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Bethany Keats: writer, PhD student, ballerina

Month: February 2021

The power of pointe

February 16, 2021 by Bethany Keats
Bethany on timber floor looking at the camera, mid-tying of her pointe shoes

My pointe shoes are healing. Mindful. I take them out of their bag (pink mesh, tied with a ribbon), feeling the cool satin, and move the ribbons to each side of the shoe, smoothing them out to make sure they’re not twisted. I adjust the seam of my tights so it doesn’t cut into my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Life, the universe, and everything Tagged: ballet

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