Giant Pointe Shoes About to Attack Saratoga

May 20, 2013

OK, not exactly.

But Saratoga Springs’ National Museum of Dance is about to launch a nifty giant-pointe-shoe-related art project, dubbed Saratoga En Pointe.

The museum has chosen 24 artists to decorate 5-foot-tall fiberglass pointe shoe sculptures. On May 31, the creations will be revealed at the Museum; after that, they’ll be displayed at locations around the city of Saratoga Springs.

And it’s not just ginormous pointe shoes that are poised to invade Saratoga. The town is also home to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, where New York City Ballet has performed every summer since 1966. The company’s SPAC season runs July 9-13 this year, and will be followed by performances by the National Ballet of Canada and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

Take a look at some of our favorite artist sketches from the Saratoga En Pointe project—and a few of the finished shoes:

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