LOURDES LOPEZ / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Keep us on our toes!

“Pointe shoes are singularly the most significant tool that dancers rely on to perform at our best. They are deceivingly fragile and no two pairs are exactly the same. Miami City Ballet’s Toe Shoe Fund initiative raises critical funds to ensure that our dancers are equipped with a shoe supply abundant enough to match the ever increasing demands of our rehearsal and performance schedules. Since we each wear our pointe shoes out differently, pointe shoes inevitably become a part of a dancer’s unique “footprint.” Every “dead” pair has served a ballerina in its own special way, and has helped to create countless inspiring moments. There is no better way to make a ballerina smile than to give her a brand new pair of shoes — crafted to her own specifications, helping to keep her feet protected, supported and injury free. Please help to keep us smiling and on our toes! Your support of MCB’s Toe Shoe Fund is personally appreciated by each and every one of us.”

Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg
Principal Dancer, Miami City Ballet

LET'S GET TO THE POINTE…
The pointe shoe (commonly known as the toe shoe) emerged during the early 19th century. Initially, they were soft ballet slippers, heavily darned at the tip. Now, modern pointe shoes are more structured and a dancer can safely perform pointe techniques and sustain a pose for a longer period of time.

DID YOU KNOW…

The average cost for a pair of pointe shoes is $100.
Pointe shoes for MCB dancers are custom made.
Typically, these shoes last for one performance only, and our dancers go through more than 3,000 pairs per season.
It costs approximately $6,000 to provide pointe shoes for each dancer, per season -- a total cost in excess of $200,000.
Ballerinas use approximately 5,200 squeeze tubes of super glue per season on their pointe shoes to keep them hard.
Dancers use adhesive tape, lamb’s wool, and Band-aids to protect their toes.
A pair of ballet slippers for a male dancer costs $20.
Approximately 750 pairs of pointe shoes are used for MCB's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ each Holiday season.

We need your help to keep us “on our toes.”

Donations to the Toe Shoe Fund can be made:

online (be sure to select "Toe Shoe Fund" on the Fund drop-down menu)
by phone -- call Orene Harris, Major Gifts Officer, at 305.929.7000 ext. 1504
by Mail -- Checks should be made payable to Miami City Ballet, and mailed to Miami City Ballet Development Department, Ophelia and Juan Js. Roca Center, 2200 Liberty Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139.

MAKING A DONATION

Donations to Miami City Ballet can be made online or by phone. Please click on the link above or call Orene Harris, Major Gifts Officer, at 305.929.7000 ext. 1504.

You may also contribute by mail. Please download the attached contribution form. Checks should be made payable to Miami City Ballet, and mailed to Miami City Ballet Development Department, Ophelia and Juan Js. Roca Center, 2200 Liberty Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139.

For more information call Orene Harris or e-mail orene@miamicityballet.org

Download our contribution form:

Miami City Ballet is profoundly grateful for your support.

All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the division of consumer services by calling toll-free 800.435.7532 within the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state. Our registration number is CH1034.

MCB Dancers rehearse La Valse. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.
Photo © Alexandre Dufaur.