The toe shoe makes its pointe (originally appeared in SMITHSONIAN, June 1984) |
by Toni Bentley |
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| his day’s orders, placing them in one long row. Boorman is unusually successful for such a young maker, with many devoted customers like myself: he makes 36 pairs a day. I asked him if he had ever been to the ballet. He hadn’t, but he’d seen a little on TV. I thanked him for making my toe shoes and enabling me to dance. He blushed and looked at the shoe in his hand, then thanked me for giving him my orders and enabling him to work. |
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