soft bloch一問

如英國皇家芭蕾舞RAD 制度
VOCATIONAL GRADES
INTERMEDIATE 會考POINTE...
通常學校在學生GRADE 5 PASSED完後作分流...
1) 繼讀 GRADE 6,7,8 (無需POINTE)
2) 去準備考VOCATIONAL GRADES專業試 (要考POINTE)
所以通常GRADE 5 後開始學POINTE... 做下簡單 RISES, RELEVES等! 但亦好視乎學生年齡, 腳ANKLE夠不夠STRONG等因素!
SOFT BLOCK!! or SOFT POINTE SHOES (正確叫法)
HONG KONG 主要係高班學生, 用來考
VOCATIONAL GRADES專業試! 做BARRE WORK
同 CENTRE 時著的! 之后先換POINTE SHOES 做POINTE WORKS!
SOFT BLOCK 係無硬底板的! 叫做SHANKLESS!! 所以不是做來上POINTE 的!
VOCATIONAL GRADES專業試學生上堂著 SOFT BLOCK, 因為要習慣著住來跳, 否則考試就不能駕輕就熟!
著 SOFT BLOCK感覺是與著BALLET SLIPPER 軟鞋是不同的!
平衡, 同伸展腳部亦感覺不同!
SOFT BLOCK可以買現成的, GAMBA, BLOCH, FREED等牌子 都有出SOFT BLOCK!! 但亦有人將細一個SIZE全新普通REGULAR POINTE SHOES拆出硬底板而做成SOFT BLOCK!!
SOFT BLOCK 係無硬底板, 但新鞋時鞋頭仍是很硬的! 要著耐D, DUP DUP 按按鞋頭, 才會變軟而貼腳!

I can't tell at what age or grade you can wear pointe shoes. It various as everyone's feet are not the same! You have to wait till your feet are ready! I guess your teacher will tell you.

Soft block is not for pointe work. It is for strengthening your arch. The structure is more or less the same as pointe shoes but the uses are totally different.

You go en pointe only when you are in your pointe shoes!