After months of hard training, an exciting moment comes for most of the students of the International Ballet Center when it’s time to get up on pointe shoes or “on toes”, as professional dancers say.

Each ballerina prepares ballet shoes for a lesson or performance by herself, adjusting them to the characteristics of her foot: its fullness, instep, etc. – but most importantly, she sews ribbons to her new pointe shoes.

In the new IBC video, the teacher Victoria Nazarenko will show you how to properly sew ribbons and elastic to pointe shoes so that they hold tightly and beautifully. Over time, you will come up with your own little tricks and rituals, but for now you will need: 1. Pointe shoes 2. Pointe ribbon (silk or embroidery) 3. Elastic band 4. Polyester thread 5. Needle 6. Scissors 7. Pencil.

Are you ready? Then let’s start the lesson.