How many ballet shoes would a professional ballerina wear out per performance?

Josh: How many ballet shoes would a professional ballerina wear out per performance?
I’ve herd of some (ie: Sylvie Guillem) using up two pairs per show, but this seems like an awful lot. what would be average for ballet shoes and pointe shoes?

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Answer by mintchip49
Depending upon the part, most use one pair occasionally two. That is pretty average.

@Olly- I have never heard of anyone going through 4 pairs of shoes in one performance. I think that would be considered rather extraordinary. I actually have never heard of anyone going through more then 2 pairs a performance. We are talking about approximately 2 hours and nobody dances the whole time during that 2 hours. Even using 2 pairs a performance is not That common but not unheard of either.

Answer by Olly
Depends on the role and how hard/soft they like there shoes.
For a role like aurora in sleeping beauty she may go through 2-4 pairs of shoes, where as a corp de ballet member normally one and then they my continue wearing that pair for class the next day.
Hope this helps.
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Soft ballet shoes last for ages though as you can just keep darning them.

Answer by Emma-Leigh M
it depends on the roll, but at very least they would go through 1, sometimes 2,