2. A ballet shoe, or ballet slipper, is a
lightweight shoe designed specifically
for ballet dancing.
It may be made from soft leather,
canvas, or satin, and has flexible, thin
soles.
3. 1682
Year when women
began ballet dancing
Twenty years
after
King Louis XIV of
France ordered the
founding of the
Royal Academy of
Dance.
5. 1909
Anna Pavlova
appeared in the
first season of
Serge Diaghilev's
Russian ballet in
Paris
1963
Significant changes
were made in the
structure of ballet
shoes