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This is Love

Episode 78: The Pointe Shoes

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Growing up, Ashton Edwards spent hours watching videos of famous ballerinas. Ashton loved the ballet “Swan Lake” – especially the role of the Swan Queen. But they noticed that only female dancers danced that role, and got to dance on pointe. One day, years later, they decided to put on a pair of pointe shoes anyway. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery ad-free. Plus, behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I would sit outside the older girls classes and eventually stand up and just try everything that they were doing because I just ballet just lived in me and I just I just wanted to create dance. And so I would just do all these things in the hallway and it was cement floor, very slippery, glossy cement floor.

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And so my dance teacher saw me out there doing you

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know 32 fattes and she was like no no no no no no and no and she brought me into

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the studio with the girls who were you know age. I was so small, but she was like if you're going to do it, at least do it in the studio.

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When Ashton Edwards was four years old, they began dancing at the Flint School of Performing Arts in Flint, Michigan.

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