Earlier Technology
Earlier TechnologyThe flat ballet shoe was an earlier invention with many similarities and differences.
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SimilaritiesBoth shoes made it easier to execute jumps and turns. The flat shoe and the pointe shoe are still both worn today.
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DifferencesThe inventions were different because it flat shoes, dancers could not rise all the way to the tops of their toes.
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