Eliza Gaynor Minden

09/04/2014

Listen "Eliza Gaynor Minden"

Episode Synopsis

Ballerinas started wearing point shoes in the late 19th century. Despite advancements in the dance world, the construction of toe shoes has remained pretty much unchanged. The same materials– paste, cardboard, paper and leather– are still used today, and the result is a dancer prone to excess pain and injury. Eliza Gaynor Minden, a former […]

More episodes of the podcast From Scratch with Jessica Harris