• How old you are?
• Your level of ballet, have you been on pointe before?
• How many hours of ballet you do a week?
• Has your dance teacher said you can go on pointe?
• How much and what pointe preparation have you done?
• Have you had any injuries?

Next we assess your feet

We’ll ask you to stand in first, second and parallel, rise onto your demi-pointe and tendu and dégagé.

We will also need to feel your feet ,and sometimes, your legs.

Then we’ll chose any padding you might need.

If you have brought your old shoes with you, we will have a look at those too.

Fitting your pointe shoes

We will select some shoes that we think are suitable, you’ll try them first and we’ll check the fit, then then try others to see how they compare.

You may need to try multiple shoes to find the shoe that is best for you and it may take some time. Once we, and you, are happy you have the right shoe we’ll show you how to sew your ribbon and elastic.