Cruelty Free - Vegan Pointe Shoes

photo by Piotr Leczkowski

As the World changes and the awarness of where things are coming from and what they are made of is increasing everyday I would like to add to this increasing a little something.

Maybe/hopefully after reading this article next time You will look at Your pointe shoes (if You still use traditional pointe shoes)  it will never look same to You.

Maybe next time You will buy non-lether and there for cruelty free pointe shoes.

Maybe You will go directly to Your director in company and order vegan pointe shoes for Yourself and will try to talk to Your colegues about going for CRUELTY FREE Pointe Shoes.

I simply have this dream that one day all dance shoes producers will turn too crulety free production.

"We are not a pair of worn pointe shoes" - about dignity in ballet

Dignity - this is such a strong word that so few people understand or/and have personal experience with. It carries so much positive energy, yet to release it in human being it requires huge mental strength and also special conditions. Most of the times the dignity is born when human being is pushed to limits, to so called boarders of mental endurance, because of some happenings, yet more often because of other human beings behaviors. 

The strength which is required to release the dignity is not easy to find especially in a very competitive world of ballet, which gives so much as takes away at the same time. Often what it takes away are simple human behaviors: simple kindness, understanding, companionship, patience. Very often the fragile once when become a victim or observe such a lack of humanity towards others dancers in the end they rebel against such a phenomena and build dignity. Yet does it have to be this way?

"Being humble = asking no question" - about dignity in ballet world

Why should I be humble when someone says and tells me that I should?
Should I be humble only because it is part of tradition of the ballet?
But as history shows things changes and what was right in past doesn't always have any right of being in nowadays reality.

Shouldn't I be humble when I choose and towards things I choose?

Isn't being humble against being true artist?

I have a feeling that being humble in ballet is a part of violent education where at the beginning students and later on brain washed dancers are not suppose to question anything and anyone and what more ask any question.
They are suppose to be thankful for being scram at, being pushed around and treated with no dignity.

Dance doesn't judge -people do

"Dance has no nationality, has no age, belongs to no-one.
Dance to everyone is - the same - pure, transitory, just, adamant."

I wrote that on the wall of my ballet school some time ago and I keep it in my heart as well. Some students ask me why I think dance is just as they think it is not. Yet then, when I explain them that they look at my words through somebodies else words about their dancing or others people dancing and that I didn't mean people are just...then they start to see what I meant. Dance doesn't judge...we do, we always did and we will.