Elves wear red and white striped tights, a green dress and green point tip shoes also don't forget to wear a Christmas hat
Elves are often depicted with curled shoes that have a bell on the tip. This is a common characteristic in traditional depictions of elves and is seen in various forms of media and literature.
They are turned-up so to speak and have bells on the toe part, this is a common idea for elves, court jesters, etc. ring a ling a ling ling, ling, ah, bring on the Ronettes, Estelle, what is that Halo over your hear, oh yes, I know. ( Estelle is now lighting up the sky- upstairs, by the way there is a Comet Bennett!
Ballet dancer wear toe shoes, they have blocks of wood inside. The blocks help you to stand on the tip of your shoes.
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To keep thier toes healthy and to make pointing the foot outwards more comfortable. Pointe ballet dancers have to wear them so they can point on the very tip of thier toe.
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That is not necessarily true, 'hard tipped shoes' which are called pointe shoes are worn in training to prepare for dances on stage. This is called 'pointe work'. Some dances performed are occasionally not suited for pointe shoes, so soft shoes will be worn for performances, they are quite regularly. Younger dancers will wear leather, satin or canvas shoes ('Soft Shoes') while training as well as on stage because their feet are not strong enough to hold their weight on their own feet.
Dancers who dance en Pointe they wear shoes that are so tight that they're feet have hardly any room to move. Then they push themselves up onto the end, the toes are on the very tips, but can sometimes be curled under. It depends on how the dancer prefers to wear their shoes.