In this youtube (at 0:12) Farukh Ruzimatov sews his ballet shoes to his socks. Would this be unusual to do? I wondered if he did it because he was wearing socks rather than tights.
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Sewing ballet shoes to socks or tightsRuzimatov
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innopac
, Jul 31 2010 11:15 PM
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Diamonds Circle
Posted 01 August 2010 - 02:58 AM
It used to be done all the time, socks or tights. Now it's a sort of Old School practice.
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Gold Circle
Posted 01 August 2010 - 03:08 AM
Was it done before the elastic crossovers became popular?
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 03:14 AM
Yes, and even after. There was even a school of thought that male dancers needed to GLUE the shoes on using old-fashioned hide glue that had partially dried. Ecch! 
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