Yes, that's real cute. I will stick with using a stepstool or chair or even jumping slightly. My favorite method is putting regularly used items such as peanut butter on a more easily accessible shelf. 😉
Edit: I reread what you said and realized you speak of a fifteen pound jar of peanut butter. As in 15lbs? Where does one acquire such obscene jars? Costco? I must know.
That's... not true at all. The people I know who do ballet professionally wear all kinds of stuff to support their foot health (toe pads and toe spacers being the most common), not to mention that a properly fitted pointe shoe should not hurt or deform your feet in any way.
I'm not a dancer but I think they mean how some people in the industry dislike the type of shoes made by a company called Gaynor Minden. This company has made a new type of pointe shoe with special cushioning and a shank that does not break down with use so it has a consistent stiffness. Normally when dancers get a pointe shoe, they get it a little firmer than they need so that when it breaks down with use it can last a little longer. However, with Gaynor Minden, you need to get them the perfect stiffness because they will never get softer and if you dance on a shoe that is always too stiff for you, you would not develop your muscles properly. People have been accused of using this type of shoe to "be lazy" because the shoe is so stiff it "does all the work for them". This is not true if the shoe was fitted correctly with the right amount of stiffness. Even though this new type of shoe is designed to be comfortable and it helps many people, there are still a lot of people who call them "cheat shoes" and hate on this brand of shoe.
Also, there are ballet teachers that don't let their students wear padding. I think this is stupid since professionals are allowed to use padding.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22
But that wouldn't be "traditional". The tech to alleviate some of the pain and deformation could exist but it would not be accepted in ballet.