small girl. big city. cliches abound.

Cira Robinson started “pancaking” her ballet shoes when she was 18: “I use foundation. The colour is Caribbean coffee – it’s basic cheap make-up, but it works. Pointe shoes come only in the traditional pink, unless they’re red for a show. It would look strange if there was a pink shoe at the end of a brown leg, so it helps with the line. My pointe shoes are brown because my skin is brown.

YASSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! My homegirl does have some blue pointe shoes, though. Those yotches are the business, ya dig.