WE LEARNED THIS week that a lot of hard work goes into making ballet dancing look effortless.
But not half as hard as knocking a pair of ballerina slippers into shape, it seems.
Watch one of Ballet Ireland’s lead dancers, Zoe Ashe Brown, explain how she uses a boiling kettle, hammer and bits of elastic to make the shoe fit. And yes, there are bunions involved.
It’s no Cinderella story.
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