I use to do ballet/pointe but stopped when I was about 12 or 13. The shoes you wear for point are a throwback from the torture devices the Chinese used in the ancient days to keep women's feet from growing. My feet were constantly bruised and bloody. I remember the summer before 7th grade I could never wear a pair of flip-flops because my feet were disgusting. A year of pain later, I stopped dancing. I still have scars from those shoes!
