Art Gallery of Ontario, Finding Home, Ten Toes Down, Detail of a Photograph by Kreshonna Keane of a Black Ballet Dancer Posing in her Own Home

            Image by: Kreshonna Keane

For most of ballet dance history, pink tutus and white pointe shoes were the norm.  Before the availability of manufactured brown pointe shoes, black dancers who wanted to match their pointe shoes to their skin tones were obliged to take matters into their own hands.   The practice was to paint or "pancake" the shoes with makeup or dyes, a process that was time consuming and expensive, especially since a dancer could go through 2 or 3 pairs of shoes a week.  As a black ballerina and in this image, "finding home" appears to have a double meaning.

Taken on: December 25, 2023

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Kreshonna Keane

Black Ballet Dancer

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Sets appears in: • Things to See at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2023

Groups appears in: • People in Canada • CREMA the Museum more » • *The touch of authenticity « less

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