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Saturday, December 3, 2011

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Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. This is a shoe that has been cut in half to display the construction of the shoe.

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(Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. This is a shoe that has been cut in half to display the construction of the shoe.

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(Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. Once the shoes are no longer fit for dancing, the dancers sign their shoes and put them in a locker in the women's dressing room.

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Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time.

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Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. The dancers also carry 'tool kits' with the items they use to tweak their shoes.

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Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. Chelsea Renner works on her shoes. The dancers also carry 'tool kits' with the items they use to tweak their shoes.

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Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. Chelsea Renner works on her shoes during a recent rehearsal of The Nutcracker.

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Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. Beth Terwilleger puts super glue on a pair of shoes. Michelle Thompson, left and Beth Terwilleger make adjustments to their shoes during a recent rehearsal of The Nutcracker.

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(Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Ballet Austin dancers use 350 pairs of pointe shoes each year. The dancers carry about 10-15 pairs of pointe shoes with them at a time. Beth Terwilleger puts super glue on a pair of shoes.

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Jaime Lynn Witts rehearses for The Nutcracker at Ballet Austin on Tuesday.

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(Laura Skelding AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jaime Lynn Witts rehearses for The Nutcracker at Ballet Austin on Tuesday.