Variation Collection
The Variation Collection is for the dancer that loves the aesthetic of the classic turn pointe shoe but wants the longevity and performance of a pointe shoe with heavy paste and high wings. The collection is handmade with care in England.
STATUS™
The Suffolk® Status™ incorporates our patented design and is specifically designed to accommodate the lowest profile feet. This lightweight shoe is made on a last that hugs the arch, while offering the dancer support and lift, and deters sitting in the shoe. The Status puts the dancer in correct placement en pointe and connects the stable platform to the floor. The Status has the ability to help all dancers get over the platform, while the insole allows the dancer to fully articulate their feet. This shoe offers Suffolk's narrowest widths and features our dramatic heel curve for a sleek silhouette that hugs a lower profile foot.
SONNET®
The Suffolk® Sonnet® is a lower profile turn shoe that has a strong toe box and wing. This is coupled with Suffolk®'s patented design which helps the dancer achieve proper placement and stand firmly over the platform. The elegant line of the shoe follows the shape of the modern dancer's foot and allows them to fully articulate, while also being fully supported. The signature Suffolk® vamp finishes off the line. The Sonnet® features our dramatic heel curve for a sleek silhouette that hugs a lower profile foot.
Pointe shoes in the Variation collection offer the best features from all of our collections. These pointe shoes are made in the traditional turn shoe method, allowing flexibility at the back of the foot. They also feature our strongest toe box and wing, which places the foot in correct alignment and provides a long lasting shoe. The Variation Collection features our dramatic heel curve that provides a tailored silhouette and hugs the foot.
FAQs
Key Benefits
- Allows the dancer to roll through demi pointe and easily point their foot
- Allows the dancer to show off their foot because the shoe molds beautifully and follows the arch
- Broad platform assists in balance
- Insole allows maximum contact with floor
- Insole reduces in thickness at the point of where the arch breaks and is glued and tacked up to this place. The remainder of the insole to the heel is not glued or tacked which gives the benefit of ¾ shoe but the strength of a full insole
- Assists a dancer in placing their foot correctly in the shoe to ensure correct alignment en pointe
- High Waisted outersole allows shoe to break at ¾ point and support the dancer
- Lasts in this collection have a tailored heel shape for dancers with a narrower heel
Construction Details
- Our hardest paste in the toe box
- Our hardest paste at the wings
- Our hardest tip paste on the platform
- Our most flexible glue to insert the shank
- No paste or toe box material extends across back of foot
Dancer Level
- Beginning to Intermediate dancers that need assistance with placement or finding center. This assistance can be getting over the platform or the prevention of sickling or pronating.
- Dancers that sit in their shoes and need a hard shank.
- Advanced or pre-professional dancers that want maximum value for their money and are searching for a long-lasting shoe.
- Dancers that want the shoe to look like a soft shoe.
- Dancers that are concerned about how their feet look in a pointe shoe.
- Dancers that want to feel the floor.
- Dancers that want a lightweight, flexible shoe.
- Dancers who want flexibility across the back of their foot.
