innopac Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7nuu23SHK0&playnext=1&videos=buZsJQh8hL0 Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 It used to be done all the time, socks or tights. Now it's a sort of Old School practice. Link to comment
innopac Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 Was it done before the elastic crossovers became popular? Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 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! Link to comment
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