🩰Yesterday was International Pointe Shoe Day🩰 A day to celebrate the ICONIC dance show that showcases elegance and grace along with strength and power in ballet. HDA offers pre pointe to help establish the necessary skills needed to graduate to pointe and we now have many dancers en pointe at the studio. 🩰 Shout out to our amazing ballet instructors of recent and current that have been working hard with our dancers. 🫶 #ballet #enpointe #pointeshoes #prepointe | Hermitage Dance Academy

Some important pre-pointe tips for dancers who started late or are beginning lessons after being in and out of lockdown for so long. It is of utmost importance to train a dancer’s feet carefully and gradually. Not all dancers start pointe training at the same age. It takes time and consistency to build good technique. Jumping ahead and going on pointe will cause more harm in the future. Find the full ankle stabilisation and all the other pre-pointe point exercises on www.pbt.dance to be ready wh