Saint Louis Ballet provides 28 pointe shoes for its 17 ballerinas!  At about $125 per pair, pointe shoes are a big expense for Saint Louis Ballet. With an expense of over $60,000 a season, the company can always use support keeping these dancers on their toes. 

ABOVE: SLB dancer Lori Wilson shows a "dead" pair of her pointes and a new pair of pointe shows.