25 March 2014 at 5.01pm | 34 Comments
UPDATED 22/04/14: THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. The answer was 330 shoes (115 pairs) and the winner was Ioan Stefanovici.Thanks for all your entries!
With this year's Pointe Shoe Appeal open, we're offering a chance to win a pair of tickets to a Royal Ballet in Rehearsal event on 24 April 2014, part of our ROH Insights series.
To highlight the campaign, we've collected the pointe shoes that the Company get through in a week. These are on display in a box in the foyer by the ROH Box Office and are taller than each of the dancers who are fronting this year's appeal - Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambé and Yasmine Naghdi!
As well as winning tickets to the rehearsal event, the competition winner and their guest will receive a backstage tour and tea and cake.
How to enter
To enter the competition, tell us how many shoes you think are in the box and share a picture of it on Twitter or Instagram, using the tag #PointesWinPrizes. If you're not on social media, you can have a guess in person and post it into the pointe shoe tower.
The deadline for entries will be 21 April 2014. The winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received.
Those who additionally make a donation to the Pointe Shoe Appeal online will also be entered into a draw to win a pair of pointe shoes signed by Francesca Hayward.
Terms and conditions of entry:
The prize is a pair of tickets to see a Royal Ballet in Rehearsal Insights Event on 24 April 2014 at 7.30pm. The prize is as stated and there is no cash alternative nor is it transferable. All entries must be received by 21 April and the winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received. The Royal Opera House’s decision is final in all matters. Tickets on the 24 April are subject to availability and winning tickets must be claimed by 23 April.
25 March 2014 at 5.01pm
This article has been categorised Ballet and tagged Ballet, competition, Marcelino Sambé, pointe shoes, Pointe Shoes Appeal, Support, Yasmine Naghdi
This article has 34 comments
Dear Chris, your 2nd paragraph doesn't make much sense ( esp. 2nd line).....also UK Press mentioned Yasmine Naghdi and Marcelino Sambe fronting the appeal (not Francesca Hayward as you mentioned in 3rd line) & it clearly is Yasmine Naghdi in the photo :) :)
Dear Nona
Thanks for flagging.
Yes, an error was introduced into the blog post when we were creating it in WordPress - I've amended. It's also fair to say that Yasmine is fronting the appeal, in addition to Francesca and Marcelino, so I've added her name as well.
Best wishes
Ellen
246 pairs of pointe shoes :-)
I guess 62! I've just moved to London and love ballet, thanks for the opportunity!
79 pair of shoes could be the answer. (:D
250 shoes
272 shoes
Each one giving the nation hours of exquisite dancing!
256!
I think there are 426 paira of pointe shoes
I think that it is 130 pairs on average per week ( or 260 shoes) based on decent £40 per pair shoes @ £250,000 per year. I'd love to rummage through them and pick out some of the better ones!!
365 shoes? One for each day of the year
Ambiguous question. How many shoes or how many pairs?
Hi Sue
The question is 'Guess how many pointe shoes The Company use in a week', so it's shoes rather than pairs.
Best wishes
Ellen
264
I'm assuming it's an even number!
186
65
275 shoes, maybe, I think
I guess 99 shoes :)
I think there are 68 shoes.
I would say 220 shoes a week. !!!!!!!
277
I am 'guessing' at 462 pointe shoes per week :)
198 is my guess
It uses about 193 pairs or 386 single shoes per week
Sincerely
Georgios Balanikas
My guess is 218 shoes per week.
Our guess is 182
523
I guess 204 shoes in the box
I think 480
230 shoes or 115 paris of pointe shoes
362
320 pairs aprox
195
460-462 shoes per week, if the August is included to your season, or 520 shoes per week if the August is not included to your season