sniper 55 wrote:Don't some ballet shoes have a hard toecap? I'm pretty sure the ones I saw in a theatre dressing room had the ballet equivalent of steel toecaps. But that was years ago.
Yes they are called Pointe shoes and the front has a "box" so that dancers can dance en pointe, the box is made with either fabric and paper or rubber and plastic. You need very strong ankles and feet though or you will break your toes and possibly your ankle!