Pointe Til You Drop: Hiatus

Not everyone can afford to take regular dance classes... some of us are students or just ordinary people with bills that cannot cope with the growing fees for classes and dancewear.  Here's one article you will love

Pointe Til You Drop: Hiatus: It's been three weeks since my last ballet class. In the past nine years, three weeks is the longest I've gone without dance. Now...

The Size Dilemma!

I think this is one of our more important posts for you who purchase items online!

Have a look at our very brief article, The Size Dilemma, and look at how you should be calculating your size!

Remember size is indeed very important when it comes to dancewear and dance shoes, as it can cause injury or lead to mistakes not being corrected! Injuries do heal but they sometimes remain a weakness - don't risk!



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New Website launched!

An astrologer has recently told us that, to paraphrase, the reason things endure is that they are still relevant. Or perhaps resilient. Or both.  And we have in fact enduring relevance - we are still here today, fifteen years later!

To celebrate, we have launched our new face - a brand new website!   To start, we are featuring a number of discounts, so as to let you take the advantage of our celebratory mood!

Our shop section brings you the best of the best, while our blog section will pretty much be repeated here. Do feel free to browse around and ask questions - but we do have a FAQ section in case you have questions that many people tend to ask!  We also accept comments on our blog  - both here and on the actual Shop Blog!

Finally you can contact us in order to answer any specific query you have which might not be on the generic website! Keep in touch! 

We now accept Payza!

As part of our commitment to opening up our sales to more of you out there, we have now begun to accept Payza!  This is another secure payment system, for your peace of mind, which does not reveal to us your credit card details. It secures financial peace of mind both ways.

With Paypal and Payza, we can send you an invoice - directly to your email address - where you can then confirm your shipping details etc. We will then ship out to you as soon as possible. We normally send out the invoice after verifying postage costs, so sometimes you will need to bear with us.

If you have queries, do contact us via email - our website is currently being revamped so we will appear offline for a while but you can check out our Facebook page.  We also have a page for our physical shop, Palkett, on which we also post some interesting deals!

Get out there and get your dancewear fast!

The first of our 15th anniversary discounts!

Good morning, and happy Sunday to all!

We are offering the first of our 15th-anniversary round of discounts - please see the image we have uploaded.

We are happy to have been of service to you for so long - this is part of our "Thank you!" to you!

Watch this space for more discounts!

Geraldine

This year, 2015, we are celebrating our 15th anniversary. In April 2000, I looked back at my dancing experience, "Nutcracker" at the Manoel Theatre, having performed the Dance of the Snowflakes and the Spanish Chocolates. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I did have to go through four pairs of pointe shoes - and the Shellac idea didn't work as 1. my feet were quite strong and 2. I'm not exactly a lightweight and, worst of all, 3. it damaged my ballet tights. I even went through a pair of Rusbal, which were very tough shoes. I decided to source my own directly from the manufacturers, since back then I was dancing some 3 - 4 times a week plus practising at home to keep up the strength.

Back then, the Internet did not have such a widespread presence in Malta - I think we were still on dial-up or just about changing over to ADSL.  A close friend of mine suggested that, therefore, I should make the hassle worth it by supplying my friends.  There was born the little business, which I then called En Pointe. As soon as my first order arrived, made of a mix of pointe shoes and ballet shoes as well as a couple of leotards, I began to ask around for interest.

Two years later, my teacher Ms Nina Winter (Zammit) suggested I speak to Elvia at Palkett, the Yada Shop. The uptake was immediate and I never looked back.  We have since been supplying a number of schools. Elvia has now retired, but I still liaise with the business she helped to create with Delina, who supplies me with YADA's uniforms and other custom-made dancewear.  Delina's sister, Rose, runs my shop beautifully at the College - were it not for her, I would be at a massive loss. Palkett is the physical shop that runs The Ballet Shop's business locally. The Ballet Shop ships both locally and abroad.  Shipping to Malta is free of charge, but buyers can also opt to collect their orders at Palkett.

In view of the 15th anniversary, The Ballet Shop - and even Palkett - will be offering a number of discounts which we will be publishing from time to time - watch our space.  If you want to be updated via email whenever we have an offer (which we do regularly, and not just on occasions like this - these are the special ones) please send us a private message with your email address. We will be getting back to you shortly! 

Time for more discounts!

Here at The Ballet Shop we feel it is high time to clear certain items and make room for new goods.  Innovation is important! So we have placed certain pointe shoes on sale - they are the fantastic canvas pointe shoes.  Canvas pointe shoes give a more matte look, which is perfect for those who do not quite like the satiny sheen.  If you are one of these people, or if you simply want a spare pair of pointe shoes at a very reasonable price, then I suggest you take a look at our shop on ebay. Don't forget that we give postage discounts on multiple orders and we ship worldwide!