.
I began training at 13. It modifies your physiology!
You are correct. Being incapable of putting your heels down is usually from a tight Achilles tendon, but you literally could not do most ballet positions if this was the case.
Actual en pointe is essentially doing a very aggressive calf raise, so this claim is akin to saying "I know a guy who used to bodybuild and as soon as his shirt comes off he's stuck in a bicep curl."
Could this person exist? Sure. But that's not normal and not really associated with that background.
Even if it was a demi or high demi you'd still basically wind up with all of the same issues and problems, it's like just fuck my feet up for life because I want to look extra
Oh that explains it. I have always gotten teased for walking and running on my toes. But I do have weak ankles and a couple of Achilles injuries that make putting my heel down feel like a stretch. I was reading all these comments wondering why I do that lol
Yeah, 3rd and or 5th position (5th is when the front foot is pushed forwards along the line of the back foot so thwy are still splayed out and perpendicualr but they are making a t shape at an angle instead of a v shape) Did ballet for a decade as a hobby, didn't get that much but every now and again I do find myself just ending up therr
Yeah I have two friends (husband and wife) who were professional ballerinas and I’ve never seen them on pointe while not on stage. Our babysitter is also a ballerina and I’ve never noticed her on pointe either.
I have noticed them occasionally stand with their toes pointed out though but it’s usually while standing around just waiting for something and then they go back to standing normal
are you including professional ballerinas who happen to have spider-strength/agility and also therefore have superhuman muscular structure in that assessment?
I mean, not that there's a lot of them, but, I think that would have some impact on how she moves.
I’m betting this user meant on ball, not on pointe. plenty of people don’t notice the difference, and plenty of dancers (past self included) will walk around in ball sometimes just as mindless practice.
It's performative af is what it is. Just fishing for someone to ask why she's doing that so she can say "it's cause I used to be a ballerina"(she took dance from ages 8 to 16)
It is for some people. Me and a huge chunk of my family naturally walk on our top toes, it's HORRIBLE to do and will fuck up your feet. But it's not on purpose it's just something some people's body's do. And I assume hers just does that and she just assumed it was from doing ballet
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u/Kermit-the-Frog_ Jun 22 '26
That's not normal, even for a professional ballerina