|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
10 Amazing Facts & Figures about Performing... .
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Each female company dancer is given up to 10 pairs of pointe shoes per
month, costing more than £100,000 per year! |
|
|
|
|
|
Each tutu takes over 40  hours
to make and they are made by hand!
|
|
|
|
Did you know that pointe shoes lives are prolonged by using 'shellac' a
kind of varnish to harden the toes and the backs?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lots of people think that pointe shoes have a wooden block at the end  of
them, but pointe shoes are actually made from layers of paper and a material
called hessian sandwiched together with glue and shaped by hand!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Every tutu uses 10-12 metres of fabric and there are between 10-12 layers
of net in the skirt!
|
|
|
|
Did you know that a costume for a full-length production  can
cost as much as £1500! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dancers sometimes use make-up or pancake, a theatrical make-up similar to
foundation, which will stay on for a long time to matt their shoes and to
keep them looking clean for the performance!
|
|
English National Ballet use one and a half miles of ballet shoe ribbon per
year!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
In one week, a technical crew can use 3.5 kilometres of cable for a performance
and can replace about 17 light bulbs!
|
| |
|
|
English National Ballet dancers  can
use up to 3546 pairs of pointe shoes a year!
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facts & Figures kindly provided by English National Ballet. Visit English
National Ballet to find out more about their company!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
