Author Archives: Geraldine Spiteri

And it is the weekend before Christmas ! This weekend, everyone will be bustling, shopping, dining and partying… So meanwhile, think of those who have dreams to fulfil but not the potential to do so! Malta has seen the set-up of the independent initiative, Children’s Dreams, a project that collects and publishes children’s dreams, an held in collaboration with the Foundation for Social Welfare Services. These children live in Homes or are under some other social situation where they are being overseen by Read More...

14 Dec

Gift vouchers from The Ballet Shop

Buying dancewear and shoes, News

We’ve received a number of requests regarding gift vouchers. At present, you contact us, indicate the amount and we send you an invoice. This gives you a wider choice and we sent that voucher by mail. Unfortunately we have not yet found a way to allow this site to send you electronic vouchers so this will have to be for use in Malta only. For buyers outside Malta, we have the option that you “make an order” but allow the recipient Read More...

03 Dec

Proper elastics and ribbons on your ballet shoes

We all know what a chore it can be to sew on your elastics and ballet shoe ribbons. Some brands come with ready-sewn elastics, while in some cases, even if they do, the ballet school in question requires that you sew on ribbons rather than elastics. There is a lot about this that matters. First of all, there used to be a belief that if you have elastics rather than ribbons, this could restrain the circulation around the ankle. Read More...

01 Sep

Opening Times to start the Scholastic Term

We all know how busy it gets with the beginning of the new scholastic term. Not only do mums and dads have to buy the new stuff for school, or students get their gear together, for school, college or university, but one has to plan the purchase of new things that may be required for the new scholastic dance term. This year you can opt to beat the queues by ordering online and simply collecting, especially if you are sure Read More...

28 Aug

Preparing for the new scholastic year

Buying dancewear and shoes

August is drawing to a close and we are now preparing for the scholastic year 2017/2018. This is usually a very exciting time for us, and we start to talk to the schools again, to see if we can cater for their, and their students’. needs. This year we introduce the practice tutu, which is not just the tutu itself but comes complete with leotard. It is a very economical option indeed. We will generally have these on order, so Read More...

25 May

Tutus – a new Category!

We have introduced tutus to our categories. These are practice tutus, for now, but we can also order other tutus. The tutus on show are affordable and can also be decorated for minor performances, where a full professional tutu is not required. They are also useful for more advanced examinations, auditions and similar events. Most of them are on order as we have little space for stock, but we promise to deliver as soon as we can. We can Read More...

23 May

Canvas shoe sale!

We are running an end-of-year sale on all our canvas shoes, to make room for new stocks. We have ballet and jazz shoes, as well as some pointe shoes. Offers are available while stocks last, so check out our shop now! If you live in Malta, you can collect for free at College of Dance, or we can charge you a fee of EUR 3.00 to deliver or to post to you (depending on where you live and Read More...

10 Oct

Some new dance discounts

Buying dancewear and shoes, Jazz Shoes

Well, most of you have got the bulk of your dancewear by now, unless, like myself, you have been too busy to tend to your personal things. We have some of the Dynamo sneakers coming in (not a great many, mind, but we are happy to take orders and replenish supply! What’s even better, we will give you the possibility to buy, with every pair purchased, a pair of canvas jazz shoes (of any size) at half price. This is Read More...

29 Apr

Workers’ Day – Weekend Sales