Esther Juon Veitch Pointe Shoe Fitting & Lectures/Classical Ballet BBO New Zealand

POINTE SHOE FITTING

Esther Juon Veitch

Pointe Shoe Fitting & Lectures/Classical Ballet BBO New Zealand

Grishko Pointe Shoe Fitting

Pointe shoe Information

Going On Pointe

Are you ready for Pointe Shoes

Readiness For Pointe Shoes

Sewing & Tying Pointe Shoes

Pointe Shoe Courses

Grishko 2007 Pointe Shoes

Grishko 2007 Pro Flex Pointe Shoe

Grishko Pro Pointe Shoe

Grishko Fouette Pointe Shoe

Grishko Vaganova Pointe Shoe

Grishko Demi Pointes/Soft blocks

Grishko NEW Miracle Pointe Shoe

Grishko Ballet Slippers

Bunheads Pointe Shoe Accessories

Grishko Pointe Shoe Information

Grishko Coloured Pointe Shoes

Esther Juon Veitch

Paul Mclinden Ballet & Pilates

Sonya Pettigrew Classical Ballet

Resources and Information

Esther Juon was born in Zurich Switzerland and trained as classical dancer with Armin Wild and at the Opera House Zurich. In 1972 she came to London to further her training and during this period she insured her back severely. After several years and an operation on her spine she learned to walk again and found her way back to teaching ballet. In 1985 she opened Dance Laines in Brighton where over the next 20 years she taught ballet to children and adults. Esther holds two teaching diplomas with British Ballet organization of which the last one was gained in 2004 in London.

Esther’s other great passion is the correct fitting of point shoes. She developed a system of fitting pointe shoes, which grew and developed into proper system. In 1995 she self published her first book called “Pointe Shoe Secrets”. At the same time she was invited by Grishko to fit their pointe shoes at the very first dance expo in London. Nicola Grishko was very impressed with Esther’s work and invited her to Moscow to fit shoes there for the Bolshoi ballet, the Renaissance Ballet company and major schools in Moscow. It was a fantastic trip for Esther and she saw at first hand what great care is taken over the making of the shoes the research that went into creating this shoe as well as the care that is taken of the staff at the Grishko factory.

Inspired she returned to Brighton and her re-surge continued with the help of Dr. Lucy Redhead a Physiotherapist and Helen Morrelle a Podiatrist. Then Esther’s work was presented at IADMS (International Association for Dance Medicine and Science) by Dr. Redhead in October 1999 and was very well received by the delegates. The success of the presentation led for Esther and Lucy to be invited to various schools and summer schools to present the work and run lectures and workshops for teachers and students alike. The working together with Grishko also continued through Amanda Hill, who imports the shoes into the UK. Together they devised a proper training day for the fitting of pointe shoes for the shoe fitters in the ballet shops who stocked the Grishko shoes.

In 2005 Linda Reid-Lobatto who had danced with Esther for many years started to work with her on the fitting of pointe shoes and then when Esther moved to New Zealand, Lind took over the fitting side of Esther’s life in the UK. Esther and Linda still work together and hope in time to change the way the world seems to overlook the health of the dancers feet in exchange for being a dancer.

Esther worked for all dancers to have the right:

To obtain basic anatomical knowledge witch allows the dancer and the parent to make an informed choice about their feet.
If at all possible have completed the 2nd growth spurt, therefore reducing the risk of damaging the growth plates in the feet.
Be prepared physically and be technically strong enough for pointe work
The dancer having made a daily routine of special strengthen exercises for the feet.
Have the opportunity to wear demi-pointe shoes for at least 6 month to a year before pointe work begins.
Have the right to a correctly fitting shoe, which takes time and care

Esther has written articles, for the Dancing Times, the Young dancer and European dance news and in these articles she deals with many of the above issues.

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