The Ugly Stepsister tries on the glass slipper in Disney’s Cinderella from 1950.
At the San Francisco Ballet, our shoes were always carefully organized in the storeroom by alphabetical order. At one point, however, the “L’s” must have intermingled with the “J’s” because THIS is what just turned up during spring cleaning.
Somehow, I got ballerina Tina LeBlanc’s pointe shoe!
A pointe shoe made by Freed of London for Tina LeBlanc. (Photo by DanseTrack)
Of course I had to try it on. Fishnets and all!
Yolonda Jordan D’Amico tries on Tina LeBlanc’s pointe shoe. (Photo by DanseTrack)
Looks fine to me! Don’t need those toes anyway.
Below is a photo of both of our shoes. Can you guess which one is Tina’s?
Pointe shoes: Tina LeBlanc’s is the smaller one (Photo by DanseTrack)
Tina LeBlanc
A former Principal Dancer with the Joffrey Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet, Tina LeBlanc is on the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet School. More about this celebrated dancer can be found here.
Tina LeBlanc teaching at the San Francisco Ballet School © Erik Tomasson
Related Link: These Are Not My Ballet Shoes!
