I learned a great deal from you in yesterday’s workshop. I am keen to learn more, not just as a ballet teacher, but also as a student returning to pointe work. I’d like to re-train my body and find better-fitting pointe shoes. I’ve always had a gut feeling that my pointe shoes aren’t right for me, and I believe that yesterday’s workshop validated that.

The presentation made a lot of sense to us, and so from the start our daughter, Madi, never used ‘Ouch Pouches’, where the toes and metatarsals remain unsupported, and instead from day one she exercised and strapped her feet according to the Juon system.  We are now in 2015, Madi dances 7 hours a day, 6 days a week and 3 hours a day are dedicated to Pointe work. We have never had an injury, and Madi’s feet are extremely strong from the recommended exercises she continues to do daily, as well as they have retained their normal, straight form due to being strapped and strengthened for her work.