How Do You Warm Up In Pointe Shoes?
• Warm up in your flat shoes. • Put on your pointe shoes. Make sure you have tied the ribbons securely. • Stand in a parallel position facing the barre. • Cross your right leg over your left in a plie. Let your platform touch the floor, and when you plie, you should arch your foot. Do the same crossing your left leg over your right. • Stay parallel. Relax your arms, and then roll up onto pointe. Now roll back down to flat. Focus on rolling through the demi-pointe. Don’t bend your legs while doing this. Repeat a few more times. • Go into first position. With your right foot, go through your demi-pointe and put pressure on your foot in this position. Now roll all the way through to a propped foot. Push over. Roll through your demi-pointe into flat position. Repeat with your left foot, and repeat the entire exercise a few more times. • Facing your barre, roll up onto pointe in a first position without bending your knees. Roll down. Now, plie, then releve, staying in first position. • Do s
