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You have just bought new point shoes and you’re excited to use them. Before you do, check out these tips on care and maintenance of ballet point shoes to make sure your pointe shoes last.

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You’ve heard it a thousand times, but let me make it clear: never leave your wet pointe shoes in your dance bag! Not allowing them to properly dry will decrease the life of your expensive pointe shoes.

Many types of shellacs and glues are available for re-hardening pointe shoes. One in particular that I have heard of is called Fabulon, which can be purchased at your local hardware store or sometimes even through dance stores.

via Pointe Shoe Care – The Ballet Site.

The Australian Ballet launched a blockbuster program to celebrate its 2012 season, which also marks its 50th anniversary. They will present new works by three of Australia’s most acclaimed choreographers—Graeme Murphy, Gideon Obarzanek and Stephen Page—and a new production of its inaugural ballet, Swan Lake.

	The Australian Ballet presents: Luminous 2012 Season Launch http://t.co/H4ehzvA
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The Ballet Teachers’ Workshops (BTW) has held annual scholarship awards since 1971 for all students aged between 6 years and over 16 years who are studying a recognised classical ballet syllabus. The BTW scholarships are judged by pre-eminent figures in the Australian dance scene. This year’s judges were Principal dancers with the Australian Ballet Company—Rachel Rawlins, Kevin Jackson and Leanne Stojmenov. Audition classes are held at the Victorian College of the Arts and are taught by professional teachers.

Image Via – Ballet Teachers’ Workshop

The finals of the annual Ballet Teachers Workshop Scholarship were held on Sunday, August 28 at Darebin Arts Centre in Melbourne. A total of $7,675 was awarded in prizes.

More than 450 students auditioned for the scholarships, from which 124 finalists were chosen. The students were required to perform a solo for the finals.

Competitors in the two major prizes, the Paul Hammond Foundation award and the Mabel Pryde Memorial Scholarship, were required to perform a solo from a major ballet. Each has a first prize of $1000.via Dance Australia: Ballet Teachers’ Workshop results.