DWC How To's: The Difference Between Demi and Pointe Shoes
While they look very similar, demi-pointe and pointe shoes are actually incredibly different! Demi-pointes are a training shoe to help build your strength and get your toes and feet ready for the real deal. For many they are an important and necessary tool to use before stepping into a pair of pointe shoes.
By Emma Neilson, DWC Social Media Manager
While they look very similar, demi-pointe and pointe shoes are actually incredibly different! Demi-pointes are a training shoe to help build your strength and get your toes and feet ready for the real deal. For many they are an important and necessary tool to use before stepping into a pair of pointe shoes. Some teachers won’t even let students use pointe shoes until they’ve trained in demi-pointes for many months. We are happy to help you find the best fit in either of our locations schedule an appointment to get your demi-pointe shoes fit!
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DWC How To's: Tighten the Taps on your Tap Shoes!
Tightening the taps of your tap shoes is an easy but crucial thing to know how to do! DWC Social Media Manager, Emma, will show you what you need, how to do it, and some important tips to remember!
By Emma Neilson, DWC Social Media Manager
Tightening the taps of your tap shoes is an easy but crucial thing to know how to do! DWC Social Media Manager, Emma, will show you what you need, how to do it, and some important tips to remember!
Gather your items, you will need: Your tap shoes, and a screwdriver, most likely a Phillip’s head (the end is a cross)
Place the screwdriver in the screw, while pressing down very firmly, turn clockwise (to the right) to tighten, or counterclockwise (to the left) to loosen.
Be sure only to do a little at a time and test between adjustments!
And as always, check in with your teacher about how tight to make them! We hope this tutorial was helpful, to shop our tap shoe options click here!
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If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call 911 immediately. Dancewear Center does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on dancewearcenter.net. Reliance on any information provided by dancewearcenter.net, Dancewear Center employees, contracted writers, or medical professionals presenting content for publication to Dancewear Center is solely at your own risk.
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