Silly trivia question on 1892 Nutcracker production photos

[cubanmiamiboy]

Is Belinskaya wearing pointe shoes here...? (As Clara, second girl from left and next to Lydia Rubtsova's Marianna...)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Nutcracker_-1890.JPG

The other known photo.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n2Ee9hRROWs/TO9aQdvmhWI/AAAAAAAABno/fJxo_3VLlmQ/s1600/800px-Nutcracker_-Scene_from_Act_I_-Sergei_Legat_as_Nutcracker%252C_Stanislava_Stanislavovna_Belinskaya_as_Clara%252C_%2526_Unidentified_as_a_Gingerbread_Soldier_-1892.JPG

[rg]

not a silly question at all.

and yes, the slippers on this student dancer appear to be pointeshoes.

as to whether or not she danced on pointe at any time in the ballet or even actually performed in them instead of just wearing them for the photos, i can't say.

[cubanmiamiboy]

not a silly question at all.

and yes, the slippers on this student dancer appear to be pointeshoes.

as to whether or not she danced on pointe at any time in the ballet or even actually performed in them instead of just wearing them for the photos, i can't say.

Thank you Sir...!