Dancers on the Up and Up! 1830

Up and up on their toes that is. The stunning Marie Taglioni has created yet another standard for dancers to strive to, dancing on their toes! Marie has been seen balancing and elevating to the tips of her toes for brief moments of time. This "pointe work" is being done by adding extra fabric to the tips of the ballet slippers. Because of this it seems like the ballet skirts and layers or tulle are getting shorter and shorter to show off the feet.

Take a look at Marie:

Ouch! The price of grace and beauty is sore toes.