At Home Tools

We love dedicated dancers who use their time at home to increase strength and flexibility between dance classes. These are our favorite tools for stretching, strengthening, and recovery.

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If you’ve earned your pointe shoes, this list is for you!

Dancers should NEVER purchase pointe shoes online. Dancers should be evaluated for pointe shoe readiness by their 3-D Dance ballet instructor and professionally fitted for each pair of pointe shoes. When a dancers finds the "perfect pair" of pointe shoes, chances are, by the time they need a new pair, their growing foot has changed and the dancer will require an entirely different shoe.

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Pointe Evaluation Information for Parents

Please know that placing students en pointe is something that we take very seriously, for the protection of your dancer and their development. Below are the resources for parents of students who are preparing for their pointe shoe evaluation at 3-D Dance. The basis of earning pointe shoes is the ability to solidly perform all the techniques in demi-pointé before proceeding to full pointe.

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The Dangers of Premature Pointe Placement

Most people, even those who train as dancers, understand that human feet were made to support weight on the bottom of the soles of the feet, and not directly on

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Is My Dancer Ready for Pointe?

This is such a big and important question. It is one of hardest questions ballet teachers face. We don’t want to put them on pointe too early because they can really injure themselves. Ideally, the basis of going en pointe is the ability to solidly perform all the techniques in demi-pointé before proceeding to full pointe.

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