WE’LL GET RIGHT TO THE POINTE
We’ve launched a pointe shoe fundraiser to alleviate the rising costs of dancer shoes, and we’d love your support.
Ballet Des Moines dancers each go through roughly 20 pairs of pointe shoes in a given season. With more than 15 pointe shoe dancers at Ballet Des Moines in the 26/27 season, that’s 300 pairs of pointe shoes. At an average cost of $150 per pair, that’s a pointe shoe budget of $45,000.
Help us reach our fall goal of raising $10K by October 31.
KCCI COVERS THE POINTE SHOE CAMPAIGN
Last week, reporter Jodi Long from KCCI spent time in the BDM studio to talk about the rising costs of pointe shoes. She spoke with company dancer Chiyo Nishida and our Youth & Trainee Director, Erin Arndorfer, to learn more about the care and costs of pointe shoes.
DEAD POINTE SHOE SOCIETY
Proceeds from your purchase of our Dead Pointe Shoe Society merch will go directly to our Shoe Fund.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE POINTE SHOE
Enjoy a short video following the ongoing evolution of the pointe shoe, tracing its development from 18th-century origins through continual improvements in structure and support. It highlights how advances in design and materials have allowed the shoe to meet the ever-growing physical and artistic demands of ballet dancers.