When to get demi pointe shoes?
Personally I don’t see the point of demi pointe shoes, they are just like flat shoes with a hardened box. The only purpose I could possibly see is ballance since you can’t grip with your toes in demi pointe / pointe shoes. But you can learn that quite well in pointe shoes and you don’t need to learn that until you are en pointe. Also balancing in pointe shoes is more difficult because of the shank, seeing that demi pointe shoes don’t have a shank it would be a very big help to learn how to balance in pointe shoes on demi pointe. I know going en pointe is very exciting and dmi pointe may seem like your getting closer but you really need to practice a lot in flat shoes before you go on pointe or demi pointe. My teacher doesn’t use demi pointe shoes for any of her students, and we all seem to be doing fine without them. You may have to wait quite a while before you go en pointe, I had to wait for 9 years to go en pointe. In the mean time be patient and strengthen your feet so you will be
