Strong Studios - Pointe shoes started when women began to dance ballet in 1681, twenty years after King Louis XIV of France ordered the founding of the Académie Royale de Danse. Pointe
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The History of Pointe Shoes: The Landmark Moments That Made Ballet's Signature Shoe What It Is Today
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