Pointe (magazine) the Peter J. Solomon Company, in 2016. Pointe (magazine) Pointe is an international magazine aimed toward ballet dancers and students. "Pointe" covers international news on company debuts, competition results, and rising stars. "Pointe" also offers reviews, company profiles, a calendar of events, ballet oriented shopping guides as well as guides for ballet programs, auditions, and higher education. The website offers a blog and an online store with the option to purchase back issues. Virginia Johnson was formerly "Pointe"'s editor. Macfadden Performing Arts Media acquired "Pointe" with the purchase of Lifestyle Media, Inc. in 2006. Macfadden's dance magazines were sold to
Pointe shoe custom-made lasts that replicate the shapes of their own feet; these may be supplied to a pointe shoe manufacturer for the purpose of manufacturing custom shoes. Dancers typically "break in" new pointe shoes to reduce or eliminate the discomfort they commonly cause, usually by performing releves and eleves that flex, and thus soften, the boxes and shanks in a natural manner. Various other methods have also been employed for breaking in pointe shoes, including deforming them with hands or against hard surfaces, striking them on hard surfaces, and moistening or heating the boxes to soften the glues, but these methods