Foot care and Tools for dancer's foot work

Everything to protect the dancer's feet! The minimum purchase is 15 € per order. Don't hesitate to combine your purchases with a ballet leotard, tights or other dance accessories: Free delivery from 70 € of purchase in parcel relay for France, 100 € in Europe. Delivery worldwide

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Warm-up Boots - Repetto

Price €54.17

Repetto warm-up boots are practical for all dancers: in a down-filled version, these booties will warm up the ankle while preserving the joint. We like the stop ties at the ankle and calf for a secure fit. Inspired by moon boots, these boots can be worn with either half or full toes. The Repetto logo under the sole and on the front of the boot, in black, makes them timeless for both men and women.

Girl Warm-up Boots - Repetto

Price €54.17

Repetto warm-up boots are practical for all dancers: in a down-filled version, these booties will warm up the ankle while preserving the joint. We like the stop ties at the ankle and calf for a secure fit. Inspired by moon boots, these boots can be worn with either half or full toes. The Repetto logo under the sole and on the front of the boot, in pink for the girls

Silicone Gel Tips for Ballet Pointes

Price €16.67

Learn how to take care of the dancer's foot with these two premium silicone gel tips for ballet pointe shoes that are anti-shock, anti-vibration with excellent elasticity, non-toxic and washable in a washing machine at high temperature. These protections can be cut out and placed under your dance tights. Flesh color, one size

Warm-up gaiters - Repetto

Price €21.67

Warm-up leg warmers for women in grey. These long legwarmers of 45 cm offer a soft warmth appreciable at any time of the year. Use them for your warm-ups but also on a daily basis with your street clothes for a dancer look or simply for more comfort when the weather gets colder.

Dark Blue Pointe Pouch - Repetto

Price €29.17

This dark blue mesh pouch is useful for carrying and storing your pointe shoes. The unlined fabric helps wick moisture away from your shoes when you put them away after your dance class. The grosgrain ribbons to tighten are a subtle and delicate reminder of ballet codes. This little bag will match perfectly with the gym bag in the same fabric. A useful gift accessory for all dancers! Height 31 cm x width 16 cm

Black Pointe Pouch - Repetto

Price €29.17

This black mesh pouch is useful for carrying and storing your pointe shoes. The unlined fabric helps wick moisture away from your shoes when you put them away after your dance class. The grosgrain ribbons to tighten are a subtle and delicate reminder of ballet codes. This little bag will match perfectly with the gym bag in the same fabric. A useful gift accessory for all dancers! Height 31 cm x width 16 cm

Pro-Dance Knee Pad - Bloch

Price €45.83

Knee support in flesh or black from XS to L: thin and light, it targets a gel protection of the knee, tibia, quadriceps and lateral ligaments against shocks. Elegant design barely visible when worn under clothing. Smooth, stretchy lycra allows you to bend and move as loosely as you like. Adjustment and support is provided by upper and lower silicone bands

Astro Gel Pad One Size

Price €16.67

Two one size Astro gel pad to protect your toes in your ballet pointe shoes: gel covered with fabric to minimize perspiration. Recommended for all dancers who practice several hours a week or a day. Washable, do not store them in your pointe shoes after your performance!

Strong, well-coordinated feet are a cornerstone of a dancer's technique

Most dance styles, with the exception of modern dances that use the hands and arms for balance, the feet and legs are used more for support than the upper body. It is therefore very important to take care of your feet as they support most of your body weight in an infinite variety of configurations and speeds. Due to time constraints, most dance classes can only offer limited preparation for the feet.

Why is it important to prepare the dancer's feet?

Inadequate foot preparation leads to overtraining syndromes, rapid exhaustion, and tears in joints, muscles, and connective tissue.

To compensate for this limited preparation time, it is important to prepare yourself

  • either by showing up earlier to your dance class to specifically warm up your feet and all your muscles with my self-massage equipment
  • or by working on your feet and legs during specific sessions at home or in a separate room.

The  footstretcher and all the accessories such as the elastic bands are excellent ways to coordinate the action in the front and back of the feet that allows a dancer to obtain a range of motion for the whole body. The movement of the foot is connected to the movement of the hip, pelvis and spine. Therefore, you can perform complementary exercises to activate and strengthen the muscles that control the action of the ankle and foot. You will gain stability and power of movement by using proprioception equipment for example.

The famous foot thongs as well as the Blochsox socks for contemporary dance or modern-jazz contribute to facilitate your rotations and help you preserve joints and tendons.

In addition to the foot, I also invite you to protect your joints, in particular the knees, very solicited during the dance. For pole dance, as well as modern and contemporary dance, knee pads are particularly recommended during the passages on the ground. There are foam knee pads but also silicone knee pads in skin color or black

Which areas of the foot should be protected when dancing on pointe?

In order to allow you to dance in the best conditions and prevent any foot injury, there are many tips that you can find yourself and by discussing with your friends, to put on your ballet pointe shoes with a minimum of comfort. Gone are the days of putting steaks in your pointe shoes!

Foot protection starts with

  • toe protection to prevent blisters or pain thanks to different cut-out tips, position correctors for people with deviations of the big toe or the toes (hallux valgus, for example), foam tips of different shapes to be positioned at the bottom of the pointe shoes according to the shape of your foot (Greek or Egyptian foot)
  • the foot's skeleton, especially the metatarsals, which must be covered by a tip that can be made of silicone, foam, wool, or silicone coated with fabric, also called ouch pouch. These toe caps can be slipped under convertible ballet tights so that they stay in place. Make sure your pointe tip covers the joint of all the toes up to the famous bunion. There are different sizes of tips that you can fit. All tips are machine washable.

To store all these small useful objects, avoid leaving them at the bottom of the tips because, with perspiration, they risk macerating and damaging them: a small dance bag allows you to put them away without losing them.

Textile accessories

In this section you will also find everything you need to fix and adapt your pointe shoes, such as elastics, pink satin ribbon, stretch ribbon for pointe shoes or a sewing kit that includes the essentials to prepare your pointe shoes. Please note that all these items are sold by the meter. You need a total of 15 € to validate your order: I recommend you to cumulate your purchases or to anticipate your need in ribbons, elastics....

Legwarmers, dance gaiters and warm-up boots also contribute to the dancer's well-being and help prevent strains and other injuries.