Mimi's Journey, Uncategorized, Videos
Preparing for pointe work is a very important and essential step in a dancer’s career, and can make all the difference in how easily and safely they progress onto pointe. If the right movement patterns are set up in the very beginning this will carry forward...
Mimi's Journey, Uncategorized, Videos
Practicing Stage One in demi-pointe shoes or ballet flats is an ideal way to begin working with the My Beginner Pointe program. There are many important reasons for this recommendation; 1. Practicing Stage One in demi-pointe shoes or ballet flats will allow the...
Mimi's Journey, Uncategorized, Videos
A pointe assessment is an important factor in deciding whether or not a student is ready to progress onto pointe. The pointe assessment may be done by a health professional, such as a Physiotherapist or an experienced dance teacher. Very rarely will a student be ready...
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Getting your first pointe shoes is always very exciting, and it was wonderful to be able to share the joy of this with Mimi and her mother when they visited Bloch in Bondi Junction. Having an experienced fitter is very important especially for your first pair of shoes...
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Some very important muscles that you need to work on strengthening for pointe work are your inner thighs and your VMO. Your VMO is the tear drop shaped muscle that sits about 5cm up, and 5cm in from the top of your knee cap. It is really important for you...
